Woodstock Wire: Electronics Outlook

Infosec -- Dark Reading - Global IT security spending will grow 12.4% in 2018 and another 8.7% in 2019.

Distribution -- TTI MarketEye - July sales were just reported for Taiwan-listed electronics companies, many of which manufacture in China.

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SupplyChain -- EBN Online - Brazil offers a huge opportunity for electronics OEMs, offering skyrocketing e-commerce sales.

Distribution -- Industrial Distribution - The Association for Manufacturing Technology said that with another strong month in June, it doesn't seem...

Design and Reuse -- DRAM Sales Forecast to Top $100 Billion This Year with 39% Market Growth

DigiTimes -- Semiconductor and some high-tech hardware are among the product list facing 25% import tariff announced by the US on US$16 billion in imports...

DigiTimes -- The IC industry has become strategically important and many countries around the world are putting full efforts toward the sector in recent years....

Think -- IDC - According to preliminary data of the IDC Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, the Chinese smartphone market shipped...

Life -- Gallup Headlines - The Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index finds that optimism among small-business owners is at its highest level since...

SupplyChain -- EBN Online - Everything from capacitors to hard disk drives is in short supply. There's no end in sight.

Electronics Distribution News -- Distributors continue to help cushion customers from the effects of components shortages, though there are signs of a softening market. Addressing...

Enterprise -- ZDNet Blogs - The chipmaker said: "This virus outbreak occurred due to misoperation during the software installation process for a new tool."

Tech -- Digital Trends - The cost of SSDs could continue to fall through to next year as oversupply of NAND Flash memory reaches new heights. That could...

Distribution -- TTI MarketEye - July PMI Indices show Slower Manufacturing Growth; 2Q'18 Global Electronic Supply Chain Growth; U.S. 2Q'18 Growth Remained Strong;...

Distribution -- TTI MarketEye - Total reported sales for all switch categories in North America for Q4 of 2017 were 5% above the previous quarter and 12% better...

DigiTimes -- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has disclosed that a computer virus stalling part of its production over the weekend is expected...

Think -- IDC - The worldwide tablet market declined 13.5% during the second quarter of 2018 (2Q18) as global shipments fell to 33 million, according to...

DigiTimes -- NAND flash contract prices will keep falling in the second half of 2018 due to the market oversupply and disappointing demand, according to DRAMeXchange.

DigiTimes -- Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments reached their highest levels for the second consecutive quarter in the second quarter of 2018, according...

Enterprise -- The Data Center Journal - The worldwide infrastructure as a service (IaaS) market grew 29.5 percent in 2017 to total $23.5 billion, up from $18.2...

DigiTimes -- While Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expected to ramp up shipments of new-generation iPhone CPUs starting in September,...

DigiTimes -- The ongoing tight supply of MOSFET chips may last at least until mid 2019 though shortages of some key upstream materials have started to see...

Enterprise -- The Register - Risk of a flash glut rises as fab output increases

Analysis NAND oversupply is becoming a distinct possibility - with an increasing...

Enterprise -- The Register - Risk of a flash memory glut rises with fab output increases

Analysis NAND oversupply is becoming a distinct possibility - with...

Enterprise -- CRN - Six years ago, Pax8 CEO John Street set out to change the distribution model. Today, the cloud distributor has 4,000 partners and grew...

DigiTimes -- IC foundries have seen their 8-inch fabs run at full utilization, but order visibility for their 12-inch fab capacity is becoming unclear, according...

PowerPulse.Net -- Texas Instruments Incorporated reported second-quarter revenue of $4.02 billion, net income of $1.41 billion and earnings per share of $1.40....

DigiTimes -- United Microelectronics (UMC) expects its wafer shipments to register flat sequential growth in the third quarter with a marginal increase in...

DigiTimes -- While the global DRAM market still remains robust currently, the recent capacity ramps by Micron Technology and the planned kick-off of commercial...

Distribution -- TTI MarketEye - On June 27 the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) announced that it had added ten substances to the Candidate List of Substances...

DigiTimes -- Global tech supply chains have seen overwhelming price hikes in 2018, ranging from DRAM, silicon wafer, and passive components to discrete devices...

DigiTimes -- Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) is offering extra bonuses in its bid to hire more workers for its plants in Zhengzhou, China,...

Distribution -- TTI MarketEye - Investing in the Electronic Component Supply Chain Requires a Basic Understanding of Past Cycles. In this Marketeye Article,...

Distribution -- TTI MarketEye - Investing in the Electronic Component Supply Chain Requires a Basic Understanding of Past Cycles. In this Marketeye Article,...

DigiTimes -- Taiwan recorded manufacturing production index (2016 as base year) of 107.86 for June 2018, decreasing 3.49% sequentially but increasing 0.68%...

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DigiTimes -- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) saw its revenues fall nearly 20% sequentially in the second quarter of 2018. The world's largest...

DigiTimes -- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has revised its revenue growth forecast for 2018 to 5-9%, compared with the up to 10% estimated...

DigiTimes -- The global electronic systems market will grow 5% to US$1,622 billion in 2018, while the worldwide semiconductor market is expected to surge...

Investors Business Daily -- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, the world's largest contract chipmaker, on Thursday lowered its full-year sales outlook on a slowdown in...

Global Purchasing -- No country builds more of the world's chips than the United States, and no country imports more chips than China. And the trade war brewing between...

Electronics Sourcing -- Strong demand and mostly firm prices will result in steady revenue growth for analog ICs through 2021 The global analog ...

Electronics Purchasing Strategies -- The causes, effects and implications of "The Great Component Shortage of 2018" have been thoroughly analyzed. The automotive and IoT industries...

Electronics Purchasing Strategies -- New Venture Research (NVR) announces the publication of its annual electronics manufacturing services report titled, "The Worldwide Electronics...

Globe Newswire -- New Q2 data from Synergy Research Group shows that spend on cloud infrastructure services jumped 50% from the second quarter of 2017. This was...

Electronics -- SEMI - North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $2.48 billion in billings worldwide...

Distribution -- TTI MarketEye - Global Electronic Systems Market will grow 5% y/y in 2018; DRAM Supercycle Ending; Currency Exchange Rates Shaken by Trade Spats;...

Tech -- TechCrunch - The Defense Department's research arm, DARPA, is throwing a event around its "Electronics Resurgence Initiative," an effort to...

Distribution -- TTI MarketEye - Uncertainty clouds the economic outlook under threat of escalating trade wars, industry watchers say.

Think -- IDC - Worldwide spending on blockchain solutions is forecast to reach $11.7 billion in 2022, according to a new update to the Worldwide Semiannual...