Woodstock Wire: Industry News

Aspencore -- EDN - During these unprecedented times, people around the world have been concerned about the accuracy and availability of testing for the COVID-19 pandemic. Traditionally, samples for potential viral infections are tested at a central lab, where trained...

Aspencore -- EPS News - U.S. manufacturing activity in July expanded to its highest level in nearly 18 months as orders and production rose despite a resurgence in global Covid-19 cases. The Institute for Supply Management's factory index, the PMI, increased by 1.6...

Distribution -- Disti Blog - The UK electronic components market declined 10% in the first half of 2020 compared to the same period last year, according to Electronic Components Supply Network (ecsn).

According to ecsn chairman Adam Fletcher, the outcome for the UK...

Media -- eeNews Europe - A scaled-down electronica trade show will take place in November in Munich with 1194 exhibitors across seven halls, but with extra digital sessions. Electronica is planning a scaled down exhibition in Munich in November alongside...

Media -- PYMNTS.com - The giant Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which draws tens of thousands of marketers, tech enthusiasts and reporters each year to Las Vegas, has become the latest victim of the resurgent coronavirus pandemic.

The CES said on Tuesday (July...

Aspencore -- EETimes Europe - The organisers of November's Electronica 2020 tradeshow, the biggest electronics industry meetup in Europe, have said that the show will go on in the wake of the global pandemic that has heavily disrupted events, conferences and tradeshows...

Electronics -- IEEE Spectrum - The four fathers of the Global Positioning System [from left] Richard Schwartz, Bradford Parkinson, James Spilker, Hugo Fruehauf at the 2019 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering award ceremony in London...

Distribution -- TTI MarketEye - A look at Walt D. Custer's take on the second half of 2020 in electronic manufacturing, an update on Europe's PCB market, and cloud services are expected to grow into the rest of the year. This and more in the Weekly Global Update.

Aspencore -- EPS News - Editor's note: The decline of the U.S. semiconductor industry has as much to do with decades of American inaction as with China's aggressive industrial policy. As a result, few chips are 'made in America.' This Aspencore Media special project...

Distribution -- TTI MarketEye - A business update for original equipment manufacturers (OEM), with accompanying charts and figures for the following sectors: semiconductor equipment, instrumentation equipment and mil/aero equipment.

Media -- PYMNTS.com - As lockdowns resume in many U.S. states from a surge in coronavirus cases, a poll suggests the economic recovery has slowed.



In a Reuters survey, economists warned any job recovery is on track to be reversed as the number of COVID-19 cases...

Media -- PYMNTS.com - Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Google CEO Sundar Pichai are now scheduled to appear before a Congressional subcommittee exploring competitive practices among Big Tech Wednesday (July 29) instead...

Aspencore -- EETimes - How seriously has the global Covid virus infected the electronics industry? Six months since the pandemic touched all corners of the world is a good time to assess the depth and width of the damage done. One question looms large in the minds...

Distribution -- TTI MarketEye - European electronics saw a mix of results in the electronic supply chain in May, gold reaches a 9-year high in price, and business is improving in Germany's electronic industry. This and more in the Weekly Global Update.

Electronics -- IEEE Spectrum - Grant Imahara takes a selfie with Boston Dynamics' SpotMini robot at the 2018 IEEE Vision, Innovation, and Challenges Summit & Honors Ceremony.



THE INSTITUTE Grant Imahara, who cohosted...

Enterprise -- ZDNet Blogs - Among seasoned adopters, 68% have spent more than $20 million over the past year on AI, according to Deloitte.

Aspencore -- EETimes - If data is indeed the new oil, then the new wildcatters will be those trying to tap the exabytes of data from connected vehicles. Toyota wants to be one of them.

Naturally, car OEMs stand to be the primary beneficiaries of data generated by...

Distribution -- TTI MarketEye - PC and tablet shipments saw a rebound last season, Taiwan and China are seeing signs of growth and Dr. Nakahara shares his list on the top 25 global PCB companies. This and more in the Weekly Global Update.

Aspencore -- EPS News - If past is prologue, Analog Devices Inc.'s $20 billion acquisition of Maxim Integrated Products Inc. will prompt a major shake-up in its electronics distribution channel. When ADI acquired Linear Technology in 2017, it consolidated its global...

Aspencore -- EETimes - China is preparing for the worst case scenario: 'decoupling" of its technology development from other regions.

The crisis in the global semiconductor industry that started with the U.S.-China trade war has not abated. The economic impact of...

Think -- MIT Sloan Management Review - The demand for many products and services has evaporated over the past several months as consumers have altered their typical patterns while adhering to stay-at-home orders and social distancing practices. But a unique set...

Distribution -- TTI MarketEye - June PMI information was released, semiconductor sales saw a year-over-year increase in May and the effects of the pandemic are seen in the May Factory Orders report. This and more in the Weekly Global Update.

Media -- ElectronicsB2B - Asia-Pacific likely to emerge as the largest automotive power electronics market said the report The increasing use of mechatronics devices and comfort features inside the vehicle is expected to result in the dominance of body...

Media -- PYMNTS.com - Goldman Sachs economists have revised their forecast for 2020's economy downwards, but still think things could be back on track by around September, Bloomberg reports.

Goldman Sachs said the new restrictions imposed by some states to help...

Aspencore -- EETimes - Every once in a while, a company comes along with an innovative technology to completely disrupt an industry. That's the case with Sourceability and the electronics distribution industry. Founded on July 15, 2015, in Doral, Florida, Sourceability...

TED2020 -- Bill Gates talks best (and worst) case scenarios for the coronavirus pandemic in the months ahead, explaining the challenges of reducing virus transmission, providing an update on promising vaccine candidates, offering his thoughts on reopening and even taking a moment to address conspiracy theories circulating about himself.

Distribution -- TTI MarketEye - A PMI update showing a possible rebound, the latest on world and U.S. economic growth, and a look at why the top 10 semiconductor suppliers have beat the odds in the market. This and more in the Weekly Global Update.

Business Wire -- Dr. Alessandra Nardi, software engineering group director at Cadence Design Systems, has been selected as the 2020 recipient of the Marie R. Pistilli Women in Electronic Design Award, a prestigious annual honor that recognizes individuals who have significantly...

Aspencore -- EETimes - Taiwan has earned global praise for its effective campaign to limit the coronavirus, a program that includes having launched an "electronic fence" - tracking people via their mobile phones to ensure that quarantined people remain in their homes.

All...

Aspencore -- IoT Times - In the recently published article "Is Industry 4.0 a Pipe Dream?", author Claudia Jarrett explores the topic of the Industrial Internet of Things, or IIoT, or better yet, Industry 4.0, and how the ideas and visions around what this emerging...

Think -- MIT Sloan Management Review - The lockdowns due to COVID-19 have underscored the degree to which some people are better able to work from home than others because of their occupations, home situations, or other factors. And what is true of individuals...

Think -- MIT Technology Review - We give robots some pretty scary and stressful jobs: cleaning up nuclear sites, inspecting pipelines from the inside, exploring the frozen wastes of Mars. The arrival of the coronavirus has transformed more familiar settings,...

Think -- MIT Technology Review - In early March I started getting calls from people trying to respond to what was clearly turning into a global pandemic. A government agency that funds R&D wanted help connecting its research teams with experts on scale-up and...

SupplyChain -- Software AG - The shutdown of offices, retail outlets and other businesses around the world has been an inevitable consequence of a human tragedy.

Aspencore -- EPS News - SnapEDA today announced the launch of a new analytics service for component suppliers, SnapInsights. The service provides business and engineering executives with instant insights into how engineers discover, design-in, and ultimately purchase...

Aspencore -- EETimes - Despite the global hype about Industry 4.0, the phenomenon has remained mostly theoretical.



Trade media has been awash with articles about Industry 4.0 for several years - but where does the concept originate from? Back in 2011, Dr Henning Kagermann,...

Think -- MIT Sloan Management Review - The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic is having a dramatic negative impact on economies in the U.S. and worldwide, and unemployment rates are soaring. Given the economic disruptions, it seems likely that many countries in...

Web Marketing -- Digital Commerce 360 - Manufacturers and distributors involved in B2B ecommerce ended 2019 anticipating that, 2020 would be another year of steady growth in ecommerce, even while trade wars and other economic factors might slow manufacturing productivity...

Media -- eBOM - This year has seen one of the worst financial crises since 1929, the Wall Street Crash. The economy has seen a rough start to 2020, with thanks to COVID-19 causing mass disruption for manufacturers globally and over 437,000 deaths within seven...

Media -- eeNews Europe - The speed with which electric vehicles (EV) are being adopted globally is fundamentally changing the economics and dynamics of the automotive industry.In addition to escalating demand for electric cars and vans with ever greater...

Distribution -- TTI MarketEye - As China sees signs of progress in the industry, neighboring Taiwan is has yet to see the same economic incline. Additionally server revenue declined globally. However, spending for semiconductors is forecast to increase this year compared...

Media -- Electronic Engineering Journal - Embedded design consultancy ByteSnap Design has revealed the top concerns and priorities for UK electronics companies in its new report: Navigating COVID-19: The New Normal.

To develop the report ByteSnap Design surveyed...

Aspencore -- EETimes - Interdisciplinary integration needed

Companies are beginning to understand that agility is not some vague virtue. Agility has specific goals, and there are specific processes for achieving those goals. We recently spoke with Yole CEO Jean-Christophe...

Distribution -- TTI MarketEye - What do Amazon, GM, Samsung, Honda, Blackberry and AT&T have in common?

Aside from being household names, they are among the many companies shaping the future of mobility.

Web Marketing -- Digital Commerce 360 - Last year and the current 12 months are two different stories but with each leading to the same ending.



In 2019, all forms of B2B digital commerce-electronic commerce, electronic data interchange, e-procurement, B2B marketplaces...

Distribution -- TTI MarketEye - The U.S. Department of Commerce published its report on shipments, orders and inventories for April, WLAN market segments rose over 2 percent, and smartphone shipments are expected to drop almost 12% this year. This and more in the Weekly...

Media -- Evertiq - SourceToday has rolled up their sleeves and taking it upon themselves to analyse the world of electronic component distribution.

Media -- PYMNTS.com - The past several months have been largely defined in the retail world by merchants and brands making quick digital pivots to stay...

Distribution -- TTI MarketEye - 5G phones will make up more than 10% of shipments in 2020, an update on Q120 economic growth for supply chains, and April saw...

EPS NEWS - Barbara Jorgensen -- Two years ago, the U.S. and China began a tariff war that changed the face of international trade. Tech companies in particular deal with a series of rules and regulations that lack consistency across the globe.



Electronics distributors handle many of the components, services and IT equipment that pass through the international supply chain. The newly-formed Global Electronics Distributors Association (GEDA) will tackle - among other issues -- standards for processing and reporting tariffs that will reduce inefficiencies caused by new regulations.