Incap estimates that its revenue and operating profit (EBIT) for 2023 will be lower than in 2022. The decrease in the revenue and operating profit estimate is related to Incap’s largest customer, who has decided to reduce inventory levels and is t
Renesas Electronics Corp.’s cellular-to-cloud development kits powered by its 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs) now fully support Microsoft’s Azure cloud services. The two Cloud Kits—the CK-RA6M5 and CK-RX65N—enable users to readily connect and ma
Apple is exploring ways to reduce its reliance on China as tensions between Washington and Beijing continue to escalate. Its longtime partners, who make most of the world’s iPhones in sprawling factories in China, have added assembl
EInfochips, a leading provider of product engineering and digital transformation services, has announced the launch of a Reference Development Platform (RDP) based on the NXP® Semiconductors i.MX 93 applications processors, designated EIC-i.MX93-2
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 55.2 million units in the first quarter of 2023, a 30% decrease from the first quarter of 2022, according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc. An unfavorable combination of oversupply and continued low PC demand du
TrendForce’s latest research revealed that shipments of gaming monitors have seen their first decline since 2016 due to high inflation, resulting in only 19.8 million units being shipped in 2022 for a 13% YoY decline. TrendForce predicts that dem
WASHINGTON—April 6, 2023—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today announced global semiconductor industry sales totaled $39.7 billion during the month of February 2023, a decrease of 4.0% compared to the January 202
China has gone to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to try and get it to intervene in the denial of chip-making equipment exports to China by the US, Japan and the Netherlands. The three countries have agreed to ban exports to
For fourth-quarter 2022, POET Technologies Inc of Toronto, Ontario, Canada — designer and developer of the POET Optical Interposer, photonic integrated circuits (PICs) and light sources for the data-center, telecom and artificial intelligence (AI)
In a bid to make India a ‘product developer and manufacturing nation’, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has set up a nine-member task force. The move marks as a step in country’s efforts to position itself as an alt
Smartphone shipments from original design manufacturers/independent design houses (ODMs/IDHs) declined by 5% year-on-year (YoY) in 2022, according to Counterpoint Technology Market Research’s latest Global Smartphone ODM Tracker and Report.
The semiconductor ecosystem in the United States is broad and diverse, as illustrated by SIA’s new U.S. Semiconductor Ecosystem Map, a first-of-its-kind tool that allows users to explore industry activities across the country, including nearly 500
