The semiconductor manufacturing equipment supplier has reached the number one spot for the first time in the market research firm's 2006 ranking of flat panel display equipment suppliers.
Who's up and who's down in the electronics distribution industry? Find out with Electronic Business' annual ranking of the Top 25 North American Electronic Component Distributors.
The EMS industry continued to outpace its supply chain in growth, due to increasing outsourcing of manufacturing to EMS companies by OEMs. Learn more about trends in new orders for computer and electronic products from IPC's monthly report.
Consumer spending is a crucial barometer of economic health in the U.S. Consumer condfidence remained high and is reflected in the U.S. economy overall. Learn more about trends in new orders for computer and electronic products from IPC's monthly report.
It's time for consolidation in the semiconductor industry. Whether chip company CEOs recognize it or not, they'd better move aggressively to eat, or they will be eaten. That's the message many analysts drew from two recent high-profile leveraged buyouts (LBOs) in the semiconductor industry. In August the majority of Philips Semiconductor (now NXP) was purchased for about $10 bill...
Semiconductor investments in the U.S. took a slight dip in Q3 compared to Q2 this year, but the number of deals held steady, according to the MoneyTree™ Report by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association based on data by Thomson Financial.
It took longer than expected, but the Bluetooth chip market is finally taking off, thanks to surging demand for wireless connectivity between cell phones, wireless headsets, PCs, autos and a growing list of other electronic products. Bluetooth, a short-range wireless network technology, transfers data between phones and computers and, when used with a Bluetooth-equipped headset o...