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AVX to Customers: Minerals Theft Won’t Affect Supplies
The alleged theft of 44 tons of the conflict mineral tantalite in Tanzania has prompted passive and interconnect component maker AVX to reassure customers its supplies weren’t being disrupted.
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China Mobile Jumps Ahead of Domestic Rivals to Develop 4G on Home Ground
An ongoing effort by China Mobile to develop local 4G wireless infrastructure ahead of its two other rivals is likely to pay off down the road ...
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MEMS Motion Sensor Market Continues Hot Growth Streak
The formidable success story of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) motion sensors in handsets continued last year following ...
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NOR Prospects Still Down This Year, But Key Growth Areas Hold Hope
The NOR segment of the flash memory industry will continue to suffer declines as revenue is projected to fall for a second consecutive year in 2013 ...
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Small- and Medium-Sized Display Market Slowed in December
Shipments of small- and medium display panels used in devices like smartphones and tablets dipped slightly in the final month of 2012 ...
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Conflict Minerals Rule Challenged in Court
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s rule for dealing with conflict minerals is facing its first legal challenge in the courts, as the National Association of Manufacturers filed a brief in January with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. District.
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Uneven Growth Ahead for Semiconductors
Broad macroeconomic factors may be driving modest growth in the global semiconductor market, but OEMs need to pay close attention to the undercurrents in specific component markets to ensure their supply lines remain strong.
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Strong Growth Ahead for MEMS Motion Sensors
Growth for MEMS motions sensors is expected to top 13 percent in 2013 thanks in large part to strong demand for mobile devices.
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2018: The End of Easy Scaling and the Dawn of Nanotechnology
In five years, Moore’s Law will hit a wall. Nanotechnology will break through that wall.
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Conflict Minerals: Facing the Compliance Challenge
This is the year publicly-traded companies in the U.S. must track and report details about the conflict minerals in their products, and the dilemma of how exactly to do that is just starting to sink in.
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Wireless OEMs to Drive Chip Spending in 2013
Following lackluster demand in 2012, worldwide semiconductor spending is set to grow by 6.2 percent in 2013, led by demand from original equipment manufacturers in the wireless segment.
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Contract Manufacturers Focus on Business Fundamentals
Improving inventory velocity and cash flow are at the top of the list of objectives in 2013 as manufacturers face continued market uncertainty and increased scrutiny from OEM customers
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Big Year for SSDs Expected in 2013
Despite lukewarm PC sales trends, solid state drives (SSDs) remain a bright spot in the storage world in 2013 ...
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China IC Design Firms to Keep Growing Amid Lively Local Front
A dynamic domestic market in China will help spur the country’s local integrated-circuit (IC) design industry to double-digit growth this year ...
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Led by Smartphones, China’s Electronics Market Set for Stronger Year in 2013
Amid a rise in economic growth and the implementation of government policies designed to stimulate demand, China’s electronics market is ...
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MEMS Revenue to Climb a Healthy 8 Percent This Year
A strong uptake in consumer and mobile devices will power the market for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) to solid revenue growth in 2013 ...
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Mobile Handsets to Claim Largest Market Share in 2013 as Foremost Consumer of Flash Memory
Mobile handsets are set to become the single largest consumer of flash memory in 2013, reaffirming the device’s pre-eminence in the space amid ...
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Outsourced Manufacturing Industry Set to Enjoy Modest Lift This Year
Despite lingering weakness in the global economy and continuing market uncertainties, the outsourced manufacturing industry ...
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Power Management to Continue Down in Q1, but Overall Growth is Forecast for 2013
Power management semiconductors will continue to experience softness in the first quarter, echoing the weak performance of the previous period ...
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Supply of Tablet Displays Soars 78.2 Percent in 2013
The available area-fab capacity area for both liquid crystal displays (LCD) and active-matrix organic light-emitting diode ...
