Semiconductor Industry Backs Corporate Tax Reform Conference Report

The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), representing U.S. leadership in semiconductor manufacturing, design, and research, today announced its support for the conference report on H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The conference report reconciles differences between tax reform bills passed by the House and Senate in recent weeks. Votes on the conference report are expected […]

4Q DRAM Sales Put Exclamation Point On An Amazing Year of Growth

Forecast for record quarterly DRAM sales of $21.1 billion, with 74% annual growth expected. Throughout 2017, DRAM manufacturers faced pressure to boost output of their devices—particularly high-performance DRAM used in data center servers, and low-power high-density DRAM used in smartphones and other mobile products. Strong, ongoing demand put significant upward pressure on DRAM average selling […]

Jürgen Thurner at Productronica 2017

Jürgen Thurner joins SCOOP’s Philip Stoten. Filmed on the SCOOPstudio at Productronica 2017 in Munich, Germany, thanks to the sponsorship of Aegis, Cogiscan, Jabil, KIC, Koh Young and Radius.

Expectations for 2018: Making Britain’s manufacturing smarter

First came the dawn of mechanical machines, succeeded by the introduction of electricity, quickly followed by the third industrial era, the advent of computers and the internet. Now, as we enter the so-called fourth industrial revolution, Industry 4.0 is moving from buzzword to reality. In this article, Martyn Williams, managing director of industrial software provider, […]