Total Fab Equipment Spending Reverses Course, Growth Outlook Revised Downward, Says SEMI
MILPITAS, Calif. – Total fab equipment spending in 2019 is projected to drop 8 percent, a sharp reversal from the previously forecast increase of 7 percent as fab investment growth has been revised downward for 2018 to 10 percent from the 14 percent predicted in August, according to the latest edition of the World Fab Forecast […]
Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire Silicon Photonics Leader, Luxtera
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) announced the intent to acquire privately-held Luxtera, Inc, a semiconductor company based in Carlsbad, Calif. that uses silicon photonics to build integrated optics capabilities for webscale and enterprise data centers, service provider market segments, and other customers. Luxtera’s technology, design, and manufacturing innovation significantly improves chip scale and performance, […]
NAM Acquires Manufacturing Leadership Council
Washington, D.C. – National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) President and CEO Jay Timmons today announced plans to continue the NAM’s ambitious organizational growth with the acquisition of the Manufacturing Leadership Council (MLC). The MLC is a leader in providing best practices, data and insights to manufacturing companies of all sizes on Manufacturing 4.0, the next wave of technological breakthroughs […]
IPC Commends Passage of FIRST STEP Act
John Mitchell, president and CEO of IPC issued the following statement on the U.S. Senate’s vote this week to enact a criminal justice reform bill called the FIRST STEP Act. “IPC applauds the U.S. Senate for coming together in a bipartisan manner to address criminal justice reform with the passage of the FIRST STEP Act, […]
Thick Film Chip Resistors: The “Other” Shortage
Fort Worth, Texas – TTI, Inc., a specialty distributor of electronic components, brings you the latest breakdown of the effects that the MLCC shortage is having on the thick film chip resistor market from MarketEYE contributor Dennis Zogbi in the TTI MarketEYE Resource Center. In a study conducted by Paumanok Publications, Inc., the findings indicate a […]