How Recent MLCC End-of-Life Announcements Helped to Disrupt the High-Tech Economy in 2018 and What to Expect in 2019
TTI MarketEye Overview In this MarketeEYE article, Dennis Zogbi of Paumanok Industrial Market Research creates a timeline of discontinuation announcements for multilayered ceramic chip capacitors (MLCC) and demonstrates their impact on lead times, and offers the reader a glimpse about what is coming at them next with respect to MLCC in 2019. Background Multilayered […]
Gore Introduces the MEMS Protective Vents for Improving Yields Through the MEMS Microphone Manufacturing Process
ELKTON, Md.-The latest portable electronic devices are expected to go everywhere with us and withstand anything as soon as they leave the assembly line…but what about while they are still on the assembly line? In examining this challenging environment, W. L. Gore & Associates (Gore) developed GORE® MEMS Protective Vents, designed to shield the device from extreme conditions […]
Annual Silicon Shipments Hit Record High, Market Exceeds $10 Billion for First Time Since 2008
Revenues Improve but Remain Below 2007 Peak MILPITAS, Calif. – Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments in 2018 increased 8 percent year-over-year to a record high, while 2018 worldwide silicon revenue jumped 31 percent during the same period, exceeding the $10 billion mark for the first time since 2018, reported the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG) in […]
Fully-automated PCB prototyping from LPKF Laser & Electronics AG
Electronics developers may prefer to create their printed circuit boards directly in the laboratory. This is fast and easy with the new circuit board plotters from LPKF Laser & Electronics AG, and it requires no time-consuming etching. Whether the all-rounder LPKF ProtoMat S64 or the special system for HF applications, LPKF ProtoMat S104: The fully-automated […]
AsteelFlash Releases Market Intelligence Commodity Report
Since December 2018 the market is softening. Some manufacturers have increased their capacity but the main reason is due to Global demand drop, driven by China, the Automotive and smartphone market. After the Chinese New Year, the demand may increase and create constraints. Moving into 2019, MLCC constraints still continue on some values/packages even though […]