SIA Statement Following Commerce’s Announcement to Extend the Temporary General License
WASHINGTON—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), representing U.S. leadership in semiconductor manufacturing, design, and research, today released the following statement from SIA President & CEO John Neuffer following the Department of Commerce announcement adding Huawei affiliates to the entities list and providing an extension of the Temporary Generalized License until November 2019. “While we are reviewing […]
Department of Commerce Adds Dozens of New Huawei Affiliates to the Entity List and Maintains Narrow Exemptions through the Temporary General License
WASHINGTON – The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) of the U.S. Department of Commerce identified 46 additional Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. affiliates that require inclusion on the Entity List, as part of a routine review of all Entity Listings. Since May, the Department has added over one hundred persons or organizations to the Entity […]
Mid-Year Global Semiconductor Sales Down 14.5 Compared to 2018
Year-to-year sales down across all regions; 2019 Q2 sales up slightly compared to Q1 WASHINGTON—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) announced worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $98.2 billion during the second quarter of 2019, a small increase of 0.3 percent over the previous quarter, but 16.8 percent less than the second quarter of last year. […]
What Can You Do about a Lousy Forecast?
One of the oldest jokes in operations management is that “accurate forecast” is an oxymoron. But it seems that many companies have gotten so used to poor forecast quality that they’ve lost focus on this business-critical issue. Improving forecast accuracy by even a small amount can have…
ECIA Chief Analyst Dale Ford Releases Executive Analysis for August: 5G – The Next Big Thing
Atlanta — As technological advances continue to accelerate, one of the most common questions presented is, “What is the next big thing?” Every cycle in the electronics industry has been driven by a major technology, market or economic force ranging from consumer electronics, various generations of personal computers, and wireless/mobile communications to global economic booms and […]