December Quality Inspection Report for Electronic Components
As we closed out 2024, December revealed key trends in electronic component testing at White Horse Laboratories. Memory chips dominated testing volumes, closely followed by FPGAs and MCUs – components essential to modern innovations like AI, 5G, and edge computing.
Trump’s trade war among allies triggers retaliation from Canada and Mexico, AP Reports
TORONTO (AP) — Canada and Mexico ordered retaliatory tariffs on American goods in response to sweeping tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump, and businesses and consumers in both countries questioned Sunday how the new trade war might affect them. SOURCE: AP Canada initially ordered tariffs of 25% on American imports starting Feb. 4, including […]
Rising AI Infrastructure Demand Highlights Industry Shift Toward Cost-Effective Solutions as DeepSeek Gains Traction, Says TrendForce
TrendForce’s latest investigations have revealed that the recent release of DeepSeek-V3 and DeepSeek-R1 underscores an industry-wide shift toward more cost-effective AI infrastructure. This development is expected to prompt end users to conduct more rigorous evaluations of AI infrastructure investments, focusing on adopting more efficient software computing models to reduce reliance on hardware such as GPUs. […]
Electronic System Design Industry Posts $5.1 Billion in Revenue in Q3 2024, ESD Alliance Reports
MILPITAS, Calif. — Electronic System Design (ESD) industry revenue increased 8.8% to $5,114.5 million in the third quarter of 2024 from the $4,702.4 million registered in the third quarter of 2023, the ESD Alliance, a SEMI Technology Community, announced today in its latest Electronic Design Market Data (EDMD) report. The four-quarter moving average, which compares the most recent four […]
Innovating with solid-state lasers: Mycronic’s commitment to climate change
Mycronic is committed to do its part to limit climate change. We have set science-based targets to halve our climate footprint until 2030. A major focus is on reducing emissions from our products’ electricity use at customer sites. We are for example upgrading our mask writers from using gas lasers to more efficient solid-state lasers, […]