2020-04-07 - IDC

Global IT Spending to Decline by 2.7% in 2020 Due to COVID-19

Worldwide IT spending is expected to decline 2.7% in constant currency terms this year as COVID-19 impacts the global economy…

2020-04-01 - IDC

COVID-19 to significantly impact semiconductor market in 2020

IDC report analyzes range of critical factors that will affect the semiconductor market this year and presents most likely scenario…

2020-03-27 - Fendy Wang

Huawei vs. Xiaomi: Divergent Routes to Success

Huawei and Xiaomi both need to rapidly fill in their supply chains. They're doing it for different reasons, and they're…

2019-11-13 - Anne-Françoise Pelé

European Commissioner Says ‘No’ to Breaking Up Big Tech

European commissioner for competition Margrethe Vestager sees "no limits in how artificial intelligence can support what we want to do…

2019-07-30 - Rick Merritt

The Whales Changing the Industry

Data center giants are pulling chip designers in many different directions in the search for big markets for big chips.

- Alan Patterson

TSMC Announces Large-Scale Hiring Plan

TSMC plans to hire 3,000 people, or about 5% of its current headcount, to support the company's business growth and…

2019-07-12 - Dylan McGrath

Forecast Worsens for Equipment Market

The equipment market is now forecast to decline by 20% this year. Too much inventory, a trade war, and 5G…

2019-06-12 - Loring Wirbel

EEs Pushed into the Gig Economy

Consider advanced logic design: high-tech specialization was supposed to provide some immunity to being considered a short-term employment prospect

2019-06-11 - Alan Patterson

Global Billings Plummet

Global billings for chipmaking equipment plummeted in Q1 as the semiconductor industry hunkers down in the trade war between the…

2019-05-20 - Matthew Burgess

Trade War Could Have a Big Impact on Apple

Things are set to get worse for Apple unless their loses are curtailed by Governmental aid, according to TrendForce