What Does GlobalFoundries Hope to Achieve?
Distributors have no direct influence on technologies associated with their suppliers' components, but GlobalFoundries' goal could be to irritate TSMC…
Huawei: Is it Time to Rip-Off the Band-Aid?
The U.S. chip industry seems to think the Chinese market will always be there, but Huawei is gradually giving up…
Blog: No Electronics, No Moon Landing
The Soviets had bigger boosters, but the American emphasis on weight reduction and its emerging electronics sector proved decisive in…
The Who’s Who of the Exodus from China
With the threat of a 25% tariff in the China-US trade war, even some Chinese companies have begun transferring some…
Distribution Networks: The Go-To-Market Strategy
Multinational Corporations (MNCs) normally have the ambition to enter emerging markets, but how to start? Should they establish a direct…
China vs. US: Lost in Translation?
Is the US-China trade war a case where people in two different cultures are totally misunderstanding each other's interpretation of…
The Trade War’s Impact on the Supply Chain
President Trump's tariffs were blunt instruments to force other countries to drop their trade barriers. What if they're permanent?
China vs. US: Who will Blink First?
Tariffs and Trump's executive order have replaced 40 years of economic integration. Vulnerable China could blink first in a trade…
Component Shortages Set to Continue
The fortunes of the electronics supply chain can change on a dime. Following two years of severe component shortages, demand…
China Exodus as Tech Returns to Taiwan
A boatload of Taiwanese companies who moved their production operations to China decades ago are now sailing home. But the…