ANSAN, KOREA – Daeduck Electronics announced second quarter revenue of ₩238.2 billion ($178.5 million), up 8.4% from the second quarter of 2023. Read More...
NEEDHAM, MA – Worldwide spending on artificial intelligence, including AI-enabled applications, infrastructure, and related IT and business services, will more ... Read More...
TOKYO – Japanese PCB manufacturer CMK reported an 8% year-over-year increase in revenue for the quarter ending on June 30, totaling ¥22.9 billion ($157.6 millio... Read More...
ATLANTA – The electronic component sales sentiment rose to 103.4 in July, 4.5 points higher than June and an encouraging sign of positivity entering the second ... Read More...
WALTHAM, MA – Nano Dimension reported record revenue of $15 million for the second quarter, up 2% from last year's second quarter. Read More...
KUNSHAN, CHINA – Long Young Electronic has announced plans to invest CNY200 million ($28 million) to build two new factories in Thailand. Read More...
TAOYUAN, TAIWAN – The global flex PCB market will gradually recover from its 2023 downturn, with the market size expected to reach $19.7 billion in 2024, repres... Read More...
PETACH TIKVA, ISRAEL – Eltek announced revenue of $10.5 million for the second quarter, down 4.5% compared to last year's second quarter. Read More...
BANNOCKBURN, IL – Sentiment in the electronics industry saw a modest uptick in August, though it remains below the peak observed in April, IPC found in the Augu... Read More...
LONDON – Private investment firm Bain Capital has announced the acquisition of a controlling stake in Somacis, an Italian PCB manufacturer, from Chequers Capita... Read More...
ANDOVER, MA – MKS Instruments announced revenue of $887 million for the second quarter, down 11.6% from the second quarter of 2023. Read More...
AYASE, JAPAN – Japan's Meiko Electronics is planning to begin production at its $100 million PCB factory in Vietnam in the second quarter of 2025. Read More...
TAIPEI – Nan Ya Printed Circuit Board saw second quarter sales of NT8.1 billion ($247.9 million), down 19.8% compared to 2023's second quarter. Read More...
PEACHTREE CITY, GA – The exhibition floor space is sold out for PCB West (https://pcbwest.com/), the largest exhibition and conference for printed circuit board... Read More...
AYASE, JAPAN – Meiko Electronics has announced a strategic business alliance with Aoshikang Technology to boost PCB production capacity in the ASEAN region. Read More...
The annual snapshot of the industry finds the PCB design workforce is – at last – skewing younger. Is the PCB design workforce finally getting younger? After y... Read More...
An electronics startup is developing AI-driven design software that lessens manual intervention. The role of artificial intelligence in PCB design is a growing... Read More...
Searching for components and automating schematic capture are just two of the ways AI will be implemented in PCB design. During the past 10 years, artificial i... Read More...
The East Coast trade show brings news of a steady industry, while puncturing myths about AI. Members of the electronics community gathered in the Boston suburb... Read More...
Using the Weibull distribution to model gold wire bonding on ENEPIG. The most used distribution in reliability analysis may be the Weibull distribution. Its ge... Read More...
Power and signal placed on outer layers minimize radiated emissions. The PCB stackup is like a building's foundation; a product not built on a strong base will... Read More...
A special panel discusses the growth of AI tools and its possible effects on the industry. “Will AI take my job?” That’s the question on the mind of many arou... Read More...
HDP is embarking on new rounds of evaluations of laminates and lead-free solders. The High-Density Packaging User Group, the nonprofit consortium of electronic... Read More...
Adding thermal vias can take up valuable board space with little benefit. We have developed several articles and publications in the past questioning the value... Read More...
Building and maintaining what's said to be the world's largest CAD (http://www.pcdandf.com/pcdesign/menu-research/cad-cam-pcb-software) database requires strong... Read More...
EMA founder Manny Marcano lays out his strategy for untethering methodology and technology. EMA Design Automation has for years been exclusive distributor of C... Read More...
Design and manufacturing considerations for HDI PCBs. High-density interconnect (HDI) technology has been a major enabler of advancement in the electronics ind... Read More...
Models for understanding sources, quantification and mitigation of crosstalk. Crosstalk in PCB and packaging interconnects is arguably one of the most complica... Read More...
Coating traces or filling vias is usually a wasted expense. We are often dismayed by the number of individuals (and especially board manufacturers) who suggest... Read More...
Analysis and summary of the most fundamental design guidelines. Technological advantages associated with the use of laser systems include flexibility, material... Read More...
Quilter's automated PCB design tool can now automatically detect, calculate and custom-route differential pairs. Read More...
Stackpole’s RMCA series of chip resistors now features a 0201 chip size to expand potential end products to include smaller consumer and industrial handheld ele... Read More...
ADCO Circuits' ADCOproto 2.0 features new innovations to transform how designers and electrical engineers’ approach PCBA prototype development. Read More...
Stackpole's RPCA-UP series of resistors now features a 603 chip size. Read More...
Zuken's Panel Builder 2025 for E3.series provides a digital solution for customers to support manufacturing tasks such as exporting files for manufacturing equi... Read More...
Würth Elektronik's WE-RFI inductors are now available in sizes 0402 and 0603, which can be used as inductors for HF applications or as ferrites for interference... Read More...
Hirose's ZG05HV Series wire-to-board connector supports applications up to 125°C, making it ideal for automotive applications including battery, converter, ECU,... Read More...
Teledyne LeCroy's WaveMaster 8000HD series of high-definition oscilloscopes now features eight models designed for all stages of product development. Read More...
Teledyne LeCroy's T3AWG6K series high-performance arbitrary waveform generator is designed for use in a stimulus-response model with the company's high-definiti... Read More...
Vishay's CHA series of AEC-Q200 qualified thin film chip resistors provide high frequency performance up to 70GHz for automotive, space, avionics, telecom and m... Read More...
Hi-Print SD11 Inkjet printer is a flexible, scalable, modular and reconfigurable system designed for future-proof PCB manufacturing. Read More...
Altium Designer 24.6 PCB design software now includes the ability to disable automatic updates of drill symbol data. Read More...
KiCad version 8.0.4 printed circuit design software contains critical bug fixes and other minor improvements since the previous release. Read More...
Kyocera AVX's line of KAM Series automotive MLCCs now includes 20 new components. Read More...
Ucamco's UcamX v2024.06 and Integr8tor v2024.06 CAM and pre-CAM software include new additions to increase customers’ productivity. Read More...