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NEWS

Semiconductor Sales Up 27% YoY in May

07 July 2025

WASHINGTON – Global semiconductor sales reached $59 billion in May, a 27% year-over-year increase, according to data released today by the Semiconductor Industr... Read More...

Worldwide Server Market to Hit $366 Billion

27 June 2025

NEEDHAM, MA – The global server market is on track to reach $366 billion in value this year, marking a 44.6% increase over last year, according to the latest da... Read More...

North American EMS Shipments Fall 9.3% in May

25 June 2025

BANNOCKBURN, IL – North American electronics manufacturing services (EMS) shipments declined 9.3% year-over-year in May, according to IPC’s latest industry surv... Read More...

North American PCB Industry Sales Surge 21.4% in May

25 June 2025

BANNOCKBURN, IL – North American printed circuit board (PCB) shipments jumped 21.4% year-over-year in May, according to new data from the IPC trade group. Shipm... Read More...

Global Wrist-Worn Device Shipments Climb 10.5%

24 June 2025

BEIJING – Global wrist-worn device shipments rose 10.5% year-over-year in the first quarter, totaling 45.6 million units, according to IDC. The growth was drive... Read More...

AllSpice.io Raises $15M to Launch AI Agent

24 June 2025

SAN FRANCISCO – AllSpice.io, a leading hardware development collaboration platform, announced it has raised $15 million in a Series A round led by Rethink Impac... Read More...

GBM Expands AI Product Line with Lincstech Acquisition

24 June 2025

TAIPEI – Global Brands Manufacture (GBM), a PCB and EMS subsidiary of Walsin Technology, has finalized its acquisition of Lincstech, a Tokyo-based PCB fabricato... Read More...

PCEA Announces New Location for PCB East 2026

23 June 2025

PEACHTREE CITY, GA – June 23, 2025 – The Printed Circuit Engineering Association (PCEA (https://pcea.net)) today announced that PCB East 2026 will take place at... Read More...

AR/VR Market Posts 18.1% Growth

20 June 2025

NEEDHAM, MA – The global AR/VR headset market rebounded in the latest quarter with 18.1% year-over-year growth, according to IDC. Meta led with a 50.8% market s... Read More...

INEMI Publishes New Roadmaps for Board Assembly, Complex Integrated Systems and Laminates

17 June 2025

MORRISVILLE, NC – The International Electronics Manufacturing Initiative (INEMI) has released updated roadmaps addressing key challenges and technology advancem... Read More...

Victory PCB Expands Global Manufacturing and Assembly Capabilities

17 June 2025

SHENZHEN, CHINA – Victory PCB announced the expansion of its production capabilities to further serve industries like automotive, aerospace, medical equipment a... Read More...

PCD&F Opens Annual PCB Designer Salary Survey

17 June 2025

PEACHTREE CITY, GA – JUNE 17, 2025 – PRINTED CIRCUIT DESIGN FAB is conducting its annual salary survey of printed circuit board designers, design engineers an... Read More...

NCAB Finalizes Acquisition of B&B Leiterplattenservice in Germany

12 June 2025

MITTWEIDA, GERMANY – NCAB Group has completed its acquisition of B B Leiterplattenservice GmbH, following the initial agreement signed on April 23. The deal clo... Read More...

Doosan Begins Flex Laminate Production at New Plant in Korea

10 June 2025

SEOUL – Doosan Corp. has launched mass production at its new flexible copper-clad laminate (FCCL) plant in Gimje, North Jeolla Province, targeting the fast-grow... Read More...

Global Semiconductor Sales Climb 23% YoY in April

06 June 2025

WASHINGTON – The three-month moving average semiconductor sales rose 22.7% in April from a year ago, reaching $57 billion, the Semiconductor Industry Associatio... Read More...

FEATURES

The Hidden Potential of Excess and Obsolete Component Inventory

Recouping value from excess stock. If manufacturers understood the true value and opportunity of their excess and obsolete (E O) electronic component stock, th... Read More...

Developing Organizational Culture for Troubleshooting

Are you consistently solving problems and adding value? For an organization to improve, its culture must embrace change. Determining and measuring organization... Read More...

AI in Electronics Manufacturing: What’s Working Now, What’s Not (But Should Be)

Artificial intelligence is superb at corralling volumes of data but still lacks the flexibility needed for many engineering tasks. AI is transforming electroni... Read More...

Fundamentals of PCB Stack-up and Signal Integrity

A summary of how to order layers to achieve target impedance values. Printed circuit boards are becoming highly dense, hosting all kinds of high-speed interfac... Read More...

Bluetooth Circuit Board Design Guidelines

Six steps for limiting interference and data loss. Printed circuit boards (PCBs) utilizing Bluetooth technology can encounter issues like interference, lost da... Read More...

Component Land Patterns: A Primer

A manufacturer’s perspective on determining parts layout. A land pattern refers to the footprint or layout of surface-mount components on a printed circuit boa... Read More...

For Design Tools, Another Record. Can It Last?

If a recession is indeed ahead, Wally Rhines thinks the PCB design software industry is a “great place to hide.” The figure tells the story: sales of printed c... Read More...

Are You Using Too Many Vias?

Conventional wisdom regarding via count is wrong. Here’s the proof. Conventional wisdom has suggested: The cross-sectional area of a via should have at least ... Read More...

Can Thailand Pad its PCB Gains?

2023 saw only a handful of fabricators gain ground, but SE Asia is primed to boom. Small it was, but the Thailand Electronics Circuit Asia exhibition held in B... Read More...

Fundamentals of Signal Integrity at Various Frequencies

Tips and tricks for applications of all speeds, from 1MHz to gigabit level. How do you know a high-speed design application from an ordinary one? What qualifie... Read More...

PCB Design. No Humans Required.

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...

AI: The Shiny New Tool in the Engineer's Toolbox

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...

‘Everybody is Growing’

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...

Measuring Quality Over Time

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...

How the PCB Stackup Helps Control EMI

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...