NEWS
Upcoming PCEA PCB Design Training Class for May
PEACHTREE CITY, GA – PCEA Training (https://pceatraining.net) is offering a five-day Certified Professional Circuit Designer (CPCD) training and certification c... Read More...
EMS Shipments Rise Again in February
BANNOCKBURN, IL — The 90-day moving average shipments by North American electronics manufacturing services companies rose 1.7% in year-over-year in February and... Read More...
N. American Bare Board B2B Hits High Mark, IPC Says
BANNOCKBURN, IL — The 90-day moving average shipments among North American printed circuit board fabricators rose 11.3% in February from a year ago, according t... Read More...
AR/VR Shipments Face Bumpy Road, According to IDC; Jitesh Ubrani and Ramon T. Llamas Comment
NEEDHAM, MA – Global shipments for AR/VR headsets grew 10% in 2024, according to new data from IDC. The launch of new products during the holiday quarter, as we... Read More...
NAND Flash Prices to Recover in Q2 as Production Cuts and Inventory Rebuilding Take Effect, Says TrendForce
TAIPEI – NAND flash prices are expected to stabilize in the second quarter, while prices for wafers and client SSDs are projected to rise, the result of product... Read More...
Semi Fab Equipment Investment Expected to Reach $110B in 2025; Ajit Manocha Comment
MILPITAS, CA - Global fab equipment spending for front-end facilities in 2025 is anticipated to increase 2% year-over-year to $110 billion, marking the sixth co... Read More...
PCEA and EIPC to Hold ‘Design to Fabrication’ Technical Symposium
GELEEN, THE NETHERLANDS AND PEACHTREE CITY, GA -- The EIPC (European Institute for the PCB Community) and PCEA (https://pcea.net) (Printed Circuit Engineering A... Read More...
Worldwide Server Market Revenue Increased 91% During Q4; Lidice Fernandez Comments
NEEDHAM, MA - Server sales reached a record $77.3 billion during the fourth quarter, the second highest growth rate since 2019 with a year-over-year increase of... Read More...
DuPont Announces CEO for Planned Independent Electronics Company; Ed Breen, Michael Stubblefield, and Jon Kemp Comment
WILMINGTON, DL - DuPont today announced Jon Kemp, president, DuPont Electronics Industrial will be the chief executive and a member of the board of directors ... Read More...
PCEA Announces Free Technical Sessions for PCB East 2025; Matthew Leary and Stephen Chavez Comment
PEACHTREE CITY, GA – Registrants for the PCB East (https://www.pcbeast.com) exhibition this April will gain access to five free technical sessions (plus a keyno... Read More...
Peter Bigelow Inducted into IPC Hall of Fame
BANNOCKBURN, IL -- IPC this week inducted Peter Bigelow, retired president of FTG Circuits Haverhill, into its Raymond E. Pritchard Hall of Fame. Read More...
‘Early Bird’ Discount for PCB East Technical Conference Ends March 29
PEACHTREE CITY, GA – The discounted price for the PCB East (https://www.pcbeast.com) 2025 technical conference ends March 29, conference organizers said today. ... Read More...
Eltek Takes Q4 Hit, Says Positioned for Future Growth
PETACH TIKVA, ISRAEL -- Eltek announced financial fourth quarter revenue of $10.8 million, down from $12.3 million last year. Read More...
CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY Announces 2025 NPI Award Winners
PEACHTREE CITY, GA – CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY (http://circuitsassembly.com/ca/) today announced the 2025 New Product Introduction (NPI) Award winners for electronics a... Read More...
Global Semiconductor Sales Increase 18% Year-to-Year in January
WASHINGTON — The three-month moving average global semiconductor sales hit $56.5 billion during January, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today anno... Read More...
FEATURES
What is the Best Material for a High-Speed PCB?
Consider return loss and insertion loss – but don’t stop there. Material selection for high-speed printed circuit board design (http://www.PCBwest.com) is one ... Read More...
Sequential Lamination in PCB Manufacturing
Higher layer count boards with mechanically drilled blind or buried vias may be built separately, then laminated together. Sequential lamination is a fundament... Read More...
Characterizing Etchback and Dielectric Loss Tangent
Fabrication-aware simulations to aid PCB design success. As engineers design printed circuit boards (PCBs) to operate at higher data rates, the system’s signal... Read More...
The Via-in-Pad and Wrap Plating Process
How and why to achieve higher-density placement and routing. PCB pin count and interconnect densities are increasing almost daily. Due to the associated high f... Read More...
Controlled Impedance on High-Speed Flex PCBs
Front-end analysis can help estimate the proper hatch opening – if any – for a flex PCB. Flex PCB and rigid-flex PCB designers are aware of the typical lack of... Read More...
NIST 800-171 Compliance
Are your PCB supplier’s security measures up to par? In today’s interconnected digital landscape, safeguarding sensitive information is not just a priority – i... 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...
Young Guns: The 2024 Designers Salary Survey
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...
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...
Exploring the Impact of AI
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...
PRODUCTS
SnapChip Launches X-Refs.com Parts Search Engine
SnapChip's X-Refs.com AI-powered cross-reference search engine for electronic components ensures up-to-date part suggestions and seamless integration. Read More...
KiCad Releases KiCad 9.0.0 ECAD Tool
KiCad 9.0.0 ECAD software now features predefined sets of jobs; for example, plotting, exporting, and running design rule checks (DRC) on schematics and PCBs. Read More...
atg Luther Maelzer Releases A9L Flying Probe Tester
atg Luther Maelzer A9L large format flying probe tester handles circuit boards up to 36” x 26” (915mm x 660mm). Read More...
Antenova Launches Inpai Cellular Antenna
Antenova Inpai SMD cellular antenna is for NB-IoT and CATM on 4G/LTE networks, including telematics, Read More...
Ventec Releases VT-47LT Low CTE Prepreg for HDI
Ventec VT-47LT low CTE prepreg for HDI is classified as IPC-4101/126 prepreg, avoiding need for requalification of alternative IPC-4101 grades. Offers best-in-c... Read More...
Renesas and Altium Introduce Renesas 365 ECAD
Renesas 365, powered by Altium, streamlines electronics system development from silicon selection to system lifecycle management. Read More...
Celus Upgrades Design Platform with Component Search
Celus Design Platform simplifies and accelerates the design process with automated, AI-driven recommendations of millions of components. Read More...
Kyocera AVX Introduces 9258-100 Series BtB Compression Contacts
Kyocera AVX 9258-100 Series spring-finger board-to-board compression contacts provide full connector functionality in a miniature, low-profile, single-contact f... Read More...
Rogers Corp. Releases RO4830 Plus Circuit Materials
Rogers RO4830 Plus Circuit Materials are for cost-sensitive millimeter wave PCB applications, such as 76-81 GHz automotive corner radar sensors. Read More...
Harwin Kontrol Board-to-Board SMT Interconnects
Harwin Kontrol range of board-to-board interconnects (BBi) now come in single-row SMT connectors and cable assemblies featuring a 1.27mm pitch (0.05″). Read More...
Ucamco Launches Integr8tor Nexus and UcamX v2024.11
Ucamco's Integr8tor Nexus v2024.11 and UcamX v2024.11 feature improvements and upgrades over previous releases. Read More...
Vishay Rolls Out High Voltage MLCCs
Vishay's VJ….W1HV surface-mount high voltage multilayer ceramic chip capacitors are offered in seven case sizes ranging from 1206 to 2225. Read More...
FlexLink Launches 1-LV-S and 1-LV-R Laser Markers
FlexLink's 1-LV-S and 1-LV-R laser markers are designed to enhance PCB production efficiency by offering precise, high-speed and contact-free laser marking. Read More...
Stackpole Rolls Out RNCE Resistors
Stackpole's RNCE thin film resistors are said to withstand higher temperatures, high-moisture and high-sulfur environments, with exceptionally low changes in re... Read More...
Keystone Electronics Launches Low Profile PCB Edge Connectors
Keystone Electronics' compact SMT PCB edge connectors feature a horizontal orientation, making them well-suited for parallel board-to-board or board-to-componen... Read More...
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A Kiss to K&S
A Kiss to K&S
I have to admit, the news that Kulicke & Soffa will wind down its electronics assembly equipment business as part of a revamp of its strategic plan makes me a bit sad. The K&S division, which makes SMT placement machines[…]
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Will Tariffs Tax Market Research Efforts?
Will Tariffs Tax Market Research Efforts?
While the potential impacts of tariffs have been discussed in spades across the boardrooms, lunchrooms and mediasphere, there's one aspect to them that in my opinion has been underreported. Continue reading → The post Will Tariffs Tax Market Research Efforts?[…]
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Can Apple’s Investment Announcement Be Believed?
Can Apple’s Investment Announcement Be Believed?
Apple on Monday announced plans to invest some $500 billion and and hire 20,000 workers in the United States over the next four years. The centerpiece of the splashy news is a future 250,000 sq. ft. factory in Texas where[…]
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