SAN JOSE — North America-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers posted worldwide 90-day average orders of $1.57 billion in April, up 9% over  a year ago.

FRANKFURT -- German printed circuit board fabricators reported March sales rose 2.6% year-over-year on a 30-day moving average basis. 

TAIPEI – Global DRAM revenue fell 7.5% sequentially in the first quarter of 2015, with revenue totaling $12 billion, says DRAMeXchange.

LYON, FRANCE – The fan-out wafer level packaging market reached more than $150 million in 2014, and a CAGR of 30% for the next five years is expected, says Yole Developpement.