NEEDHAM, MA – Worldwide smartphone shipments are forecast to decline 4.7% year over year to 1.15 billion units in 2023, the lowest volume in a decade, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker.

NEEDHAM, MA – The road to recovery for personal computers has been challenging coming off explosive years in 2020 and 2021, but signs of growth are finally returning. According to the International Data Corporation Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker, PC shipments are forecast to grow 3.7% year over year in 2024 reaching 261.4 million shipments.

PASADENA, CA – Procurement professionals are now enjoying a degree of negotiation power that they have not experienced in years due to an improved environment for the buy-side of the electronics supply chain marked by falling lead times, stubborn inventory, uneven demand, and mostly declining pricing, according to new Commodity IQ data from Supplyframe.

TAIPEI – Taiwanese exports of electronic products, primarily semiconductors, shrank in July to $17.7 billion, a 0.4% year-on-year drop, due to faltering demand for foundry services, chip testing and packaging services and printed circuit boards.