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NEEDHAM, MA — Worldwide smartphone shipments declined 18.3% year over year to 300.3 million units in the fourth quarter of 2022, according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. The drop marks the largest-ever decline in a single quarter and contributed to a steep 11.3% decline for the year.

BANNOCKBURN, IL — December shipments by North American printed circuit board fabricators fell 1.7% from a year ago and 5.1% sequentially.

BANNOCKBURN, IL — North American electronics manufacturing services (EMS) bookings in December decreased 22.7% year-over-year and decreased 2.9 percent from the previous month.

MILPITAS, CA — Electronic System Design (ESD) industry revenue increased 8.9% from $3.46 billion in Q3 2021 to $3.76 billion in Q3 2022, the ESD Alliance, a SEMI Technology Community, announced in its latest Electronic Design Market Data (EDMD) report. The four-quarter moving average rose 13.4%.

STAMFORD, CT — Worldwide semiconductor revenue increased 1.1% in 2022 to total $601.7 billion, up from $595 billion in 2021, according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc. The combined revenue of the top 25 semiconductor vendors increased 2.8% in 2022 and accounted for 77.5% of the market.

NEEDHAM, MA — Global PC shipments fell below expectations in the fourth quarter as 67.2 million PCs were shipped, down 28.1% from the prior year, according to preliminary results from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker.