HERNDON, VA – The International Electronics Manufacturing Initiative is surveying the industry to gauge the current adoption rate of boundary scan and identify any impediments to widespread use.

This results will be used to help iNEMI improve test implementation and coverage for electronics products, the organization said. iNEMI encourages the global supply chain to participate in the online survey.

“We want to hear about people’s experiences with boundary scan,” said Steve Butkovich, structural test manager for Cisco and co-chair of the iNEMI Boundary Scan Adoption Project. “We’re looking for input from the people who would use boundary scan, such as PCB designers, test engineers, engineering managers or design-for-test consultants, and from IC designers who would integrate boundary scan into their products. If they use boundary scan, we want to know how well it works – or doesn’t work; and if they do not use it, we would like to know why not.

 The survey is available through the end of February at inemi.org/boundary_scan_survey.

PHILADELPHIA – Rohm and Haas reported fourth-quarter earnings plummeted 82% from last year to $32 million. Earnings for the fiscal year were $480 million.
 

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SANTA ANA, CA -- TTM Technologies exceeded guidance projections turning in fourth quarter sales of $164.9 million, down 1.5% compared to fourth quarter 2007 and down 2.4% from the previous quarter.

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TAIPEI, TAIWAN – Asustek Computer shipped nearly 300,000 portable PCs during the fourth quarter, increasing shares in the US notebook market, according to IDC data.
 
Asustek is planning to market notebooks through Wal-Mart starting in the second quarter. It wants to increase shipments to over 1 million, compared to 650,000 in 2008. 

Acer reported notebook/netbook shipments at 1.4 million to 1.5 million for the fourth quarter, compared to over 4 million last year. US shipments increased to 57% quarter-over-quarter.