SAN FRANCISCO – Global sales of semiconductor manufacturing equipment by OEMs next year are forecast to bounce back from a projected contraction of 18.6% to $87.4 billion in 2023, SEMI announced in its Mid-Year Total Semiconductor Equipment Forecast. The expected 2024 recovery – to $100 billion – will be driven by both the front-end and back-end segments.

NEEDHAM, MA – Global PC shipments declined 13.4% year-on-year during the second quarter, according to preliminary results from IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker.

MILPITAS, CA – Printed circuit board and multichip module design software revenue increased 25.6% to $368.4 million in the first quarter 2023. 

WASHINGTON – Global semiconductor industry sales totaled $40.7 billion in May, an increase of 1.7% compared to the previous month but 21.1% less than the May 2022 total of $51.7 billion, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association.