SCOTTSDALE, AZ – IC Insights has raised its expectations for 2018 capital spending by six percentage points to a 14% increase. If this occurs, it would be the first time semiconductor industry capital outlays exceeded $100 billion. The worldwide 2018 capital spending forecast figure is 53% higher than 2016 spending.

HAMPSHIRE, UK -- Increasing smart security adoption will drive home automation and monitoring revenues from an estimated $12 billion in 2018 to over $45 billion by 2023, a jump of over 260%, says a new study from Juniper Research.

HAMPSHIRE, UK -- Smart toys will represent an $18 billion hardware and software market by 2023, up from an estimated $6 billion in 2018, a new report from Juniper Research says.

NEVADA CITY, CA – The global market for IC packaging posted a banner year in 2017, and contributed significantly to the semiconductor industry’s strongest growth in more than a decade, according to a new report from New Venture Research.