LOS ALTOS, CA -- Electronics demand will accelerate over the next two years, with the US and Japan making healthy comebacks, a new forecast asserts. The overall gains will will be modest versus historical trends, however, in part due to the lack of a killer app, says Henderson Ventures.

SAN JOSE — North America-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers reported 90-day bookings fell 11.9% from last year in August. Orders were down 2.7% sequentially, the SEMI trade group said.