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BANNOCKBURN, IL – January North American printed circuit board orders declined 5.6% year-over-year and 7.6% sequentially, says IPC.

Read more: January North American PCB Orders Down 5.6%

TOKYO -- Pricing of memory chips for PCs are at their highest point in three years as capacities are gobbled up by smartphone OEMs, according to the Japan Electronics and Information Technologies Industries Association.

Read more: Memory Chip Pricing Continues to Spike

FRAMINGHAM, MA – Vendor revenue in the worldwide server market declined 4.6% year-over-year to $14.6 billion in the fourth quarter, according to a new report.

Read more: Worldwide Server Market Revenue Down 4.6% in Q4

FRAMINGHAM, MA – Coming off the smartphone market's lowest year-over-year growth of 2.5% in 2016, a new forecast from the IDC shows worldwide smartphone shipments rebounding in 2017 and beyond.

Read more: Smartphone Volumes Expected to Rebound in 2017

FRANKFURT – December sales of printed circuit board manufacturers in the DACH region (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) were the second highest in the past seven years, up 6% year-over-year, says ZVEI. Sales declined sequentially, and full year 2016 sales were flat.

Read more: Germany December PCB Sales Up 6%

HAMPSHIRE, UK -- Smart glasses will be the highest growth sector of the consumer wearables segment over the next five years, a new report asserts.

Read more: Smart Glasses Market to Reach $7B by 2021

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