TAIPEI – Taiwanese exports of electronic products, primarily semiconductors, shrank in July to $17.7 billion, a 0.4% year-on-year drop, due to faltering demand for foundry services, chip testing and packaging services and printed circuit boards.

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MILPITAS, CA – With sequential IC sales declines beginning to moderate, the global semiconductor industry appears to be nearing the end of a downcycle and is expected to begin to recover in 2024, SEMI and TechInsights reported in the Semiconductor Manufacturing Monitor.

Read more: SEMI: Semiconductor Industry on Track for 2024 Recovery but Headwinds Remain

NEEDHAM, MA – Worldwide tablet shipments posted a decline of 29.9% year over year in the second quarter, totaling 28.3 million units, according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation's Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker.

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WASHINGTON – Worldwide sales of semiconductors totaled $124.5 billion during the second quarter of 2023, a 4.7% sequential increase but 17.3% less than the second quarter of 2022, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association.

Read more: Semiconductor Sales Increase 4.7% from May