WASHINGTON – Global semiconductor industry sales were $47.2 billion in August, an increase of 29.7% year-over-year and 3.3% sequentially, says the Semiconductor Industry Association.

Read more: Global Semi Sales Up 30% in August

WASHINGTON – The US Defense Department is allocating another round of funding to a research effort for lead-free electronics in high-performance defense areas.

Read more: US DoD Awards Nearly $9M to USPAE for Pb-Free Electronics in Defense Research

NEEDHAM, MA – Spending on compute and storage infrastructure products for cloud infrastructure, including dedicated and shared environments, decreased 2.4% year-over-year in the second quarter to $16.8 billion, according to International Data Corp.

Read more: Cloud Infrastructure Spending Down Over 2% in Q2

ATLANTA – Growth in electronic component sales have stabilized in recent months following wide swings in growth expectations over the past 20 months, according to the latest results of ECIA’s September and third quarter surveys.

Read more: Report: Electronic Component Sales Growth Stabilizing