FRANKFURT -- Uncertainties over Brexit, a crisis in the automotive industry and trade conflicts among the US, China and Europe stifled orders and sales of printed circuit boards from manufacturers in German-speaking countries in 2019, according to ZVEI. 

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LYON-VILLEURBANNE, FRANCE – Fourth quarter combined DRAM and NAND revenue was $27.5 billion, down 23.4% year-over-year and up 2.5% sequentially, according to Yole Developpement.

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FRAMINGHAM, IDC – Total end-user spending on IT infrastructure products (server, enterprise storage, and Ethernet switch) for cloud environments, including public and private cloud, recovered in the fourth quarter after two consecutive quarters of decline, says International Data Corp. Year-over-year growth of 12.4% yielded $19.4 billion in spending.

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FRAMINGHAM, MA – Worldwide IT spending is now expected to decline 2.7% in constant currency terms this year as Covid-19 impacts the global economy and forces many organizations to respond with contingency planning and spending cuts in the short term, according to International Data Corp.

Read more: Global IT Spending to Decline 2.7% in 2020