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Industry analysis including articles related to supply chain, passive components, semiconductors, industry statistics, strategy and industry trends.

Silicon diodes eliminate need for snubber caps

May 24, 2013 – Available from 10–40 A in common-cathode configuration,  200 V Qspeed™ LQA200 Series is based on merged-PIN technology that offers soft switching and low reverse recovery charge. Balance of features permits use of small magnetic components while maximizing operational efficiency.

: Film, Semicon |

Semi Sales down 2.2 percent - evertiq

Semi Sales down 2,2 percent

Worldwide semiconductor revenues decreased by 2.2% year over year to $295 billion in 2012, according to the latest version of the International Data Corporation (IDC)Semiconductor Application Forecaster (SAF).

: Semicon, Statistics

How to Overcome the 4 C's in Global Technology Shipping - EBN

There are lots of challenges in the technology supply chain ranging from sourcing decisions to global supplier selection and from management to distribution planning, but one challenge we haven’t talked about before in this column is international shipping.

: Articles

Is It Possible to Bring Manufacturing Back To The U.S.?

For the first time in the history of EDS (Electronic Distribution Show), industry associations ECIA (Electronic Components Industry Association) and ERA (Electronic Representatives Association) joined forces at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas, NV on May 8, 2013 and offered a co-sponsored early morning breakfast for attendees in preparation for a second full day of meetings between distributors and manufacturers.

: Trends

India might be America's next big trade problem - BBJ

U.S. manufacturers often complain about China’s trade practices; now companies are upset with India as well, the Business Journals reported.

: Trends

Methodologies For Stability In Adverse Market Conditions - Zogbi

Between 2007 and 2013 the collective gross profit margins of the world’s top passive component manufacturers has declined by 26%. This notable change in the gross operating profit means that these top vendors of capacitors, resistors and inductors are experiencing higher variable costs (raw material costs) at the bottom end of the supply chain and aggressive price competition at the customer end of the supply chain, which is squeezing the profitability out of the industry.

: Passives, Strategy

Electronic Components/Electronic Equipment Outlook 5/22/13

Electronic Components/Electronic Equipment Outlook – TTI MarketEye – Walt Custer 5/22/2013.

: Statistics, Trends

Eleven companies move up in Q1’13 top 20 semi supplier ranking - ElectroIQ

Later this month, IC Insights’ May Update to The 2013 McClean Report will show a ranking of the top 25 semiconductor suppliers in 1Q13.  A preview of the top 20 companies is listed in Figure 1.  The top 20 worldwide semiconductor (IC and OSD—optoelectronic, discrete, and sensor) sales leaders for 1Q13 include nine suppliers headquartered in the U.S., four in Japan, three in Europe, and two each in South Korea and Taiwan, a relatively broad representation of geographic regions.  The top-20 ranking also includes three pure-play foundries (TSMC, GlobalFoundries, and UMC) and four fabless companies.

: Semicon, Statistics