2010 chip spend for EMS providers to total $38 billion. OEMs to outsource other product types. OEM semiconductor spend to rise 13%.
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Dissecting the 2010 worldwide semiconductor chip market forecast
Q1 sales to wireless communications market will be up 53% from same period 2009. Memory will be strongest segment during Q1. Global semiconductor revenue will rise 21.5% to $279.7 billion versus 2009 sales.
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Ford and Flextronics automotive EMS
By employing an EMS contract manufacturer, rather than a traditional automotive supplier, Ford is behaving like most modern consumer electronics firms, which predominately outsource the production and design of their products to …
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EMS sector bounces back but uncertainties remain
The global electronics contract manufacturing industry is set to return to growth in 2010 after a painful 2009, but the market still faces major uncertainties this year. Worldwide revenue generated by the two segments …
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Jabil Circuit and different Wall Street viewpoints
Jabil’s networking segment fell below expectations. Perhaps, partly from component shortages and partly from competitive pressures at a European customer believes to be wireless technology company, Option. However, the Wall Street analyst says …
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False rays of hope for semiconductors?
The reduced floor size reserved by the show was enough to accommodate the crowd that filled the aisles and open areas. This created the illusion the show seemed just as busy as previous years due to the downsized area and …
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Economic drivers, challenges creating regional electronics industry
The key industry driver for attracting OEM to a country is the market. OEMs will open a distribution center (or a factory) if there is a large local or regional market which they can serve. The critical success factors for OEM include: market opportunities, component costs…
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EMS computing eyes Acer, HP battle PC shipments, market share
Aggressive pricing helps Asian PC makers as OEM captures first time No. 2 position. Dell, Lenovo, Toshiba contribute to 79.9 million PC units shipped third quarter. Flextronics, Hon Hai take top market positions in EMS computing sector.
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25% of cars with cell phone remote control embedded telematics by 2016
Worldwide shipments of cars equipped with systems capable of remote control via a cell phone or other device are set to rise to 20.7 million units in 2016, up from 85,000 in …
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Asia market trends in printed circuit boards
Unfortunately, the flowers are not in full bloom for Japanese printed circuit board manufacturers. They continue to dig themselves out of a hole while their Asian counterparts …
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