The global electronics supply chain could be bracing for another disruption as the U.S. government moves to block semiconductor shipments from global chip makers to Huawei Technologies, the Chinese 5G and networking giant. Chip makers deal directly with large global customers such as Huawei, but electronics distributors often manage the logistics of semiconductor shipments to local markets. Most…
Intel replaced Samsung as the number one quarterly semiconductor supplier in 4Q18 after losing the lead spot to Samsung in 2Q17, according the market research firm IC Insights. While Samsung held the full-year number one ranking in 2017 and 2018, Intel is forecast to easily recapture the number one ranking for the full year of…
U.S. companies continue to dominate fabless IC sales, according to IC Insights, holding 68 percent of market share with contract fab services. China has gained market share in the fabless IC market, increasing to 13 percent in 2018 from 5 percent in 2010. In 2018, IC Insights reported, four of the top five fastest growing…
This article is part of AspenCore Media’s Special Project on Huawei, dissecting the global impact if China’s telecom equipment giant is sanctioned by the United States and its allies. Huawei Technologies Co. — the controversial Chinese vendor of networking gear and smartphones — faces the real possibility that its telecom equipment will be banned from U.S.…
The top 20 semiconductor companies are expected to increase their sales by three percent in 2016, according to a new IC Insights report. This is two percentage points higher than the market research firm’s worldwide semiconductor market forecast for 2016. The report also finds that five of the top 20 – Nvidia, MediaTek, Apple, Toshiba,…