Asia Driving Electronics Growth

Asia Driving Electronics Growth
by Bill Jewell on 09-26-2024 at 4:00 pm

Electronics Production 2024 September

Electronics production in the major developed countries has been showing slow growth or declines in 2024. United States electronics production three-month-average change versus a year ago (3/12 change) was 0.4% in July 2024, the slowest since the pandemic year of 2020. Growth has been slowing since averaging 6.5% in 2022 and… Read More


Could China Take the Lead in Installed 300mm Capacity?

Could China Take the Lead in Installed 300mm Capacity?
by Scotten Jones on 02-17-2017 at 12:00 pm

China buys more than half of the semiconductors manufactured in the world and yet only produces less the 10% of their own demand. Recently there have been a lot of announcements out of China about large scale investments in semiconductor manufacturing. The Chinese government for example has announced plans to invest $161 billion… Read More


China moves from manufacturer to full supplier

China moves from manufacturer to full supplier
by Bill Jewell on 01-18-2017 at 12:00 pm

CES 2017 wrapped up last week in Las Vegas. The show had over 175,000 attendees and over 3,800 exhibiting companies, according to the organizer, the Consumer Technology Association (CTA). The U.S. had the most companies exhibiting at CES with 1,755. China was close behind at 1,575 companies according to Benjamin Joffe’s article… Read More


Shifting Asia Electronics Production

Shifting Asia Electronics Production
by Bill Jewell on 03-25-2016 at 7:00 am

Japan emerged as the largest supplier of consumer electronics in the 1980s. The Japan surge was driven by lower cost labor than in the U.S. and Europe as well as innovative products from companies such as Sony, Toshiba and Panasonic (formerly Matsushita). By the 1990s much consumer electronics production shifted to South Korea… Read More


Is Fab Business The Forte of APAC?

Is Fab Business The Forte of APAC?
by Pawan Fangaria on 12-23-2014 at 6:00 pm

A little ago, I was looking at the top20 semiconductor companies in the world and was surprised to see a couple of large companies in Taiwan and South Korea garnering >34% of total sales (See – Look who is Leading the World Semiconductor Business). This time it’s another surprise, when I look at IC Insights report on global 300mm… Read More


Can China alone drive semiconductor growth?

Can China alone drive semiconductor growth?
by Bill Jewell on 06-25-2013 at 9:04 pm

Production of electronic equipment (including computers, communications, consumer, etc.) has been sluggish over the last year in all key regions of the world except China. The chart below shows three-month-average change versus a year ago for electronics production in local currency through April 2013 (May 2013 for China).… Read More