Shakespeare's adage, "Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown," was certainly true for the kings of the semiconductor industry in 2008, with eight out of the Top-10 suppliers...

After years of single-handedly powering the robust growth of the global electronics manufacturing services (EMS) business, Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) achieved...

Average pricing for PCBs is expected to decline until the third quarter of this year, in concert with declining costs for a key PCB raw material: copper, according to iSuppli.

The credit crisis came home to roost for the global PC market in the fourth quarter of 2008, ending a sustained period when sales seemed to defy economic gravity, according to iSup...

Smartphones remain a bright spot with global unit growth as high as 11.1% in 2009, although the outlook for the overall mobile handset market continues to dim, according to iSuppli...

The United States invented solar technology, but it has fallen behind countries like Germany and Japan in producing it, said Barack Obama, in his address to a joint session of the...

Due to its recent agreement with Nokia, Qualcomm is likely to solidify its lead in the global market for mobile-handset baseband semiconductors, according to iSuppli.

China's automotive electronics revenues expanded by 11.7% in 2008, down 23-percentage points from the growth rate in 2007, according to iSuppli.

Global shipments of displays for handsets are expected to decline by more than 6% in 2009 and remain flat in 2010 as worsening economic conditions continue to impact the wireless...

Vizio in the fourth quarter of 2008 surpassed Sony to become the second largest flat panel TV brand in the US, as increasingly value-conscious consumers embraced the company's combination...

The telco broadband market experienced a significant downturn in new subscriber additions during 2008, according to iSuppli.

Conditions in the global electronics contract manufacturing business are continuing to deteriorate due to the recession and the weakening high-tech industry, prompting iSuppli to...

The downturn in the DRAM industry has become so bad that even the dominant market leader, Samsung Electronics, is no longer immune, with the company in the fourth quarter of 2008...

DRAM spot prices have trended upwards since Qimonda filed for bankruptcy last week. The German DRAM maker's insolvency announcement is expected to reduce supply growth, helping to...

From the gyroscope in game controllers to the accelerometer in handsets, MEMS applications are making major inroads in the consumer and mobile electronics worlds, causing market revenues...