NEEDHAM, MA – The Covid-19 pandemic had a positive impact on the tablet market in 2020 as consumers, businesses, and schools sought tablets to stay connected, entertained, or productive.

BROOKLYN -- Cemtrex reported revenue for the three months ended Mar. 31 was $9.3 million, down 24% from $12.1 million a year ago.

POWAY, CA  -- Cohu today announced that it has completed the sale of its Printed Circuit Board Test Group business to Mycronic.

SUNNYVALE, CA -- Google Cloud today launched Visual Inspection AI, a new purpose-built solution to help manufacturers, consumer packaged goods companies, and other businesses worldwide reduce defects and deliver significant operational savings from the manufacturing and inspection process.

JOHOR, MALAYSIA -- An electronics plant owned by ATA Industrial is reportedly under investigation for allegedly subjecting workers to excessive overtime demands.

MILPITAS, CA — Semiconductor manufacturers worldwide will have started construction on 19 new high-volume fabs by the end of this year and break ground on another 10 in 2022 to meet accelerating demand for chips across a wide range of markets including communications, computing, healthcare, online services and automotive, SEMI highlighted today in its quarterly World Fab Forecast report.

MORRISVILLE, NC – iNEMI will hold a webinar June 30, along with Freddy Gilbert of Zestron, on causes and cures of delamination, cracks and blisters in conformal coating layers.

MILPITAS, CA – SEMI today announced support for a Congressional bill that would create a 25% federal tax credit for investments in semiconductor manufacturing facilities and equipment, as well as facilities and equipment to produce semiconductor manufacturing tools. The Facilitating American-Built Semiconductors (FABS) Act alternately allows companies to receive the tax credit as a direct payment.

ST. PETERSBURG, FL – Jabil reported fiscal third quarter net revenue of $7.2 billion, an increase of 13.9% year-over-year.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ – IC Insights raised its 2021 worldwide IC market forecast to growth of 24%. The global IC market is expected to exceed $500 billion for the first time.

ARLINGTON, VA – The JEDEC Solid State Technology Association established JEP181, a neutral file, XML-based standard for electronics cooling simulation for the microelectronics industry.

KUALA LUMPUR – VS Industry Berhad reported fiscal third quarter revenue of RM 1.07 billion (US$260.9 million), up 112.6% year-over-year.