KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia's High Court has ruled in favor of VS Industry in a minority shareholder oppression lawsuit it brought against NEP Holdings and three of its directors.

NEEDHAM, MA – Worldwide smartphone shipments grew to 1.24 billion units in 2024, marking a 6.4% increase from 2023, according to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker.

MILPITAS, CA – Printed circuit board and multichip module design software revenue rose 5.8% year-over-year to $450.8 million in the third quarter, the ESD Alliance, a SEMI Technology Community, announced in its latest Electronic Design Market Data (EDMD) report.

NEEDHAM, MA – Global PC shipments totaled 262.7 million PCs in 2024, up 1% from the previous year, according to preliminary results from IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker.

PEACHTREE CITY, GA – The exhibition floor for PCB West 2025 is now open to any prospective exhibitor, the Printed Circuit Engineering Association (PCEA) announced today. The show floor is expected to sell out, as it has in 10 of the past 11 years, PCEA added.

WASHINGTON – Global semiconductor sales hit $57.8 billion in November, an increase of 20.7% compared to the November 2023 total of $47.9 billion and 1.6% more than October's total of $56.9 billion, the Semiconductor Industry Association reported.

MILPITAS, CA – The semiconductor industry is expected to start 18 new fab construction projects in 2025, according to SEMI’s latest quarterly World Fab Forecast report. The new projects include three 200mm and fifteen 300mm facilities, the majority of which are expected to begin operations from 2026 to 2027.

ATLANTA – Electronics supply chain participants' concerns about December sales were not as pronounced as originally projected, with a component sales sentiment of 98.4 for the month, according to ECIA's Electronic Component Sales Sentiment survey.

PEACHTREE CITY, GA – Printed Circuit Engineering Association (PCEA) this week will open registration for the technical program for PCB East 2025, featuring more than 75 hours of in-depth electronics engineering training.

TAIPEI – Foxconn announced revenue of NT2.13 trillion ($64.7 billion) for the fourth quarter, up 15.2% year-over-year and a new record for the quarter.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – The electronics industry faced a dip in sentiment this December, as the Demand Index declined 1.8% according to IPC’s December Sentiment of the Global Electronics Manufacturing Supply Chain Report. It remained below 100 for the fourth consecutive month, signaling continued contraction.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – North American EMS shipments in November were up 10.6% from last November's totals, IPC's North American EMS Statistical Program reported. The book-to-bill ratio stands at 1.18.