CHEONAN, KOREA – NPD reported revenue of KRW235.7 billion ($176.7 million), down 26% from 2022 total.

ST. PETERSBURG, FL – Jabil announced $6.8 billion in revenue for the second quarter of its fiscal year, a year-over-year decline of 16.8%.

TAOYUAN CITY, TAIWAN – Taiwan Surface Mounting Technology reported revenue of NT46.5 billion ($1.47 billion) for 2023, down 32% from the previous year.

WATERLOO, ON – Apple has acquired artificial intelligence startup DarwinAI as it looks to add technology for a push into generative AI, Bloomberg reported.

TAIPEI – Foxconn saw a 33% year-over-year jump in net profit in the fourth quarter, and said it is optimistic for 2024's prospects due to the increasing demand for AI servers.

HAUPPAUGE, NY – Orbit International announced February bookings in excess of $2 million for its Electronics group, and said deliveries for February orders have already commenced and are expected to continue through the first quarter of 2026.

TAOYUAN, TAIWAN – Inventec reported revenue of NT$128.07 billion ($4.06 billion) for the fourth quarter, a 5% decrease from the previous year.

ARLINGTON, VA – JEDEC has published JESD239 Graphics Double Data Rate (GDDR7) SGRAM, which offers double the bandwidth over GDDR6, reaching up to 192 GB/s per device, and is poised to meet the escalating demand for more memory bandwidth in graphics, gaming, compute, networking and AI applications.

WASHINGTON – Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense has received $11.7 million from the Department of Defense to expand PCBA production at its Simsbury, CT, location.

PEACHTREE CITY, GA – CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY today announced the 2024 New Product Introduction Award winners for electronics assembly equipment, materials and software.

NEEDHAM, MA – The global market for AR/VR headsets grew 130.4% year over year during the fourth quarter, according to new data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Augmented and Virtual Reality Headset Tracker.

NEEDHAM, MA – Global PC shipments are predicted to reach 265.5 million units in 2024, up 2% from the prior year, according to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker.