AUSTIN, TX – Embedded resistors, widely employed in the defense and aerospace industry, are finding new applications in consumer, telecom, computing and industrial, a new report says. Likewise, planar capacitance, used in the high-performance computing and communication segments for many years, is expanding into IC packages and modules thanks to higher capacitance levels now available, says TechSearch International.

TAIPEI -- Foxconn reported December consolidated revenues of NT$490.9 billion ($16.4 billion), a new company record. Sales were up 7.6% sequentially and 18.9% year-over-year.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – Total North American printed circuit board shipments increased 4% in November compared to the same month in 2012, says IPC.