Covid-19: The Situation so Far
Covid-19 has accelerated the shift of manufacturing from China to elsewhere (other countries in Asia) – which had been already…
Report: Coronavirus Fails to Incapacitate Chip Industry
The IC industry appears to have escaped the direct impact of the coronavirus crisis so far, but disruptions in packaging…
Supply Chain: Impact of Covid-19 Still Unknown
The coronavirus epidemic is likely to have a negative impact on general markets, especially consumer markets. Global GDP is going…
China to Maintain Chip Output Despite Virus Outbreak
It’s hard to square the “all is well” stance in China’s chip sector with reports from other markets. The outbreak…
2019: A Year of Disruption for the Supply Chain
In one year, the electronics supply chain saw a level of disruption that once took decades to achieve. The 1990s…
Distributors in China Are Bracing for Life Without TI
The global supply chain is still absorbing the impact of TI's decision to drop six electronics distributors, including top-tier players…
Diamond Dust Used in the Fight Against Counterfeiting
DUST Identity has an anti-counterfeiting technology that allows military and aerospace buyers to use blockchain technology to track components marked…
Grappling with Security & Privacy in the Digital Age
In the midst of the digital revolution, the stakes for electronics distributors trying to safeguard the privacy and security of…
How the Trade War is Disrupting the Supply Chain
President Trump's tariffs were blunt instruments to force other countries to drop their trade barriers. What if they're permanent?
How MTBF may kill drone delivery
There are subtleties with drone reliability and even with redundancy, failures will happen. So how can customers be protected from…