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March 19th, 2024
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THE LEAD

SpaceX is building a network of hundreds of spy satellites under a classified contract with a U.S. intelligence agency, five sources familiar with the program said, demonstrating deepening ties between billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk's space company and national security agencies.

Researchers at IBM and VU Amsterdam have developed a new attack that exploits speculative execution mechanisms in modern computer processors to bypass checks in operating systems against what are known as race conditions.

TECH NEWS

New technical research led by Siemens EDA predicts warpage in different types of IC stacks at early stages of package design.

Hitachi High-Tech launches LS9300AD wafer inspection machine.

Transition Automation releases second-gen Permalex holder.

Flux CEO Mathias Wagner discusses the latest advances in AI-powered hardware design, real-use cases the company is seeing, the Renesas-Altium merger and more on the latest PCB Chat podcast.

PCB East 2024 features an all-day forum on UHDI: From Design to Manufacturing.

Mark S. Edwards details environmentally responsible alternatives to traditional PCB fabrication on the latest Reliability Matters podcast.

Yamaha Robotics announces YRi-V 3-D AOI upgrades.

MATERIAL GAINS
Powering the IoT
The early stages of the IoT "hype curve" saw some wild predictions for the number of devices that would be deployed. They're not looking so wild now, with 15 billion devices in 2020 and 29 billion expected by 2030.

ALUN MORGAN

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BUSINESS NEWS

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

Shennan Circuits, said 2023 revenue slipped 3.3% to CN¥13.5 billion ($1.87 billion), making it the ninth largest PCB fabricator.

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

NPD, a South Korean contract manufacturer of flex circuit assemblies, reported full-year 2023 revenue of ₩235.7 billion ($177 million), down 26% from 2022.

Aspocomp announced annual sales of EUR32.3 million ($35.3 million), a decrease of 17% from the previous year's total.

Pegatron noted the significant impact of weak market demand on the company's operations in 2023; however, according to co-CEO Teng Kuo-Yen, the worst has already passed, and revenue is expected to see year-on-year increases.

Worthington Assembly, a micro-tier EMS in western Massachusetts, focuses on "humanizing manufacturing."

Foxconn Technology may build high-tech factories in the US and low-cost plants in Indonesia as the appeal of "made in China" fades into a burden.

 

GETTING LEAN
Lean and Quality within the Supply Chain
Use of Lean manufacturing philosophy and Lean Six Sigma tools have contributed to SigmaTron International’s quality and production teams achieving superior levels of quality, particularly within assembly operations. That said, even with outstanding process control, incoming material can impact achievement of Six Sigma quality levels.

ALLEN ABELL

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TECHNICAL ARTICLES


Optimized Materials to Deliver Ruggedized Electronics
PCD&F/CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY



Warpage Study by Employing an Advanced Simulation Methodology for Assessing Chip Package Interaction Effects
2024 International Symposium on Physical Design



End-To-End Material Thermal Conductivity Prediction Through Machine Learning
Journal of Applied Physics

EVENTS

March 21: PCEA Portland Chapter MeetingOnline
April 5: Printed Circuit Engineering Professional (CPCD) ClassOnline
April 6-11: IPC Apex Expo 2024Anaheim, CA
April 24-25: Del Mar Electronics & Manufacturing ShowSan Diego, CA
May 28-29: New-Tech Exhibition 2024Tel Aviv, Israel
May 28-31: Electronic Components and Technology ConferenceDenver, CO
June 4-7: PCB East 2024Boxborough, MA
June 14: Printed Circuit Engineering Professional (CPCD) ClassOnline
June 18-20: 2024 SMCBA Conference & ElectroneX ExpoSydney, Australia
Oct. 8-11: PCB West 2024Santa Clara, CA


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BOOK-TO-BILLS/MARKET TRENDS
             Jan. Trend
EMS 1.20 Flat
ICs 15.2% Up
PCBs 0.93 Up
Component Sales Sentiment 98% Up
Changes are year-over-year.    
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