Sanmina reported March quarter revenue rose about 1 percent year-over-year to 1.98B and the company’s CEO remains confident fiscal 2025 will be a growth year.

Cadence reported first quarter revenue of 186M at its System Design and Analysis segment, up from 121M in the year-ago period. Segment revenue was up over 50 percent year-over-year, driven by higher demand for AI-based design optimization platforms integrated with physics-based simulation solutions.

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PCB East opens with expanded content and presentations, including sessions on AI and UHDI design.

PCEA Training announced additional classes have been added for its industry-leading Certified Professional Circuit Designer (CPCD) training and certification program.

Registrants for the PCB East exhibition this April can attend six technical sessions from Rick Hartley, Stephen Chavez and Matt Leary, among others, ranging from printed circuit design to fabrication and assembly.

PCB Detroit features the top experts on printed circuit board design, including Rick Hartley, Susy Webb, Dan Beeker, and Stephen Chavez, among others.

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PCB East 2025 sold out the exhibit floor ahead of annual trade show that begins next week, with over 65 companies set to exhibit on April 30 in Boxborough, MA.

Some electrical engineering programs across the United States are seeing an uptick in student enrollment in semiconductor coursework, according to four universities.

Elephantech and Logitech have partnered to integrate SustainaCircuits, a low-carbon PCB technology, into mass production, debuting in Logitech’s MX Vertical mice.

Top 5 ODM Pegatron said on Monday that the US tariffs were confusing domestic customers and risked leading to shortages of consumer electronics in the United States.

Unimicron eyes AI growth despite US tariffs, the company said.

DuPont filed an initial Form 10 with the SEC to seperate its Electronics business into a standalone company, temporarily named Novus SpinCo1, Inc.

The supply chain industry is undergoing a transformation, thanks to advances in generative artificial intelligence and large language models (LLMs).

Global semiconductor materials revenue increased 3.8 percent to 67.5B in 2024, SEMI said.

ASRock is partnering with EMS Optiemus Electronics to make motherboards in India.

Tata and Dixon Technologies are among the Indian EMS companies to reap benefits from the nation’s PLI stimulus.

Mycronic reported net sales increased 27 percent to SEK 2.14B(221M).

India has released guidelines for the Rs 23,000-crore Electronics Components Manufacturing Scheme (ECMS), with applications opening May 1.

LG Electronics will invest an additional 100M to expand its Clarksville, TN, operations, adding 80 jobs and a 560,000-sq. ft. warehouse.

iPhone price increases are already underway through promotional deals and installment plans.

DigiKey added 98,320 NPIs and 104 suppliers during the first quarter across its core business, Marketplace and Fulfilled by DigiKey programs.

Federal Electronics named Andrew Davis, Joel Robbins and Will Oliver to its business development team.

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