The big question is will Q2 be better than Q1 for the electronics supply chain?
If Manchester City can turn a game of football and win the Premier League in just three minutes. The semiconductor industry can turn around the market in three months, surely.
Chip inventories held by semiconductor suppliers declined in the third quarter of 2011, according market watcher IHS iSuppli this ended the period of inventory expansion of the previous seven quarters.
The issue now is how to interpret this?
The power discrete and module market is forecast to grow by $10bn to reach $25.5bn in 2015, according to a report from IMS Research.
Could China be losing its foothold as the world's lowest cost manufacturer of consumer goods?
Increasing labour costs are forcing companies to take a closer look at new sourcing locations across Asia, according to a new report from KPMG International.
