January 2023 CES 2023, the annual consumer technology show, was held last week in Las Vegas, Nevada. Over 115,000 people attended and over 3200 companies exhibited. As shown below, attendance and exhibitors were up about 2 ½ times the pandemic limited CES 2022. However, attendance was down one-third and exhibitors… Read more“CES is back, but is the market?”
CES 2023
CES 2023 Many interesting new products were introduced at CES 2023. Some were innovative and useful. Others had interesting technology but questionable utility. Still others seem destined to failure. Our Semiconductor Intelligence take on a variety of new products is below. Innovative Lifeaz, a French company, showed an AI-powered home… Read more“CES 2023”
Semiconductors down in 2H 2022
The semiconductor market declined 6.3% in 3Q 2022 from 2Q 2022, according to WSTS. Based on the outlook for 4Q 2022, the second half of 2022 will be down over 10% from the first half of 2022. The 2H 2022 decline will be the largest half-year decline since a 21%… Read more“Semiconductors down in 2H 2022”
Continued electronics decline
Third quarter 2022 data on PC and smartphone shipments shows a continuing year-to-year decline. IDC estimates PC units in 3Q 2022 were down 15% from a year earlier, matching the 2Q 2022 decline. IDC’s September forecast for PC units was a 12.8% decline for the year 2022, which is in… Read more“Continued electronics decline”