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Industry Trends Highlights 2003 p7 of 9:

• Survey highlights increasing sophistication in Asia-Pacific's embedded development
  MARCH 4--Global Sources Ltd. (Hong Kong; www.globalsources.com) and Dataquest Inc., a unit of Gartner Inc. (www.gartner.com), have announced the results of a joint study, "Embedded Systems Development Trends: Asia."
• IPC releases IMS/PCB book-to-bill ratio for January 2003
  MARCH 4--IPC-Association Connecting Electronics Industries (Northbrook, IL; www.ipc.org) has announced the findings from its monthly Interconnect Manufacturing Services (IMS)/Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Statistical Program.
• 1394 Trade Association schedules April meeting in Shanghai
  MARCH 3--The 1394 Trade Association (Grapevine, TX; www.1394ta.org) will hold its second-quarter 2003 general meetings in Shanghai, April 7 through 10.
• Machine-vision/imaging market growth forecast
  MARCH 3--Market-research firms are predicting growth in the industry.
• Semico Research forecasts 23% growth in semiconductor industry in 2003
  FEBRUARY 25--Semico Research (Phoenix, AZ; www.semico.com) sees indications that the economy is poised for a strong recovery in 2003.
• Semiconductor industry will see growth in second half of 2003
  FEBRUARY 24--The worldwide semiconductor market is forecast to grow 8.9% in 2003, according to quarterly forecast estimates by Dataquest Inc., a unit of Gartner Inc. (San Jose, CA; www.gartner.com).
• European desktop-monitor market soars
  FEBRUARY 19--The European CRT and LCD desktop-monitor market in Q4 2002 reached another growth milestone, despite continued economic uncertainty across the region, according to first draft figures from a market-research survey by Meko (www.meko.co.uk).
• Medicine to boost microscopy market
  FEBRUARY 18--Automated medical imaging and semiconductor inspection will help drive the worldwide microscopy market to nearly US$ 1 billion in 2005, according to a new market report.
• World Semiconductor Trade Statistics releases chip-shipment numbers for 2002
  FEBRUARY 12--According to World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (www.wsts.org), its forecast of 5% growth in DSP shipments was tracking well until December.
• Worldwide ASIC/SOC market to cross $54.6 billion by 2007
  FEBRUARY 11--According to a soon-to-be-released report from Business Communications Company Inc. (www.bccresearch.com), the value of the worldwide ASIC/SoC market reached $21 billion in 2002.

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