TAIYUAN, CHINA -- A Foxconn factory that had been closed following a Monday riot is now reopened, the company said.

SANTA CLARA, CA – The IPC-2581 Consortium, the collective group of PCB design and supply chain companies devoted to enabling, facilitating and driving the use of IPC-2581 in the industry, announced today that consortium members have fabricated the industry’s first PCB by transferring the design data to manufacturing in the IPC-2581 format, while reducing overall fabrication time by 30%.

ARLINGTON, VA – Jedec today announced initial publication of its widely-anticipated Synchronous DDR4 (Double Data Rate 4) standard.

SCRIPPS RANCH, CA -- Ormet Circuits has raised $1 million in equity financing, according to an SEC filing.

SAN FRANCISCO -- The clients and some personnel of electronics regulatory consulting firm Design Chain Associates are moving to Environ International Corp., the company's founder said.

SHENZHEN -- The New York Stock Exchange has rejected private label cellphone ODM SinoHub's plan of compliance and plans to begin delisting proceedings immediately.

EL SEGUNDO, CA -- Although your new media tablet may sport the logo of a familiar brand name like Apple or Amazon, there’s a 90% chance the device was actually made by a company with a much less famous moniker, such as Hon Hai (Foxconn) or Quanta.

TAIYUAN, SHANXI, CHINA -- Foxconn shut a local factory that builds casings for Apple's iPhone following a massive riot that pit thousands of employees against company guards.

REDMOND, WA -- Data I/O this week laid off an undisclosed number of workers in an effort to cut quarterly overhead by $300,000.

SAN JOSE — North America-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers reported 90-day average bookings fell 3.6% year-over-year in August.

WARRENDALE, PA – SAE International is offering a Counterfeit Parts Portal designed as an information clearinghouse for manufacturers dealing with the counterfeit parts challenge.

SANTA ANA, CA – Matt Holzmann, president of CGI Americas, will present a paper on ergonomics, microscopy, and yield improvement today at 6:00 PM at the SMTA LA/Orange Chapter meeting.