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Artificial intelligence is consuming a growing share of the world’s memory supply, leaving electronics manufacturers across industries facing longer lead times, rising prices, and increasing uncertainty, according to a new report released from the Global Electronics Association.

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The challenges of modern procurement look different than they once did. The collective pressures of economic instability, rising costs and shrinking resources are enough to elicit an immediate change. Factor in high workloads, complex sourcing, compliance nuances and an onslaught of AI capabilities, and the noise cannot be ignored, even by the most experienced procurement teams.

SEMI, the industry association serving the global semiconductor and electronics design and manufacturing supply chain, announced its lineup of confirmed speakers and sessions for this year’s SEMICON West event, taking place from 7-9th October at the Phoenix Convention Centre in Phoenix, Arizona.

SecureFoundry, a US-based semiconductor manufacturer, has completed its expansion of manufacturing capabilities and reverse-engineering services designed to address gaps in the nation’s microelectronics supply chain at a time when both emerging technologies and legacy systems face increasing barriers to fabrication.

Amidst uncertainty in US-China trade relations, a temporary 90-day tariff suspension has prompted companies across the electronics industry to reassess their sourcing strategies. For global electronic component distributor Sourceability, the announcement represented both a potential short-term advantage and a call for long-term strategic agility.

It is no secret that as AI systems continue to grow in complexity and scale, their reliance on advanced semiconductor technologies intensifies. For electrical design engineers and procurement professionals alike, the intersection of AI demands and supply chain constraints presents a critical area of focus in 2025.

At embedded world 2025, on the DigiKey booth, Caitlin Gittins speaks with Artem Aginskiy, General Manager, General Microprocessors, Texas Instruments about TI’s product portfolio and how it’s thinking about scalability and reusability.

Reports of a slowing down in the sales of electric vehicles (EV) in some markets, the announcement of scrapping an electric vehicle grant scheme in the UK and seemingly a waning appetite for electric vehicles in some parts of the world have raised questions about the state of the EV market and its future. In turn, this has raised questions about the procurement and sourcing of electric vehicle components as the market suffers from uncertainty.

Inova Semiconductors, a fabless semiconductor manufacturer headquartered in Munich, Germany, has been recognised as a long-term growth champion 2025 by the Financial Times. The ‘Europe’s Long-Term Growth Champions 2025’ ranking, published for the first time by the Financial Times in collaboration with Statista, is a ranking of the top 300 companies in Europe that have achieved the highest percentage revenue growth between 2013 and 2023. Achieving consistent growth over a decade is no small feat.