LYON, FRANCE – “Despite the Covid-19 outbreak, which negatively impacted the smartphone and automotive industries but spurred demand for server and PC memory for stay-at-home activities, 2020 is expected to be a year of recovery,” said Simone Bertolazzi, Ph.D., technology and market analyst, Semiconductor, Memory & Computing at Yole Développement. “At Yole, we see the beginning of a new era of prosperity for the memory industry.”

FRANKFURT – Sales at printed circuit board manufacturers in the Germany, Austria and Switzerland region recovered sequentially but remained down in the first quarter. Sales were up 16.1% sequentially, rebounding from a significant drop at the end of last year, but fell 7.5% year-over-year, according to ZVEI.