PRESS RELEASE — The Department of Commerce today announced the signing of 9 letters of intent to provide $2.013 billion in federal incentives under the CHIPS and Science Act. 

The electronics industry has spent years learning to fear shortages, counterfeit components and end-of-life notices. But according to Ronny Nietzsche, Regional Sales Manager Nordic-Baltic Region at Rochester Electronics, another problem may be quietly shaping purchasing decisions — an outdated understanding of semiconductor date codes.

After the turbulence of 2023–24, electronic component distributors appeared to have entered late 2025 and early 2026 with renewed order momentum, particularly on the design‑in and low‑to‑mid‑volume side of the market in which distributors Mouser, DigiKey and Farnell operate.

The reported preliminary agreement between Apple and Intel for Intel to manufacture some Apple-designed chips could signal far more than a new customer relationship. If realized at a meaningful scale, the partnership could reshape the economics of advanced semiconductor manufacturing...

The conflict between the Iran and the US is beginning to have a visible impact on the global printed circuit board (PCB) supply chain, adding further pressure to an electronics industry already dealing with rising component costs.

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Blake Moore’s Counterfeit Notification Act passed the House of Representatives. Introduced with Congressman Brad Schneider (D-IL), this legislation halts counterfeit and pirated imports into the United States. The bill changes how Customs and Border Protection (CBP) can share the packing and shipping information of suspected counterfeit products with key intellectual property rights holders, transportation carriers, and e-commerce platforms.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee advanced the Multilateral Alignment of Technology Controls on Hardware (MATCH) Act as part of a markup of a series of export control measures aimed at ensuring America continues to lead in the AI Arms Race.  

US curbs on advanced chips pushed China to focus on its own semiconductor ecosystem. And while it trails at the very cutting edge, China's "good‑enough" technology is fast powering much of the global economy.

Seattle – A 44-year-old citizen of Iran was extradited to the United States last week and will appear today at 2:00 PM in U.S. District Court in Seattle on a nine-count indictment related to his scheme to violate trade sanctions against Iran, announced First Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles Neil Floyd. Reza Dindar, aka Renda Dindar was indicted by the grand jury in August 2014.

Another victim has been impacted by Amazon's loose return policy and ended up with a product they did not want — if you can even call it a product. Bigmancal420 on the PCBuildHelp subreddit shared their story of how they ended up with a 3D-printed base...