There is a growing need for hardware and software solutions.

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Pressure from a weak global economy will cause global semiconductor revenue to shrink by year-end, erasing the gains made by the industry last year, according to an IHS iSuppli Semiconductor Manufacturing & Supply Market Tracker Report from information and analytics provider IHS (NYSE: IHS).

Growing trend highlights the need for members of all tiers of the supply chain to implement tighter supplier-monitoring and procurement procedures