The question was what is the TREND in the electronics industry ,Probably you mean what is hot in the US and abroad .. But mainly in the US .. Well very simple question NOTHING,everything is in stand by .There are of course the big monsters MICROSOFT ,INTEL ,XILINX ,IBM ..well they always sell their stuff ,But the telecom is deadly slow .That's where you could get exited and use DSP,FPGA,MICROWAVES ..!
Nobody talks anymore about start-ups .. or venture capital .. everybody is selling houses or mortgages plans .. I went the other day to COMPUSA one of the biggest computer retailers and no gismos almost . No USB to IDE boxes ,no PCMCIA to USB2 .. Very little choice in everything .. Which leads me to beleive that people are not buying !.People are short in cash .
All this you could say that can be repaired as soon as the economy turns around .,But there is a problem .I see no more driving force for the economy to turn around .. No INTERNET REVOLUTION , NO TELECOMMUNICATIONS revolution .. There are THOUTHANDS of MILES of fiber optics buried already and without USE ! . BUT WHAT BOTHERS ME THE MOST is that BANKS here are lending money at very low rates and for 20 years to 30 years .. NOBODY in his right mind will do that .!
You see there is equation that brings PROSPERITY ,an the TERMS ARE NOT THERE:
HOT PRODUCTS -> WELL PAID JOBS FOR DESIGNERS AND OTHER -> NEW BUSSINESS CREATED TO CATER TO WELL PAID PEOPLE -> BLUE COLAR PEOPLE IS IN DEMAND AND BETTER PAID -> PEOPLE INVEST > MORE NEW HOT PRODUCTS
THIS CHAIN IS COMPLETLY BROKEN .RIGHT NOW .. IT CAN BE REPAIRED BUT IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME ... !
Something has to give .. Well you ask for OPINIONS that is my opinion ..
On the other side . HDTV is going to be adopted in 2 years .. so That should generate some activity . Unfurtunatly the manufaturers are not AMERICANS .. !