Counterfeit PartsPart WatchSemiconductor Market News DOD Investigation Reveals 1 Million Electronic Components Purchased for Programs in 2 Year Span Counterfeit electronic components are out there and in very critical applications. The Senate investigation on…Robb HammondJune 5, 2012
Counterfeit PartsPart WatchSemiconductor Market News Another Counterfeit Bust NCIS (The Naval Counter Intelligence Service) strikes again! To date there have been three significant…Robb HammondMay 3, 2012
Semiconductor Market News Great Story on Origin of the Semiconductor and Silicon Valley For those of you who are fascinated in technology history, National Public Radio did an…Robb HammondApril 16, 2012
AERI News AERI Announces European Office AERI has extended its reach into Europe with the opening of the London office. Our…Robb HammondApril 9, 2012
Counterfeit PartsPart WatchSemiconductor Market News U.S. Government Secretly Buys Chips in order to Prove China’s Role in Counterfeit Component Creation The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released findings today with regard to blatant counterfeit electronic components…Robb HammondMarch 27, 2012
Counterfeit Parts Acetone to Test for Blacktopping Doesn’t Always Work in Counterfeit Detection When testing for blacktopping on IC’s the use of acetone has been the accepted method…Robb HammondMarch 23, 2012
Counterfeit PartsPart Watch Australian Man and His Firm Indicted in Plot to Export Restricted Military and Other U.S. Technology to Iran Every distributor must be careful that they are not exporting to customers like the one…Robb HammondMarch 13, 2012
AERI NewsCounterfeit Parts Counterfeit Components Reach an All Time High in 2011 We continue to hope with the greater awareness about counterfeits that the crooks will go…Robb HammondMarch 12, 2012
Part WatchSemiconductor Market News Finally an Inside View of the Largest Contract Manufacturer in the World – Foxconn The amazing volume of products that Apple is producing and selling is unthinkable. Apple sold…Robb HammondMarch 9, 2012
Part WatchSemiconductor Market News iPad 3 Expected Announcement and Shortage The iPad 3 is expected to be announced very soon, but there are already problems…Robb HammondMarch 6, 2012