There are few companies that exist today that can match the record of innovations from the pioneering minds at Texas Instruments. As the founders of the first working integrated circuit…
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Xilinx Inc. is an American technology company in the business of designing and developing programmable devices for some of the most reputable companies in the world. Established in Silicon Valley…
Robb HammondRobb Hammond is the founder and CEO of AERI, an independent electronic component distributor operating since 1994. He is a founding member and former committee chair of SAE AS6081,…
When it comes to buying parts from the open market, organizations must set up a line of defense against counterfeits in their QC departments. This goes for OEM’s, CEM’s, Brokers,…
SMTA and CALCE are putting on an updated seminar to help keep us all up to speed with the latest threats and measures to counteract counterfeit components. AERI will have…
How much would it cost to make your iPhone 5s able to track your emotions? Less than $1, Freescale Semiconductor’s Kaivan Karimi said at GigaOM’s Mobilize conference Thursday. Read more…
There does not seem to be any slowdown in the rate of counterfeits we receive. Even with our strong vendor approval process, the fakes keep on coming in. We see…
When working with many of our customers, they share with us their date code restrictions for electronic components. Sometimes it’s 18 months, sometimes 3 years, you name it. We located the following guidance document produced by Maxim Integrated electronic…
A fire has erupted at Hynix’s plant in Wuxi, China. Hynix is the #2 maker of DRAM chips and this plant is responsible for…
Peter Picone, owner of Tytronix and Epic International Electronics, has been charged for selling counterfeits to both military and commercial companies. This is just one of a few different cases…
