The recently enacted National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 has made the accidental use of counterfeit electronic components in government equipment a much more serious offense. The law increased the…
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Russia’s Phobos-Grunt mission to Mars, which launched in November, has ended with a crash back to Earth. A computer malfunction, which has been linked to suspected counterfeit electronic components, is…
As we visit our customers we get questions about different methods of detection and which ONE is the best. It would be so nice if there was a litmus test…
In this week economy the high tech manufacturing sector continues to grow. Those results were felt by many distributors as well. AERI’s manufacturing customers continued to purchase at an increased…
President Obama signed the $700 billion Defense Act on New Years Eve. It is packed full of many controversial issues and one which relates directly to the semiconductor industry. Buried…
Although the flooding in Thailand is starting to subside, ROHM Semiconductor and other manufactures of electronic components have had catastrophic problems with production. We have seen a large increase in…
The Senate Armed Services Committee, in their latest hearing, has addressed the issue of counterfeit electronic components entering the Department of Defense’s supply chain. Chairman of the Senate Armed Forces…
When we receive parts they are inspected for over 30 different attributes to determine if they are in fact authentic. It starts with an examination of the paperwork which was…
Stephanie McCloskey, former employee of VisionTech in Clearwater Florida, has received her sentencing. She will serve 38 months for selling counterfeits to the military. This is the first federal prosecution…
A group of researchers from the Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering at the University of Maryland have discovered that the use of tin plating for components used in Toyota’s…
