At AERI we favor manual decapsulation for a variety of reasons. There is much less chemical waste, you can change the process on the fly when there are surprises, and…
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Now that it is obvious that counterfeiting has hit the military supply chain there is additional horsepower going into the fight against counterfeiting and IP violations. It’s not just Gucci…
This article from IHS is a great resource for an overall view of how to set up a counterfeit avoidance plan. It is short and to the point. Robb HammondRobb…
This part is an inexpensive $.10 diode. One might think that it would be too much trouble to sand down the tops of the parts, fix the leads and remark…
This lot clearly showed blacktopping material in the mould cavity. These should be completely clean. In this cavity there is actually a country of origin mark which is hard to…
We received this lot of military grade components this week which were remarked. The counterfeiters have not stopped at just plastic packages, but they are blacktopping ceramic as well. Robb…
Car makers are thinking outside the box to meet the future demands of the digital consumer. See article Robb HammondRobb Hammond is the founder and CEO of AERI, an independent…
Changing chip design on demand could allow TVs and other devices to upgrade their own hardware. A new, low cost type of microchip that can rearrange its design on the fly…
Our President will be speaking at ERAI’s counterfeit conference April 28th-29th in Las Vegas. He will share inside information on how counterfeiters are actually removing die from one product and…
There are some great new technologies for detecting counterfeit components. One of the most interesting is taking a fingerprint from each individual chip to identify them as legitimate later. It is…
