Many manufacturers are faced with the supply of counterfeit, substandard or used microcircuits.
Fighting the unprecedented global chip crisis, more and more electronics manufacturers are turning to third-party supply chains to meet demand. Many manufacturers are faced with the supply of counterfeit, substandard or used microcircuits.
According to Nikkei Asia, Japanese electronics manufacturer Jenesis was one of the hardest hit. Since the company could not purchase microcomputers from conventional sources, it placed an order through the website of the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba. Unfortunately, the chips that arrived did not turn on and were completely different from those ordered by Jenesis. Jenesis representatives were unable to contact the supplier following this incident.
This trend should be a warning to electronics manufacturers looking to buy chips. Manufacturers and authorized distributors keep records of chips sold by third parties, but no manufacturer guarantees these chips. In most cases, it is unclear how and where vendors store the chips. These situations make it easier for suspicious goods to enter supply chains, but it is difficult to trace the true source.
These can be chips taken from discarded equipment or recycled chips that do not meet quality standards, including chips with a forged manufacturer name or model number.
As of August, experts from Oki Electric Industry, a company specializing in the provision of chip validation services, said they had received about 150 requests for chip analysis. Many of them were from manufacturers of industrial and medical equipment. According to the results of 70 checks, it turned out that about 30% of the microcircuits were faulty.
Fighting the unprecedented global chip crisis, more and more electronics manufacturers are turning to third-party supply chains to meet demand. Many manufacturers are faced with the supply of counterfeit, substandard or used microcircuits.
According to Nikkei Asia, Japanese electronics manufacturer Jenesis was one of the hardest hit. Since the company could not purchase microcomputers from conventional sources, it placed an order through the website of the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba. Unfortunately, the chips that arrived did not turn on and were completely different from those ordered by Jenesis. Jenesis representatives were unable to contact the supplier following this incident.
This trend should be a warning to electronics manufacturers looking to buy chips. Manufacturers and authorized distributors keep records of chips sold by third parties, but no manufacturer guarantees these chips. In most cases, it is unclear how and where vendors store the chips. These situations make it easier for suspicious goods to enter supply chains, but it is difficult to trace the true source.
These can be chips taken from discarded equipment or recycled chips that do not meet quality standards, including chips with a forged manufacturer name or model number.
As of August, experts from Oki Electric Industry, a company specializing in the provision of chip validation services, said they had received about 150 requests for chip analysis. Many of them were from manufacturers of industrial and medical equipment. According to the results of 70 checks, it turned out that about 30% of the microcircuits were faulty.
