2 Startups Tackle Counterfeits, Including TI Chips
By Alan Patterson, EETimes (August 23, 2023)
Startups Alitheon and Cybord are tackling the problem of counterfeit chips in the electronics supply chain.
Unsurprisingly, the counterfeit problem mushroomed during the chip shortage caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. “When the shortage suddenly appeared, companies were willing to accept processors, chips, boards and other products that had the serial numbers and the box stickers literally ‘Sharpied’ out,” Alitheon CEO Roei Ganzarski told EE Times. “They were willing to accept them because they needed to deliver product.”
![]() |
E-mail This Article | ![]() |
![]() |
Printer-Friendly Page |
Related News
- SkyWater to Provide Foundry Service for new NIST and Google Partnership to Create Supply of Chips for Researchers and Tech Startups
- NIST and Google to Create New Supply of Chips for Researchers and Tech Startups
- Chips&Media's HEVC 4:2:0 10-Bit Decoder IP Licensed to Chipmaker
- Enuclia Picks Tensilica's HiFi 2 Audio Engine For Flat Panel TV Chips
- Impinj's Gen 2 RFID Monza Tag Chips and Speedway Readers Earn EPCglobal Interoperability Certification
Breaking News
- intoPIX Powers Ikegami's New IPX-100 with JPEG XS for Seamless & Low-Latency IP Production
- Tower Semiconductor and Alcyon Photonics Announce Collaboration to Accelerate Integrated Photonics Innovation
- Qualcomm initiates global anti-trust complaint about Arm
- EnSilica Agrees $18m 7 Year Design and Supply ASIC Contract
- SiliconIntervention Announces Availability of Silicon Based Fractal-D Audio Amplifier Evaluation Board
Most Popular
- Qualcomm initiates global anti-trust complaint about Arm
- Siemens acquires Altair to create most complete AI-powered portfolio of industrial software
- Alphawave Semi Reveals Suite of Optoelectronics Silicon Products addressing Hyperscaler Datacenter and AI Interconnect Market
- EnSilica Agrees $18m 7 Year Design and Supply ASIC Contract
- Rapidus Announces Strategic Partnership with Quest Global to Enable Advanced 2nm Solutions for the AI Chip Era