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Resources and Links

Click on the links below to access additional information and white papers from organizations, companies, government offices and committees and foreign government departments regarding the threat of counterfeit semiconductors and the risks associated with buying from unauthorized sources.
Remember, don't compromise, buy from an authorized semiconductor distributor or manufacturer.

General Resources

• National Electronics Manufacturing Center of Excellence - Identifying Counterfeit Semiconductors
• Resource Bank of Counterfeit Articles
• Managing Counterfeiting in the Supply Chain - Part 1
• Managing Counterfeiting in the Supply Chain - Part 2
• How do you stop Semiconductor Counterfeiting?
• Trade Agencies hold meeting to address Semiconductor Counterfeiting
• Watch out for Bogus RoHS parts

Government Resources

• Customs Officials Target Semiconductor Counterfeiting
• Department of Defense Report - Non-conformances of Resistors, Semiconductors, and Connectors Managed by the Defense Logistics Agency
• Government Authorities Meeting on Semiconductors
• DoD Final Counterfied Electronics Report
• Rochester Summary of DoD Counterfeit Electronics Report

Organizations and Companies

• Component Obsolescence Group (UK)
• National Electronics Distributor Association (NEDA)
• Rochester Electronics
• Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA)
• SIA on Curbing Semiconductor Counterfeiting

White Papers and Reports

• Rochester Electronics Paper: Defending Against Counterfeit Electronic Parts and Gray Market Practices
• Stopping Semiconductor Counterfeiting - The SIA Anticounterfeiting Task Force Report
• Avnet Paper: The Best Defense

History of Semiconductors

• CPU Shack
• Computer History
• Intel Museum
• Semiconductor Museum
• Texas Instruments' History
• Motorala's History
• Fairchild Semiconductor's History

Forums and Blogs

• Anti-counterfeiting Forum

Contact The Authorized Directory Directly

Authorized Directory: info@authorizeddirectory.com

SIA: mailbox@sia-online.org

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