News: Rochester Electronics
Risk-free semiconductor supply chain solutions for challenging times
Shortages, lead time events, and obsolescence M
arket shortages, long lead time events, and component obsolescence are all real challenges businesses face. In our
current market manufacturing companies have invested in producing products that remain incomplete while awaiting much- needed components. With investments frozen in these unfinished goods, sales, and available cash flow dip to uncomfortable levels.
Manufacturers must ensure that a reliable component source is in place, even after components become obsolete. This requires businesses to be resourceful in finding alternate component options during shortages and long lead time events, while strategically planning for obsolescence. Failure to do so could lead to serious challenges such as: ● Line-down situations ● Unnecessarily large financial commitments ● Long-term component storage costs ● Forced product redesign or requalification ● Premature product EOL and reduced service life
There is a common misconception that when components are unavailable through the original manufacturer, unauthorised, or “grey market” sources are the only solution. Nothing could be further from the truth. The risk-free option of an authorised after-market supplier, such as Rochester Electronics, should always be the first choice, versus any purchase of products outside of the authorised channel. Rochester is 100 per cent authorised by over 70 leading semiconductor manufacturers. Their factory direct, AS6496-compliant, offering negates the need for expensive redesign, requalification, and recertification. Components are 100 per cent authorised, traceable, and guaranteed direct from the OCMs. As a result, Rochester can offer the original component warranties and guarantees.
6 February 2023
Rochester Electronics has been successfully storing components for extended periods of time and bridging supply chain disruptions for long-life applications since 1981. Rochester has conducted testing on the effects of long-term storage on solderability, mechanical integrity, and performance. They have published results in white papers and held webinars on the topic which also reference findings with similar results from Allegro and Texas Instruments. Independent tests confirmed that no negative effects due to component aging were found to impact the solderability, mechanical integrity, and performance of components that have been properly stored for up to 17 years.
A continuous supply source of both active components and EOL semiconductors
Despite being traditionally known for EOL (end-of-life) products and solutions, today around one-third (5 billion devices) of Rochester’s in-stock inventory is active product. Over 10 billion of Rochester’s in-stock devices are classed as EOL by the original manufacturer. Rochester is well-positioned to offer a continuous source of supply during component shortages, and long lead time events, and to extend the life of applications beyond device availability.
Rochester has over 15 billion devices in stock encompassing 200,000-part numbers, providing the world’s most extensive range of EOL and broadest range of active semiconductors.
Concerned about date codes? - What is a safe shelf life for semiconductor components?
Long-term storage represents a viable solution to the challenge of maintaining a continuous
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supply of semiconductor components in long- lifecycle applications, but how does long-term storage affect performance?
OCMs (original component manufacturers) continue to employ date codes as an indicator of when a component may be too old to perform its original specification. This is no longer accepted as an accurate signifier of quality and reliability. Virtually all components can be used well beyond this manufacturer-established date code. OCMs and traditional authorised distributors tend to store components for only a few years before turning over the inventory. However,
Continued licensed manufacturing Increasingly, Rochester is also able to offer ongoing manufacturing from known-good-die and test products according to the original test procedures. Rochester has produced over 20,000 device types ranging from new silicon all the way through assembly, test, and qualification. With over 12 billion die in stock, they have the capability to manufacture over 70,000 device types.
Rochester licensed manufactured solutions are current date code, sold with full approval under the original manufacturer’s part number, and is 100 per cent compliant with the original datasheet specification. In some cases, Rochester’s manufactured solutions have extended the life of applications by 25 years from the original component manufacturer’s end-of-life date! Find out more:
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