Electronics Industry Awards – Finalist Supplement
Risk-free semiconductor supply chain solutions from Rochester Electronics
Shortages, lead time events, and obsolescence T
he evolution of semiconductor technology has followed predictable patterns over the last 50 years. Original component manufacturer (OCM) investments and resources are focused on the most profitable newer technologies, while costs are reallocated by discontinuing older products. However, many customers will still require long-term product support post-end-of-life (EOL). For the many professionals tasked with maintaining products and systems with active and obsolete mission-critical components, building a reliable long-term supply chain, is crucial.
Market 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. We utilise customer/market data with strong BI tools to give great market insight on the products we invest into best support our key customers and strategic markets.
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 re-qualification Premature product EOL and reduced service life
There is a common misconception that when components are unavailable through the original manufacturer, unauthorised, or “grey
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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 such as Texas Instruments, Analog Devices, NXP Semiconductors, Infineon Technologies and many more... Our recent additions to our line card include Toshiba Semiconductors, SkyHigh Memory, Skyworks Solutions, and Kyoto Semiconductor. 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.
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
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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, according to the company.
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!
They also offer a full range of manufacturing services including Design, Wafer Processing, Assembly, Test, Reliability, and IP Archiving; providing single solutions through to full turnkey manufacturing, enabling faster time-to-market. As lead frame assembly types disappear from the market, Rochester is there with a continuation of solutions ensuring our customers do not have to do major redesigns to their system boards.
To best support the customer’s ongoing need to extend the life of semiconductor products, Rochester continues to invest in Design solutions, ensuring your system software does not need to change, while simultaneously creating drop-in hardware solutions that minimize new qualification expenses. Rochester specializes in the authorised porting of products from original fab processes but offers form/fit/functional replacements as well. Regardless of the Design solution from Rochester, no errata are introduced, and no system software changes are needed.
When facing component shortages, long lead time events, and critical component EOL for a long-life application, think Rochester Electronics; the experts in providing dependable and trusted “long-term” Semiconductor Lifecycle Solutions. Rochester keeps your business moving!
Find out more:
www.rocelec.com
www.cieonline.co.uk.uk
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