Advanced Member L'Ancien Regime Posted July 7, 2021 Advanced Member Report Share Posted July 7, 2021 https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/fake-chips-flood-china-market-fill-overseas-supply-chains China Economic Observer reported a chip agent revealed that to meet the growing demand, suppliers were no longer keeping their counterfeiting practices secret. Instead, they are openly creating separate production lines to expedite the sales of counterfeit or refurbished chips. Furthermore, businesses are no longer offering the shoddy products at half price. Many are being sold at full market value. The agent identified two types of counterfeit chips. The first involves recycling used chips from e-waste by removing the logo and cleaning them for resale with new packaging. The second involves packaging the substandard chips from the regular production line and selling them as good products. Not surprisingly, customers were often dissatisfied with the product’s performance, reliability, and durability. However, the deficiencies were not immediately evident until after the chips were used over time or under extreme conditions. At which point, it would be the customers or manufacturer of the final products who suffer a loss, while the fake chip providers often avoid troubles, according to the chip agent. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member Melik Posted July 24, 2021 Advanced Member Report Share Posted July 24, 2021 *deep, deep sigh* I want a time machine to take me back to simpler times where quality and integrity sometimes made an appearance in the free market. But the machine will probably be made with counterfeit Chinese parts... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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