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The New York Times, Jes Aznar
Construction cranes still surround the brand-spanking new plant in Kulim’s industrial park in Malaysia. But inside, legions of workers hired by the Austrian tech giant AT&S are already gearing up to produce at full capacity by year’s end.
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Securing Industry, Phil Taylor
Two former employees of aviation parts distribution company Sofly have pleaded guilty to conspiring to sell and export aircraft parts with counterfeit airworthiness approval tags.
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EPSNews, Adam Hook
The always-present risk of procuring counterfeit electronic components was exacerbated during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. Prolonged lead times quoted by tier-1 component suppliers left many OEMs unable to ship vehicles and high-value electronic systems worth $100,000 or more.
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Electropages, Jack Pollars
For all its high-tech advances, the semiconductor industry has been extremely vulnerable to counterfeits, which pose an estimated $200 billion risk per year to the global electronics supply chain. Global chip shortages make this risk even greater.
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Tom's Hardware, Anton Shilov
The European Commission recently asked for the semiconductor sector feedback as it is trying to formulate the European Economic Security Strategy amid geopolitical tensions and strategic dependencies of the industry. SEMI Europe, a semiconductor industry association, responded to the call and issued a paper that calls for the chip industry international collaboration, establishing a structured dialogue between the industry and legislators and also warning the EU from imposing further restrictions against China.
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Reuters,
March 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. government is urging the Netherlands, Germany, South Korea and Japan to further tighten curbs on China's access to semiconductor technology, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday.The U.S. wants Japanese companies to limit exports to China of specialized chemicals required for chipmaking including photoresist, the report said citing people familiar with the matter.
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Firce Electronics, Gary Hilson
Counterfeit electronics are at best an annoyance to consumers and, at worst, a threat to national security.Whether it’s an outright fake or a gray market device, the prevalence of counterfeit electronics is fueled by demand that’s not being met by the available supply, Roei Ganzarski, CEO of Alitheon, said in an interview with Fierce Electronics.
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Tom's Hardware, Christopher Harper
As part of IEEE Spectrum's coverage of security advances made at their International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) held last week, a team from the University of Vermont showed off a way to manufacture chips (like CPUs) that self-destruct when compromised. This doubles as both a security measure and an anti-counterfeiting measure, which is useful for vendors who wish to protect their designs.
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ABC News, The Associated Press
BRUSSELS -- The European Union announced Friday that it is imposing sanctions on several foreign companies over allegations that they have exported dual-use goods to Russia that could be used in its war against Ukraine.
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YeniSafak, AA
A ballistic missile recovered in Ukraine's city of Kharkiv was produced by North Korea using over 290 non-domestic electronic components, the UK-based Conflict Armament Research (CAR) claimed on Wednesday.
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