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COMI and Rutronik deploy AI-driven, camera-based goods receiving, automating logistics, improving traceability, cutting errors over 50%, boosting scalability, compliance, throughput, and future-ready supply chains globally.
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System change with AI: revolutionising the incoming goods system at Rutronik

The growing complexity of global supply chains demands forward-looking and scalable solutions. Product-level traceability, real-time data acquisition, and process transparency are now critical success factors. In response to these rising challenges, COMI (collective mind) and Rutronik Elektronische Bauelemente have partnered to implement a solution: AI-powered, camera-based goods receiving that is transforming logistics processes and redefining

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How defence tech faces the obsolescence challenge
Quality Assurance Supply Chain Management

How defence tech faces the obsolescence challenge

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  • 27 December 2025
  • 4 minutes read

While defence programmes endure for decades, the electronic components at their core can become obsolete in a much shorter period of time. This mismatch creates mounting pressure for procurement teams who must balance immediate cost constraints against long-term operational demands. When critical components reach end-of-life mid-programme, the fallout affects budgets, schedules, and mission readiness. When

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The power of authenticity and reliability
Quality Assurance Supply Chain Management

The power of authenticity and reliability

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  • 26 December 2025
  • 3 minutes read

Product lifecycles often extend far beyond the active availability of semiconductor components, making lifecycle status a crucial factor at any phase of the new product introduction (NPI) process. Now imagine the consequences if one or several critical components within a product design were to reach end-of-life (EoL) before the product itself achieves maturity. In such

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Ensuring network optimisation as DRAM prices surge
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Ensuring network optimisation as DRAM prices surge

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  • 23 December 2025
  • 4 minutes read

Towards the end of 2025, the increased demand from artificial intelligence (AI) data centres, alongside a tightening of supplies within the market, led the prices of Dynamic Random-Access Memory (DRAM) to skyrocket to unprecedented levels. AI clusters and high-density virtualisation, together with data-heavy applications, are now consuming bandwidth faster than legacy fabrics can supply, while

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Ensuring quality and authenticity in defence electronics: why AS6171 matters
Quality Assurance

Ensuring quality and authenticity in defence electronics: why AS6171 matters

In the defence industry, the reliability and authenticity of electronic components are paramount. With the increasing sophistication of counterfeiters, it is crucial to partner with distributors who prioritise robust testing and quality assurance. Understanding the evolution of counterfeit mitigation standards, particularly the transition from AS6081 to AS6171, is essential for safeguarding your supply chain and

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Quality Assurance

Improve power factor with ISKRA products

The power factor is one of the fundamental parameters describing the efficiency of electrical energy use, both in industrial and commercial installations. The closer it is to the value of 1, the more energy drawn from the network is converted into useful energy. Conversely, the lower its value, the greater the energy losses, network overload,

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Redesigning? Authorised EOL semiconductors shift mil/aero strategy
Quality Assurance Sourcing Strategies

Redesigning? Authorised EOL semiconductors shift mil/aero strategy

Complex military and aerospace equipment designed for long-term use is engineered in accordance with strictly defined requirements, from precise tolerances and detailed certifications to meticulous safety and testing specifications. When a semiconductor manufacturer signals that they will no longer produce a component intrinsic to the design, a critical question ensues – find an alternative source

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But the real sleeper threat in the supply chain lies in the less glamorous workhorses: passive components
Quality Assurance

Shelf life, storage, and oxidation: the silent risks in passive component sourcing

By Fusion When engineers talk about quality assurance in electronic components, the conversation often centres around semiconductors – ICs, processors, and memory. But the real sleeper threat in the supply chain lies in the less glamorous workhorses: passive components. Capacitors, resistors, inductors, and other passives make up the backbone of every circuit, and yet their

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Rochester Electronics is a global leader in semiconductor lifecycle solutions, providing 100% authorised, traceable, and guaranteed components
Quality Assurance

Rochester ensures reliable memory support for transportation systems

Rochester Electronics is a global leader in semiconductor lifecycle solutions, providing 100% authorised, traceable, and guaranteed components. With over 40 years of experience, Rochester specialises in sustaining the supply of end-of-life (EOL) and legacy semiconductors, ensuring that critical industries – including transportation – have access to essential components. Our comprehensive services include licensed manufacturing, long-term

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Quality Assurance

Confirming quality: is lab tested enough?

By Thomas Skarbek, Director of Supplier Development at Flip Electronics Does purchasing a semiconductor from an unauthorised source of supply and having it tested at an independent lab provide the same level of quality as purchasing from an authorised source of supply? It’s somewhat obvious that when purchasing semiconductors to fill a socket for an

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