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Tips and tricks for staying ahead of obsolescence
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Tips and tricks for staying ahead of obsolescence

In a world where “everything’s got electronics in it these days,” as Paul Green, Sales Director for Northern Europe, Middle East & Africa at Rochester Electronics put it, the risk of component obsolescence has become a concern, not just a supply chain nuisance. A recent webinar, sponsored by Flip Electronics and hosted by Paige Hookway,

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Component obsolescence: trends to watch in 2026
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Component obsolescence: trends to watch in 2026

Flip Electronics President, Bill Bradford, discusses trends in the semiconductors and electronic components sectors. AI has put hyperscalers and GPU innovators on everyone’s radar this year; their CEOs are touting next-gen computing and all the opportunities that come with it. The hype is well-founded, but it’s obscuring the day-to-day needs of manufacturers seeking CPUs, ASICs,

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Managing end-of-life components in semiconductor equipment

From photolithography, etching, and deposition to assembly and testing, the equipment used to manufacture semiconductors is every bit as sophisticated as the chips themselves. It’s also incredibly expensive. The $40 million extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography machine used to make advanced microchips is the apex predator of the pricing scale. Ironically, the machines building the most

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For engineers and technicians seeking to replace components in legacy equipment, understanding product naming conventions is critical
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Decoding semiconductor naming conventions for legacy products

For engineers and technicians seeking to replace components in legacy equipment, understanding product naming conventions is critical. Countless spin-offs and acquisitions in the semiconductor sector complicate the task — and those with the institutional knowledge needed to decipher the alphabet soup of prefixes, suffixes, and numerical codes that comprise product names are retiring at a

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