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"Probably" is the key word. Counterfieters do an awful good job at making themselves and the product look reputable, and China could use some work on trademark
by colanderman 16y ago
"Probably" is the key word. Counterfieters do an awful good job at making themselves and the product look reputable, and China could use some work on trademark enforcement. cf. the many stories of "empty" big-name ICs from Chinese distributors.
- sliverstorm 16y agoIt's all about the supply chain you use. Buy from an authorized reseller; they have a vested interest in selling you the real thing. Tangentially, notice the counterfeit IC's from China are mostly storage (unless something has changed that I wasn't aware of) The margins on faked storage are pretty good. The margins on SMT capacitors? I can buy authentic, extremely high quality capacitors on DigiKey for $0.07.