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US military also once bought fake chips from China: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2008/oct/06/security.china https://www.theguardian.com/technolog
by larryliu 4y ago
US military also once bought fake chips from China:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2008/oct/06/security.china https://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2008/oct/06/secu...
There are good reputation vendors in China, but if purchasers type in the chip model in Alibaba and simply buy the cheapest, it's likely to be bad.
Russian purchasers should know this, but maybe they don't care or they got kickbacks.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 4y ago*unknowingly
- sct202 4y agoThe more trustworthy Chinese companies are also refusing to do business with Russia so that they don't get sanctioned and lose business with the rest of the world. That leaves Russia with the worst of the worst.
- larryliu 4y agoRussian agents set up shell companies that hide their Russian nexus. IC vendors don't really background check cash buyers. Many ICs are sold in open markets like this: https://n.sinaimg.cn/sinakd10114/107/w1024h683/20220819/c5a8-0659fc838c5398a8f2705d82c8570ecf.png https://n.sinaimg.cn/sinakd10114/107/w1024h683/20220819/c5a8... Cash and carry, no fux given. You cannot sanction an open market like you cannot sanction open source software.
- nieve 4y agoBut similarly you can't be sure what you're buying in a market like that.