A humbling video about the counterfeit chip industry:
Video Credit to CBS online
A word about the counterfeit chip industry from Erik Jordan:
From the standpoint of making the counterfeiting that is happening in China harder, we are doing a good thing. If these criminal groups in China find this counterfeit market to be "not as profitable" they will be forced to move on to other illegal methods of making money.
Our equipment is making it harder for these criminal establishments to sell these parts and get away with it. The problem I am hearing from companies is that without testing the parts they can't always spot the counterfeits. If the counterfeit market finds out that companies are becoming more and more proficient in testing then the counterfeit market diminishes.
If you make a simple tally of "Good Guys" vs. "Bad Guys" then our equipment adds power to the "Good Guys."
When watching this video, I see the conditions of China's (and it reminds me of the emerging India) counterfeit ring. Our decap system is doing its best to fight this counterfeit ring.
One problem we face is that U.S. companies, small and large, are contributing to the worldwide counterfeit problem. In a way, the counterfeit market is similar to the drug market. You have the big companies that are the kingpin suppliers and then you have the small-time companies with little or no protection that sell the product to the masses. U.S. companies buy these components (by mistake or intentionally) from the smaller companies and then install them in their products. That is how they end up in our gaming systems, TVs, cell phones, and all the way up to military tanks and aircrafts.
Unfortunately, until the U.S. takes a proactive approach in stopping its own companies from shipping these components, the problem will continue. Until something is done to prevent this e-waste from turning into counterfeit components, we will be working diligently to equip any and all companies with our equipment to protect themselves.
I think it was about time a major company did a documentary on this to exploit counterfeiting for what it is. It's not just companies being ripped off, it's people's lives being taken, our environment being destroyed, and consumer wallets being hurt.
Erik Jordan
National Sales
Nisene Technology Group
