[kube-system]

Yeah even in my lay experience, this stuff sounds exactly like the stuff that I can expect to get fake components for on eBay/Amazon

> Suppliers Atmel, Analog Devices and Siliconix provided the potentially counterfeit transistors, memory chips and accelerometer chip

[HeyLaughingBoy]

But the part I don't get is that those three companies are manufacturers not suppliers or distributors. If you're manufacturing your own device, how is it counterfeit?

[tsunamifury]

Because you aren’t, you can’t keep up with demand so you’re cutting outsourced supply in with your in-house stuff.

[HeyLaughingBoy]

Wut? I have no idea what you're trying to say here.

Suppose I make a proprietary electronic component. There is no other source of that component. If I can't keep up with supply, where are these "outsourced" parts going to come from?

[edit] re-reading the article, I think the author or someone else who made the presentation misinterpreted the facts.

FTA: "Suppliers Atmel, Analog Devices and Siliconix provided the potentially counterfeit"

What's most likely the case is that the potentially counterfeit parts were labelled with Atmel, Analog Devices and Siliconix markings/logos and they were misidentified as the source of those parts. That's the only thing that makes sense.

[kube-system]

The person you replied to is making an accusation of intentional fraud.

Although I don’t think that is likely. If you were going to defraud your customers with components you know are fake, the US government would be the last customer you’d choose to send them to.