Obsolescence
Obsolescence, EOL, Application Lifecycle Management
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BAM Blog: heads up on components availability for heads-up displays
BEFORE & AFTER MARKET (BAM) BLOG: Jet fighters and the family car will have several things in common in the near future. When a disruptive technology is developed, prior generations of similar technologies are significantly impacted. In the consumer market, customers can generally adopt new technologies rapidly if the price point is right. Conversely, higher-value equipment with long operating life times does not have this luxury. Manufacturers of prior generations of military, space, and aerospace equipment may find their supply chain disrupted as cost-conscious vendors adapt to a more volatile market cycle.
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BAM BLOG: Counterfeits: the 2,000 versus 200 Equation
Before & AfterMarket Blog (BAM). At first glance, having 2,000 component suppliers to choose from -- versus 200 – is a good thing. Competition drives down prices and component selection appears bountiful. In the electronics supply chain, though, things don’t always work that way. In fact, the “2,000 vs. 200” equation is downright dangerous. Almost any vendor can sell a component, but not all vendors are authorized to do so. This is a big distinction.
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Collecting semiconductor products
NEWBURYPORT, MA. I've found where they put the Lost Ark at the end of "Raiders of the Lost Ark" -- it's in an aftermarket semiconductor warehouse in Newburyport, MA. Seriously, Rochester Electronics has a storage area for products going back decades that is eerily similar to the one in the movie (see photo).
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HED: AS6081 – A Partial Solution When the Authorized Channel has no Solution
As the title of this blog implies the recently-approved SAE standard AS6081 is not applicable to authorized component sources such as Rochester Electronics. This standard only applies when the purchased product comes from the non-authorized – also called “independent” or “broker” — market as outlined in section 1.2 of the standard. It should also be [...]
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Turret Drive Control Unit for Bradley Fighting Vehicle gets upgrade from Curtiss-Wright Controls
CHARLOTTE, NC. Curtiss-Wright Controls, Inc. won a contract from BAE Systems for lifecycle management services under an obsolescence mitigation upgrade program for the Turret Drive Control Unit (TDCU) of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle. Engineers at the Curtiss-Wright Controls Defense Solutions business group will provide an obsolescence-free upgraded version of the Tech Data Pack (TDP) used in the TDCU.
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Defense trends lead to a COTS renaissance
The COTS industry is positioned perfectly to meet the DoD’s changing demands for affordable and mature technological alternatives that ensure reliability and product road maps.
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When code is born of old: Architectural obsolescence within the development life cycle
When software development takes years and needs upgrades before it is even deployed, advanced software test tools can ease legacy software porting woes.
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Strategies for mitigating the threat of counterfeit devices
The issue of counterfeit devices is highly problematic in mission-, life-, and safety-critical applications, but strategies can be employed to ensure components are exactly what they appear to be.
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Risk Management for Counterfeit Materials: The Role of the COTS Board Manufacturer
“The garbage-strewn streets of Guiyu [China] reek of burning plastic as workers in back rooms and open yards strip chips from old PC circuit boards [which are] cleaned in the nearby Lianjiang River […]. A sign […] advertises […] ‘military’ circuitry, meaning chips that are more durable than commercial components and able to function at extreme temperatures. But [the] proprietor admits that his wares are counterfeit. - BusinessWeek.com
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Who wants to live forever?
The true definition of "obsolescence" is outliving everything that once mattered and redefining relevance in an evolved world.
George Karalias, Rochester Electronics
Daniel Deisz, Manager, Design and Technology, Rochester Electronics
John McHale, Editorial Director
John McHale, Editorial Director
Steve Edwards, Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions
Steve Edwards, Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions
John Wranovics, Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing
