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Rochester Electronics and ON Semiconductor
graybeard:
It is a bit scary that now this one place is the only source for many old parts. Rochester Electronics is now just one local disaster away from screwing many companies legacy products forever.
coppice:
--- Quote from: jklasdf on March 25, 2020, 02:35:03 am ---Rochester's entire business model consists of stocking end-of-life parts and providing some level certification/traceability for these parts (at a huge markup of course). I've bought parts from them before for Maxim parts on an old board that we didn't want to re-design, and I think they're an acceptable solution for extremely-low-volume boards that need end-of-life parts. They're official distributors for a surprisingly large number of IC manufacturers:
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Rochester do more than just act as an end of life stockist. They do things like hold bare die for many things under strict environmental control, so they will stay fresh for years, and package and test them as necessary to meet demand.
coppice:
--- Quote from: NANDBlog on March 24, 2020, 10:47:39 am ---I'm seeing this manufacturer more and more. By the looks of it, ON semi made half their portfolio obsolete, and this company is selling the remaining stock. Also ON semi stock seems to be in a free fall mode, Went from 25 USD to 10 in a month. Are they done for? After they bought Fairchild and broke all the promises?
Does anyone have any info on whats going on?
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Some semiconductor makers drop older parts in a very casual way. Others are very reluctant to drop anything. The latter group often reach the point where market conditions mean they have to bite the bullet and accept that if they only ship a few hundred or a few thousand of a part each year, they really can't economically carry on with that part. That can mean a long list of parts moving to someone like Rochester Electronics. Its not usual. On the other hand stock dropping from 25 buck to 10 during a period where most stocks only dropped 30% is worrying.
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