Rochester avoids the risk of an entire production shutdown by restoring critical semiconductor supplies for its customer

A key Rochester Electronics customer, which is a leading manufacturer of equipment for the industrial market, utilized a Quad Universal Asynchronous Receiver and Transmitter (UART) semiconductor device in its fire alarm control panel products. This device is supplied by an original component manufacturer (OCM) who is also a supplier partner with Rochester. The UART component was being discontinued and made end-of-life (EOL) by the OCM and resulting in a line-down situation for the OEM.

“Complex equipment, such as this, incorporates both software, as well as hardware components, thus any changes to the bill of materials may require extensive redesign. This can make the requalification process very time-consuming and expensive,” Rochester Electronics - a globally established distributor and one of the largest manufacturers of semiconductor solutions in the world, explained to BalkanEngineer.com.

As a licensed semiconductor manufacturer, Rochester can manufacture devices no longer produced by the OCM, making our licensed manufacturing services ideal when longer-term solutions are needed. We have extensive in-house capabilities for semiconductor device replication, assembly, reliability, and electrical test.

“Rochester Electronics not only has an extensive manufacturing capability at our US-based facilities but also maintains close relationships with several of the world’s largest Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test (OSAT) partners, making us a single source for both medium and high-volume production. Rochester was chosen by the OCM to provide continuous product support for the EOL UART device due to our existing inventory of lead frames, which enables package assembly, as well as for our ability to outsource to high-volume OSATs,” Rochester stated.

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