With the shortages, desperate OEMs are looking to unconventional suppliers and that raises another problem  – fakes.  Oki Engineering, a subsidiary of Oki Electric, has been providing a chip verification service since June, reports the Nikkei. The service is designed, says Oki, “to verify the performance and reliability of semiconductors for users willing to buy ...

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