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Rochester Electronics, the world's largest authorised manufacturer of discontinued semiconductors, specialises in producing  replica semiconductor devices that match the physical features of the original devices layer for layer and pin for pin and are guaranteed to perform exactly as the original. According to the company,  the combination of semiconductor re-creation and continuing manufacturing is a cost-effective and time-saving alternative to system re-design when critical semiconductors are no longer available from the original manufacturer.

 

Even when the design documentation is no longer available from the original manufacturer, Rochester's design engineers can deconstruct and analyse a device, re-design it, and re-engineer it for fabrication with a suitable, mature foundry process. Rochester can also test all circuit parameters with a collection of specially developed tools to analyse device characterisation.

 

Rochester's unique Semiconductor Replication Process (SRP) guarantees that replicated devices perform as effectively as the original semiconductor devices. Rochester has successfully completed 83 semiconductor replication projects in the last 18 months and is currently engaged in more than 30 additional re-creation projects. All devices are re-created with the explicit approval of the original manufacturer.

 

According to the company, re-creation is a much better approach than device emulation, which is sometimes promoted as an alternative with discontinued devices. Although emulated devices may be quoted at lower prices than replica devices, they are not guaranteed to exactly match the features and characteristics of the original devices, and unexpected costs due to failure rates in fabrication and trial-and-error foundry processes may tip the financial scales in the wrong direction.

 

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