Police in Shenzhen, the technology hub in southern China’s Guangdong province, have smashed a syndicate selling counterfeit imported chips to mainland manufacturers, according to local media, exposing an underground market for high-end semiconductors amid US export controls. The syndicate’s modus operandi was to collect discarded chips, which were laser-polished and relabelled, and sold as imported products from Infineon Technologies, Texas Instruments and Analog Devices, according to a report…


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