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Default Screwed by PartMiner again; Counterfeit Cypress SRAM CY7C199D-10VXI


JW wrote:
Hello all,

We've received a reel of 1,000 SRAM parts from PartMiner that were deemed
counterfeit by the folks at Cypress. Due to availability issues in
March we were forced to buy from this broker, even though they've screwed
us in the past with counterfeit parts and I've pleaded with them not to
buy from them (or any broker) again. The failure rate of the chips at
initial test is about 10%. The chips in question are 256kb async SRAMS
marked:




I wouldn't buy from one of those brokers just on principal, their search
engine spam makes it very difficult to find info or vendors for a lot of
parts.