Obsolescence is something that many vendors dread. But fear not, help is out there. Just because a chip or a board is no longer available from your supplier, you may be able to find a replacement part, and you don’t need to build it yourself. Vendors like GDCA specialize in replacing parts that are no longer available. How do they do that, and is it a wise choice to continue with a product that’s no longer in production? Those are some of the questions I asked of “obsolescence expert,” Ethan Plotkin, the CEO of GDCA in this week’s Five Minutes With…discussion.
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Embedded Executive: Vahid Manian, COO, Morse Micro
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Embedded Executive: Carla Piñeyro Sublett, CMO/GM, NI
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Embedded Executive: Ellen Boehm, Sr. Dir. of IoT Product Management, Keyfactor
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Embedded Executive: Chris Neil, SVP, Maxim Ventures
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Embedded Executive: Ron Martino, SVP/GM, Business Line Edge Processing, NXP Semiconductors
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Embedded Executive: Reuben Townsend, European FAE GigaDevice
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Embedded Executive: Bob Scaccia, President & CEO, USA Firmware
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Embedded Executive: Steven Wu, VP R&D Center, DFI
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Embedded Executive: Florian Bohn, Cofounder & CEO, GuRu Wireless
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