As with every type of product, ranging from jewelry to wine to currency, semiconductor products can be counterfeited. Semiconductors are the "brains" inside critically important electronic systems, including healthcare and medical equipment, electric power grids, communications systems, automotive braking and airbag systems, and military and aerospace systems.
The anti-counterfeiting market is a huge and incredible growing demanding bazaar in 2023 has about 182.2 billion US dollars, and the compound annual growth rate is about 11.5% (CAGR).
The anti-counterfeiting market can be roughly divided into several types of products as follows.