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4th Feb 2020, 10:49 pm | #1 |
Nonode
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Folkestone, Kent, UK.
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Fake and remarked chips
An interesting video on the Chinese fake chip and remarking industry. They also salvage chips from old boards, sometimes not with the greatest care !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k72SFBOZ_lw&t=330s |
5th Feb 2020, 10:45 am | #2 |
Octode
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Wincanton, Somerset, UK.
Posts: 1,780
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Re: Fake and remarked chips
That's quite an eye-opener!
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5th Feb 2020, 2:51 pm | #3 |
Hexode
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK.
Posts: 428
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Re: Fake and remarked chips
I used to work for a company that manufactured high end studio quality TV encoders/decoders/multi-stream multiplexers which used a microcontroller called COLDFIRE (32-bit MCU). At the time they were very pricey & our buyers were looking for the best price as they would. They announced they'd found some for about half the going rate & were very pleased with themselves until they were used in anger. Dead as a do-do, when we X-rayed them we found nothing inside them at all, just the lead frame & a void where the chip should have been. Needless to say the vendor couldn't be located & the money had disappeared! That was maybe 10-15 years ago.
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5th Feb 2020, 3:33 pm | #4 |
Heptode
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Lincoln, Lincolnshire, UK.
Posts: 583
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Re: Fake and remarked chips
Not much chance of electrostatic protection then. That makes interesting viewing, thank you.
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