Been a victim of fake chips?  In this video I take a look at what's inside these fakes and highlight ways to protect yourself. 

Together we will become more educated about this epidemic of dishonesty in the world of retro computing.  Hopefully by the end of this video you'll have learned some new information about the topic of fake or counterfeit chips, how to protect yourself from them and possibly even get you engaged into looking at integrated circuits in a whole different way. 

I hope you enjoy this video as much as I did making it for you.

Timestamps:
(00:00) - Welcome!
(00:34) - What are "FAKE" chips?
(01:37) - Where do they come from?
(03:09) - How to identify "FAKES".
(05:15) - My story.
(06:27) - Old chip buying tips.
(08:53) - Figuring out what these fakes are.
(10:49) - Decapping methods.
(13:48) - Understanding how DIPS are constructed.
(18:10) - Decapping using heat explained.
(23:58) - Decapping demonstration.
(31:33) - Viewing the extracted die.
(34:09) - Discussing the extraction and results
(34:35) - The original chips identity revealed.
(34:48) - Previous decap review.
(35:25) - Previous decap chip identity revealed.
(37:30) - Moving forward.
(38:19) - Wrap-up and final thoughts.

Intro/Outro music by LukHash [ https://www.lukhash.com/ ]

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