19 Nov
2009
19 Nov
'09
4:34 a.m.
On 18 Nov 2009 at 22:34, William Donzelli wrote:
Harder to do, but the chips can be faked as well - at
least the older
inked ones, and not the more modern laser engraved types.
The tube market is plagued with fakes, ever since the 1950s. Guys in
their garage would get used tubes, wash the original inks off, and
reink with a silkscreen. Certainly ICs could be faked the same way.
The modern IC market is plagued with fakes also. Even for modern
ICs, such as flash memories, fakes are manufactured to order.
--Chuck