Showing Posts About
Joel clark
- 24 Jun 2016
Don't Try This at Home: Decapping ICs With Boiling Acid.
A technical blog post details the process of decapping integrated circuits using boiling nitric and sulphuric acids. The technique involves dissolving the epoxy packaging to expose the silicon chip inside. Decapping can be used for identifying counterfeit chips, resetting lock bits, and performing hardware reverse engineering.