Chip Decapping on a Budget

ShmooCon XVI - 2020

Presented by: Zach Pahle
Date: Saturday February 01, 2020
Time: 15:00 - 15:20
Location: Build It!

What wondrous secrets lie beneath the surface of the integrated circuits that we use every day? The IC manufacturers don’t want you to know. However with some creativity and a tight budget, we can circumvent the obfuscation techniques employed by 99% of the IC industry and reveal a colorful cacophony of circuits, bond wires, and silicon dioxide. Now with more DIY!

Zach Pahle

Zach Pahle (@zjpahle) has been playing or running hacking villages since 2010. Unable to pick one hobby, he decided to try as many as he could. He enjoys robotics, software defined radios, machining, tamper evident devices, hardware hacking, and juggling. He’s also an avid foodie, and will talk cooking with anyone who asks.


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