AMD Adds Security Hologram To Identify Real Chips

KingFishKingFish
edited January 2005 in Science & Tech
AMD will begin putting 3-D holographic labels on the packaging of boxed processors so people can verify the chips' authenticity of the chips. The decision comes less than a week after police seized a number of AMD chips from an illegal re-marking operation in Taiwan.
The holographic label will appear on the bottom left corner of the packaging for boxed Athlon 64 FX, Athlon 64, Sempron and Opteron chips, the company said. AMD's boxed processors are often purchased by system builders and PC buyers choosing their own components. They come with a heatsink and a fan and carry a three-year limited warranty.

The introduction of the new security feature follows a report last week from Taiwanese online news agency DigiTimes that Taiwanese police had seized 60,00 defective AMD chips from a group planning to re-mark the chips and sell them in Germany and China. By re-marking chips criminals can resell them as more valuable models, with a higher clock speed or on-chip cache, for example.

An AMD spokesman said the company was not aware of any false AMD products having entered the distribution channel from Taiwan, and rejected a suggestion that the new packaging program was introduced as a result of the reported defective chips.
Source: TechWorld

Comments

  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited January 2005
    An AMD spokesman said the company was not aware of any false AMD products having entered the distribution channel from Taiwan, and rejected a suggestion that the new packaging program was introduced as a result of the reported defective chips.
    No, of course they didn't. The new sticky labels are just for sure right? ;)

    Still, it's probably a smart move. Just to protect themselves :)
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