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Jason_Yang
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4 years ago

EP3C16F484I7N has two countrys of origin，is their function same？

We recently purchased a batch of chips，their country of origin is Taiwan. The chips we purchased in 2014 is South Korea. We found that the x-ray photos of the chips from the two origins were differen...
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ak6dn
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3 years ago

Do the chips from Taiwan function in your circuit?

Were they purchased from a reliable Intel/Altera authorized vendor, or on the open market?

They could easily be counterfeit/remarked completely nonfunctional if the latter.