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7 years ago

Fake FPGA chips - or not?

Recently I have bought several Cyclone III chips, and before soldering them, noticed that new chips are different from those I was buying for almost a decade. Here's the pic attached. New FPGA ...
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7 years ago

Altera's usual answer to those questions is that you need to buy the components from approved distributors, that will guarantee the components are genuine. If you bought them from a brooker, you are on your own unfortunately.