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[–] vampire@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That has nothing to do with preventing reverse engineering in this case, as far as I know. It's a very cheap alternative to an integrated heat spreader.

[–] DriftinGrifter@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] vampire@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago

It can be used for both reasons, but I don't think they are that concerned with protecting against reverse engineering on chips that are probably decades old and easily purchasable