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Posted by Roy L. Fuchs on 02/14/06 16:59
On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 09:58:25 -0500, Gene S. Berkowitz
<first.last@comcast.net> Gave us:
>In article <eqs2v11coc40i8l7jnjpcqhuscurqqbh9t@4ax.com>,
>roylfuchs@urfargingicehole.org says...
>> On Mon, 13 Feb 2006 23:38:34 -0500, Gene S. Berkowitz
>> <first.last@comcast.net> Gave us:
>>
>> >In article <1139841188.429204.111320@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>,
>> >evilninjax@yahoo.com says...
>> >>
>> >> Modemac wrote:
>> >> > http://www.boingboing.net/2006/02/12/only_big_companies_p.html
>> >> >
>> >> > Apparently, the so-called "anti-piracy" mesasures being put into place
>> >> > will only allow the new high-definition DVDs to play onPCs manufactured
>> >> > by Sony, Dell, or other mega-corporations. If you have a custom-built
>> >> > PC, or if you dared to install your DVD-ROM drive yourself, you may be
>> >> > out of luck.
>> >>
>> >> This doesn't sound right to me. First of all, Dell computers USE ATI
>> >> and nVidia cards (as well as onboard video).
>> >
>> >OEM cards made by ATI for Dell, et al. apparently have/will have the
>> >EEPROM necessary to contain the HDCP license keys. Retail versions of
>> >the ATI boards don't.
>> >
>> >nVidia, who only makes the GPU chips, not boards, is not the source of
>> >the problem. Supposedly, the reference design nVidia supplies to board
>> >makers for use with their chips DOES include the required EEPROM.
>> >
>>
>> Wouldn't they be using a fusible flash chip these days? EEPROM
>> sounds at least five years out of date.
>
>"EEPROM" could mean the traditional, or flash-based, or FRAM, or
>whatever. It's an off-chip memory device, which gets programmed at
>manufacture, similar to the way MAC addresses are assigned to network
>cards.
>
I know how it works, I just had trouble picturing a big SIP chip on
a modern PCB design.
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