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Posted by Gene S. Berkowitz on 02/15/06 04:16
In article <n234v15nrqa982t9k9b5m0dk30135f7jpl@4ax.com>,
roylfuchs@urfargingicehole.org says...
> 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 sounds at least five years out of date.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.
>
Serial EEPROMs are available in SOT-23 or MSOP packages, which are about
3 millimeters square.
--Gene
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