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Read AVR IC MCU Chip Firmware from microcontroller flash memory, the status of AVR IC MCU has been reset from locked to opened one through Microcontroller unlocking by focus ion beam cut off security fuse bits;

Read AVR IC MCU Chip Firmware from microcontroller flash memory, the status of AVR IC MCU has been reset from locked to opened one through Microcontroller unlocking by focus ion beam cut off security fuse bits

Some operations such as depackaging and chemical etching can still be performed by almost anyone with a small investment and minimal knowledge. There are also some attacks, for example optical reading of an old Mask ROM memory, or reverse engineering of a chip built with 1 µm technology and two metal layers, where gaining the access to the chip surface is enough to succeed.

The necessary chemicals and tools are relatively cheap, and a suitable optical microscope could be bought second-hand for less than £1,000. Normally invasive attacks are used as an initial step to understand the chip functionality and then develop cheaper and faster non-invasive attacks.