A Self-Erasing Chip Designed to Defeat Counterfeiting 

Semiconductor products can be counterfeited. That’s an unfortunate fact. But because they control the operation of vital electronics, the failure of a single counterfeit semiconductor component can have catastrophic consequences, presenting important risks to our health – and via security applications, risks to our safety, too.

Source: A Self-Erasing Chip Designed to Defeat Counterfeiting | TTI, Inc.