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Chip decapping has been used by the "emulation" community to reverse-engineer and recover data from special proprietary chips, such as those in SNES cartridges. It has also been used to to reverse-engineer other hardware to create emulators for other platforms besides the SNES. | Chip decapping has been used by the "emulation" community to reverse-engineer and recover data from special proprietary chips, such as those in SNES cartridges. It has also been used to to reverse-engineer other hardware to create emulators for other platforms besides the SNES. | ||
= Is this legal? = | |||
Decapping a chip and reverse engineering it is infact legal in the US, and most likely in other countries too. Check out the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiconductor_Chip_Protection_Act_of_1984 Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984], which states reverse engineering a chip is not prohibited. | |||
However, we do not endorse piracy, and any information revealed by the chip decapping will be used to advance progress for homebrew applications and games on 3DS, not piracy. | |||
= How much? = | = How much? = | ||