In the development of the integrated circuit industry, MCU reverse engineering plays a huge role in promoting the faster design of MCU products with the same basic functions but better performance, smaller size and lower cost.
Integrated circuit technology is one of the fastest growing and most dynamic technologies in the world. With the continuous improvement of the performance of integrated circuits, the functions are continuously enhanced, and the application surface is expanding. The integrated circuit industry has become a pillar industry of the national economy and has become a driving force. One of the main factors in the world of today’s information society.
MCU Reverse Engineering Process
Experience has shown that it takes three years or longer time to completely develop a new microcontroller independently, and it takes one years or more to redesign MCU from the circuitry pattern which has been obtained from MCU reverse engineering process;
If it is MCU copied directly, It only takes three to five months. It can be seen that the application of MCU source code reverse engineering to develop Microcontrollers still requires considerable investment, so it does not deviate from the principle of fair competition.
It is precisely because of MCU reverse engineering:
1st of all, the basic principles of this technique isn’t excessively violate the fair competition. Secondly, the development of the integrated circuit industry will be vigorously promoted. Therefore, countries generally recognize MCU reverse engineering in the legislation of integrated circuits.
However, the reverse engineering is to crack MCU‘s key technology of others’ design. On the basis of this, the layout design obtained will inevitably contain the imitation and copying of the prior microcontroller layout design, so it is easy to generate infringement disputes. In the event of an infringement dispute, the accused infringer must be defended on the grounds of reverse engineering, and a series of more complicated problems will be highlighted.