17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
Once the clipper chips are common place, perhaps we could get some company to build IDEA chips that are pin compatible with the clipper chip itself, and perhaps even some switching socket where if you're calling a device and want to use the clipper chip (due to compatibility reasons of course) you activate the clipper chip socket. If not, you flip the switch the other way, and activate the IDEA chip.
This may not be very practical for small devices like portable cell phones. They tend to use a lot of surface mount technology, and are not very readily modified after manufacture. Phil