One approach is to imprison the chip in a Faraday cage.

ECONOMIST: High-tech passports are not working

But several other chip-making techniques will need to be modified if his radical new approach is to succeed.

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Greater console sales also helps impacts game and console chip makers such as nVidia and provides insight into consumer demand as we approach the holiday season.

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Another approach, which has just been endorsed by the European Union, is an electronic lock on the chip.

ECONOMIST: High-tech passports are not working