FTDI gate mk. 1 merely bricked fake and clone ... and of course in Arduinos whose only purpose is to blink a LED. Right now, the only option to avoid this undocumented feature is to either ...

US Customs has been very amenable to identifying counterfeit components, and this has led to several shipments being destroyed. Legal action, however, is a bit hard in China, and FTDI is dealing ...

China’s FTDI Holding must sell its stake in a UK semiconductor company, the High Court has ruled. A Chinese state-controlled holding company that owns a hefty stake in a British fabless ...