“security countermeasures capable of thwarting reverse engineering"
Well, the guy who manages to actually prevent reverse engineering is going to be one special mind for sure.
I'm not a specialist on the subject in any way, but I fairly sure that there is not much you can do to prevent an X-ray scan of your chip.
And I'm convinced that, as far as hardware is concerned, reverse engineering starts with an X-ray scan.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
