The chip keeps
a secret.
We are the exception.
ChipXOR researches, hardens and reprograms the encrypted authentication silicon inside the world's printers, cartridges and consumables — and builds the programmers that do it.
We do three things, and we do them to the metal.
Research
Side-channel analysis, fault injection and protocol reversal on encrypted consumable authentication chips. We publish what we can and vault the rest.
Hardware
The NuBri programmer line — bench, field and production gang units that read, reset and burn I2C, SPI, 1-Wire and UART silicon at scale.
Service
Send us a locked chip, or queue a job online. We burn and reset Videojet, Sharp and Lexmark consumable silicon and ship it back cloned-clean.
Inside the black epoxy.
Every cartridge, ribbon and toner bottle carries a tiny authentication die under a drop of opaque resin. It counts, it signs, it refuses. We spend our days learning exactly how — recovering keys, mapping XOR-masked counters and documenting vendor handshakes across six printer families.
Read the papers →The NuBri programmer line.
NuBri-232C
Serial-bus workhorse. RS-232C + USB host, four buses, single site.
NuBri-C61
Pocket USB-C unit. 32 offline profiles for on-site resets, no laptop.
NuBri-P4
Four-site gang programmer. 900 chips/hr over USB or Ethernet.
Queue a burn from anywhere.
Live for Videojet, Sharp & Lexmark consumable silicon. Select, upload, and we return it reset and re-signed.
Select the chip
Pick vendor, model and interface from the supported silicon catalog.
Upload firmware
Drop a dump or choose a clean ChipXOR profile. We verify the checksum.
Burn & reset
The queue flashes and re-signs the die. Track it live, get it back clean.
Six vendor families. One toolchain.
Have a locked chip?
Hand it to the lab.