近期在本市上映的美国喜剧片《小鬼当家》之三,承袭了前二集的故事情节,均是表现机智勇敢的幼童,独自在家设计重重陷井与歹徒周旋,令对手吃尽苦头,最终得胜生擒歹徒的故事。与前二集影片略有不同的是,本片的歹徒处心积虑想要得到的不是珠宝钱财,而是一块巴掌大的电脑芯片。不知影片编剧是有心还是无意,这一剧情正反映了刑事犯罪的新动向:盗窃芯片。目前,集成电路芯片是各种现代化设备如计算机、录像机、摄像机等消费类电子产品中的关键部分。芯片若按价值而论,一磅芯片比一磅黄金要昂贵得多。因此偷芯片比抢银行更热门,更能发财,这已是公开的秘密,在美国、英国、新加坡、日本及其它工业发达国家的盗贼,都在千方百计追寻类似Intel80486(简称i486)、Pentium(简称P5)、8M/16MDRAM等这些中高档次的芯片。这种i486、P5芯片与人的手指甲大小差不多(84至294平方毫米),通常集成电路芯片即使封装在外壳里,电只有一张普通邮票那么大,所以携带非常方便;而一片未划片的大圆片(半成品)上能制作100多个i486芯片,即使成品率只有50%(实际能高达80%),那么这片类似激光唱盘大小的大圆片的价值至少能达到5000美元。据美国《今日加利福尼亚》杂志报道,由于这种偷盗行为所造成的高技术产品损失,对硅谷大厂家来说,一年达750万到数千万美元。对这类情况清查的结果,大都是所谓“抓住窃贼一看,原来是自家的 The third of the American comedy series ”Little Devils,“ recently released in this city, inherited the story of the first two episodes. They were both expressive and brave young children. They alone designed home-made traps and gangsters to make their opponents suffer. The story of a gangster who eventually won. Slightly different from the first two episodes, the film’s culprits devoted their attention to not wanting to get jewellery money, but a large computer chip. I do not know whether the screenwriter is intentional or unintentional. This plot is a reflection of the new trend of criminal offenses: stealing chips. At present, the integrated circuit chip is a key part of various modern devices such as computers, video recorders, camcorders and other consumer electronic products. If the chip is valued, a pound of chips is much more expensive than a pound of gold. Therefore, stealing chips is more popular than snatching banks. It is an open secret that thieves in the United States, the United Kingdom, Singapore, Japan, and other industrialized countries are trying every means to pursue similar Intel 80486 (i486) and Pentium (abbreviation). P5), 8M/16MDRAM and other high-end chips. The i486 and P5 chips are about the same size as human fingernails (84 to 294 mm2). Usually, even if the IC chip is enclosed in a housing, the power is only as large as an ordinary stamp, so it is very convenient to carry; More than 100 i486 chips can be produced on large wafers (semi-finished products). Even if the yield is only 50% (actually as high as 80%), the value of this large disk, like the size of a compact disc, is at least $5,000. According to the US ”California Today“ magazine, the loss of high-tech products caused by such thefts amounts to 7.5 million to tens of millions of US dollars a year for large manufacturers in Silicon Valley. The results of the inventory of such cases are mostly so-called ”catch the burglars and see them. It turned out to be their own