What is the name of the chip that is installed in all keyboards. What year it was initially installed?

Question

I heard a CNBC journalist say on Montell show that some chip is installed on all keyboards secrely. What year it was initially installed?
Can it be detected and removed?
Can you buy a keyboard without the chip?

Answer 1

There is a chip installed on all ibm and clone keyboards.

If you remove this chip, your keyboard will be useless,

here is a link that explains it's function

http://www.beyondlogic.org/keyboard/keybrd.htm

Good Luck.

Answer 2

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