It may very well be a tag.
The "not real g" sounds to coincidental.
Here is a link to a lot of micro chip tagging.
This example is from an old Cyrix chip
http://molecularexpressions.com/creatures/pages/chili.html
Click on the silicon zoo on that page and then scroll down a bit to view many more chip tags by the makers or designers.
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