de0u Finding out exactly what a chip does is really hard. It requires a scanning electron microscope / scanning tunneling microscope, and then massive amounts of labor.
That sounds very difficult, so I would think an expert that can detect this would actually own the Telecom security market to help secure devices for heads of state/VIPs.
I hope something like this chip in the link below could be discovered much easier if it has charactaristics that normal chips don't have:
http://www.actionindiahomeproduct.com/audio-device/spy-mobile-battery-gsm-bug.html