Hello @revta
thank you for sharing your experience.
Re ATECC608A: I did not notice the link in the M5Core2 documentation until now.
However running an I2C scanner on M5Core2 doesn't reveal such a device (which by default should have address 0x35). All devices the scanner detects are: 0x34 (AXP), 0x38 (Touch), 0x51 (RTC) and 0x68 (IMU).
The 8 pin IC close to USB-C you referring to I think is part of the protection circuit for the SD card - but I could be wrong about that.
At this point my conclusion is that the ATEC608A never made it into the final design.
Happy Stacking!
Felix