Random thought on the SuperMicro story: if you have the broad level of control of the supply chain described in the Bloomberg piece, why rely on an outboard chip, which is (relatively) easily detectable by inspection? Firmware supported by slightly modified CPUs seems safer.
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But even if the story is accurate, we don’t know the target or the constraints. So who knows.
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The outboard chip might be a nice distraction from whatever the real thing is
2:14 PM - 6 Oct 2018
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