I had the same question when I read the article. It sure was lucky that both Apple and Amazon checked the hardware and found the impossible to find chip. Or, a

I had the same question when I read the article. It sure was lucky that both Apple and Amazon checked the hardware and found the impossible to find chip. Or, assuming the rest of the article is true, someone somewhere found out about the chip and had a quiet word with a few select customers of Supermicro (but decided to otherwise keep mum about the whole thing). Which would go some way to explain the company denials, because the truth might be a bit embarrassing —or gagged by a three-letter agency.