Those were never pictures of the board or the chip. The images are credited to an illustrator. The report itself never mentioned 6-pin. And if you listen to

Those were never pictures of the board or the chip. The images are credited to an illustrator. The report itself never mentioned 6-pin. And if you listen to the Risky Business podcast, the chip image is actually a signal coupler sold via Mouser Electronics, that Joe Fitzpatrick sent the journalists a link to when they asked him "what does a signal amplifier or coupler look like". https://risky.biz/RB517_feature/ https://risky.biz/RB517_feature/ https://appleinsider.com/articles/18/10/08/security-researcher-cited-in-bloombergs-china-spy-chip-investigation-casts-doubt-on-storys-veracity https://appleinsider.com/articles/18/10/08/security-research... Actually, you can check for yourself. It's the first photo result at Mouser if you search for "signal coupler". Seems everyone has been running around trying to find a TDK HHM22137A2 on their Super Micro boards: https://au.mouser.com/_/?Keyword=signal+coupler https://au.mouser.com/_/?Keyword=signal+coupler