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OK, but Bloomberg said some Chinese spy chips were the size of tiny signal couplers. That "ethernet port" is actually a dual-stacked Ethernet/USB port measuring
by nneonneo 8y ago
OK, but Bloomberg said some Chinese spy chips were the size of tiny signal couplers. That "ethernet port" is actually a dual-stacked Ethernet/USB port measuring over 1 cubic inch in volume - it is hardly "small". 2008 NSA's "TRINITY" microcontroller, which forms the basis for most of their designs, is a bit smaller than a US penny, which isn't exactly "signal coupler" tiny.
I can't guess at what 2018 NSA might have, nor can I guess at what 2018 PLA might have, but I think it's hard to jump immediately to believing this.
- Sephr 8y agoWith FEL lithography and enormous budgets most of the Bloomberg claims seem quite possible.
- still_grokking 8y agoWhy should someone attack a quit low priority target like Apple or Amazon with such sophisticated technology? It would make more sense to aim at say the White House or the Pentagon or something like that.
- quantummkv 8y agoAccording to the Bloomberg article, Amazon learned of this when they did a security check on Elemental, a company they wanted to buy. Elemental's video processing devices with supermicro boards are present on US navy warships, for example. And Amazon also runs the GovCloud. And are the leading vendor in the race for Pentagon's cloud contract.