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China receives US equipment to make advanced chips despite new rules-report (www.reuters.com)
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[–] kautau 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Most likely it’s to prevent something like this from happening:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-10-04/the-big-hack-how-china-used-a-tiny-chip-to-infiltrate-america-s-top-companies

Likely moreso focused on government secrets than corporate ones, but same idea

Edit: Non-paywalled link:

https://archive.ph/2022.11.19-173201/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-10-04/the-big-hack-how-china-used-a-tiny-chip-to-infiltrate-america-s-top-companies

[–] TheBeege 1 points 1 year ago

And I'm guessing a smaller chip makes it even harder to detect. Makes sense. Thank you