alt Hacker NewsThe most obvious thing would be Intel making security processor modules. Get the supply chain for those onshore, from the US point of view.
Doesn’t require the absolute latest processes.
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duskwuff • yesterday at 9:08 PM
What, in your mind, is a "security processor module"? As far as I'm aware, there is no such entity in Apple systems; security functionality is on the same die as the CPU/GPU. (Which is a good thing; it means that communications between the CPU and that security processor cannot easily be intercepted or interfered with.)
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michaelt • yesterday at 8:21 PM
If TSMC is compromised, getting the security processor made in the US won't help.
The CPU enforces the security boundary between web pages, apps, the OS, the hypervisor and so on. If you control that, you control everything.
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I think this is a very astute comment.
It reminded me that for a while all SIM everywhere seemed to come from one european chip plant, although now I say it I wonder if they were just the assembly & packaging and fabrication was offshore?
In both cases (tpm and sim) the cynic would say it's only deciding which economy owns the back-door.