Hacker News with Generative AI: Microchips

Researchers find an undocumented "backdoor" in Chinese made ESP32 microchip (bleepingcomputer.com)
The ubiquitous ESP32 microchip made by Chinese manufacturer Espressif and used by over 1 billion units as of 2023 contains undocumented commands that could be leveraged for attacks.
Security, Hardware, China, Microchips
11 points by tmarsden 25 days ago | 2 comments
Russia using old ASML machines to make microchips for weapons (nltimes.nl)
Russia, Microchips, Weapons, Technology, Geopolitics
23 points by belter 210 days ago | 5 comments
DARPA slaps down credit card for 3D military chiplets $840M ought to be enough? (theregister.com)
Defense, Military, Technology, Funding, Microchips
4 points by LinuxBender 256 days ago | 0 comments
Microchip releases PIC64 radiation tolerant RISC-V CPUs for space applications (youtube.com)
Microchips, Space Exploration, RISC-V, Embedded Systems
18 points by fork-bomber 270 days ago | 8 comments