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Semiconductor manufacturers in Taiwan can remotely disable their chip-making machines in the event of a Chinese invasion. (www.bloomberg.com)
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[–] extant@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Probably wipe the firmware of the machines so they can't be used.

(Fun fact: FIRMware is the in-between of HARDware and SOFTware.)

[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

moderately chubbed ware

[–] Big_Boss_77@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

As someone who spends a lot of their job testing and implementing firmware upgrades... I will do my utmost to slip this into at least one meeting.

[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 months ago

thank god, my stupid internet comments are finally going somewhere important.