Always good to consider future moves. Some plan ahead better than others.
Just imagine your entire military shut down with a backdoor built into a chip.
From the way I understand it, they can remotely shut down the machines that produce the chips; not the actual chips themselves:
"Two of the world's most important chip companies can flip a "kill switch" remotely on their most advanced chipmaking machines should China invade Taiwan, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter."
Always good to consider future moves. Some plan ahead better than others. Just imagine your entire military shut down with a backdoor built into a chip.
From the way I understand it, they can remotely shut down the machines that produce the chips; not the actual chips themselves:
"Two of the world's most important chip companies can flip a "kill switch" remotely on their most advanced chipmaking machines should China invade Taiwan, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter."