Chapter 93 Security of Chips

Wang Anran knows that once the ripper graphics card is released, Huaxin Technology will be sniped by international giants.

This is not persecution paranoia!

Think about it, a Hongmeng SP system has attracted a lot of action from Microsoft.

The reason why these giants are giants is because they have always paid close attention to the industry and always want to eliminate hidden dangers before they happen.

But Huaxin Technology is obviously going to disappoint them.

The ripper graphics card is completely in a closed loop and does not require Intel to support it on the chipset, nor does it need the support of other hardware manufacturers.

You only need a PCI interface, and then install the driver released by Huaxin Technology.

All ripper graphics cards have no possibility of being stuck at all.

However, DDR video memory wants to enter the PC market, and Wang Anran believes that the time is not yet ripe.

If the memory wants to function properly on a PC, one thing is needed, and that is the memory controller.

This memory controller, which is usually integrated into the chipset, is responsible for communicating the communication between the CPU and the memory.

When the process is improved and the density of the CPU is increased again, the CPU manufacturer will often integrate the memory controller into the CPU.

Therefore, what kind of memory is supported is not what the memory manufacturers say, but what Intel, AMD and other CPU manufacturers say.

Because of its special position in the market, Intel often plays a leading role in the formulation of memory standards.

So Wang Anran didn't want to at all, even if he announced all the technical standards for DDR memory and let everyone use it for free, Intel would not choose DDR as the next generation memory standard specification.

Because if DDR is chosen, then who will lead the standard and who will be the boss, you can't let the original unit play soy sauce! It will be embarrassing.

However, Intel does not support it, and it does not affect the establishment of the DDR dynamic storage architecture committee, and the first batch of board manufacturers have become the first batch of members.

Wang Anran knew that Intel would definitely make a move, but after looking at the date, it was September 30, 1994, if Wang Anran remembered correctly, Intel would be in big trouble next month, and it was estimated that he didn't have the heart to shoot with him.

The reason for the incident is that the big melon-eating masses broke the news that there was a big bug in the Pentium 586 processor.

In fact, this is a wrongful accusation against Intel, because Intel itself knows about this bug.

Before the launch of the Pentium 586, Intel's inspectors found that the FPU computing unit of the Pentium 586 processor was defective.

This is manifested in the fact that when dealing with a particular integer division, it will deviate from the correct value.

However, after the problem was discovered, Intel's evaluators found that such a calculation error could only occur once in about 9 billion processor runs.

The impact is minimal.

They chose to ignore it.

However, who would have thought that the eyes of the people who eat melons would be so sharp.

After two months of gambling and strong public opinion, Intel also had to bow its head and pay a price of more than $400 million to recall most of the problematic CPUs.

Of course, Chinese mainland is not covered by the recall.

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As the advantage of being reborn, Wang Anran knows that Intel's troubles are far more than that, and two other major flaws will be discovered in a few years.

One is the Meltdown flaw, which allows guest accounts to access the core area without permission, causing memory overflow and affecting data security.

And one of the flaws is the famous Spectre.

If the Meltdown flaw is Intel's unintentional fault, then Spectre's deliberateness is too obvious.

Specific instructions can easily bypass the security program check through Spectre defects, so as to obtain the highest privilege of the system.

Another feature of Spectre defects is that they cannot be masked by system program fixes like Meltdown defects.

It's a pity that although Intel has designed an excellent defective backdoor, it has not equipped the backdoor with a super key, and once again the sharp-eyed melon-eating masses have discovered it.

It's not that easy to get by.

The security services of the United States were also pulled into the water and are believed to be behind the events that led them.

The FBI seriously stated that they did not know Intel at all.

But the explanation is to cover up, and after the melon-eating crowd threw out the watermelon peel Dafa, the FBI also had to shut up.

SINCE THEN, THE MAJOR GOVERNMENTS HAVE NEVER CHOSEN INTEL CPU AND MICROSOFT SYSTEMS FOR CLASSIFIED COMPUTER PROCUREMENT.

Iran, who had died, did not believe in this evil and purchased a large number of Intel computers to analyze his atomic energy.

As a result, the network defense line was easily breached, and the important technical analysis data was swept away, and the high-level technical personnel were almost wiped out.

Therefore, it is not too much to say that chips are related to the security of the country.

This is exposed, which melon-eating masses dare to guarantee that Intel's CPU has no other backdoor?

If one day, the Mi Guoyan easily presses a button, and the microcomputers of all China collectively crash, then the fun will be great......

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When these two flaws were exposed, Intel had already completed the hegemony of dominating the rivers and lakes, and its influence was limited with its strong public relations and the endorsement of the US government.

In this period, STMicroelectronics, IBM, Texas Instruments, Apple, and Motorola all had their own microprocessors, and X86 ruled most of the desktop computers, but now it is ineffective in small computer workstations.

Intel's first test of the waters, the server version of the CPU Itanium, Xeon series processors will take a while.

At this time, if these two flaws are exposed, it will be a strong blow to Intel's credibility.

This is the trump card in Wang Anran's hand.

Wintel Alliance, this is the existence of Huaxin Technology if it wants to continue to develop, it must be a gun.

At Microsoft's headquarters, a board meeting for Huaxin Technology is being held.

Bill Clara, the chairman, distributed the information files collected by Microsoft to the directors.

"Gentlemen, you have all seen it, Huaxin Technology, yes, it is the Chinese company that released the Hongmeng SP system, and yesterday, they released a very interesting product ......"

Citigroup representative Klein took a sip of coffee, and he was a little puzzled, Chairman Bill had a good weekend and didn't go to enjoy the holidays, and came to introduce them to what products, isn't it just a Chinese company, which can turn the sky.

Bill's face didn't fluctuate when he saw the board members in the conference room, and he knew that the arrogance of the founders of these companies and the financial lords of Wall Street was overflowing again.

"Gentlemen, I can say that according to what I know now, the product released by Huaxin Technology is very good, it can perfectly support the Windows operating system, and the graphics processing power is very powerful. ”

Lehman Brothers, representing Raul Bess, interrupted Bill and said, "Bill, what the hell are you trying to say, does this technology company release a product that needs to be discussed in the boardroom? By the way, Bill, I still have something to ......."

Bill shook his head, even Microsoft was helpless with the management.

"Rohr, ten minutes, you can leave in ten minutes. ”

"Alright then!" Roel Bess sat down again, looked at the time on his watch, and said to Beale, "Bill, you go on!"

Bill was helpless, continued, continued something, this interruption completely interrupted his train of thought.

After thinking for two minutes, Bill continued: "This graphics card can fit perfectly with the HarmonyOS SP operating system, but it is not friendly to Microsoft's Windows SP operating system......"

"Bill, doesn't this product support Windows?, I can guarantee that there will be no market for this product. ”

It's the hateful Rohr again, Bill convened this event to persuade the major shareholders to give up the cash dividends this time, mobilize funds to the Windows 95 project, and accelerate the launch of the project to meet the challenges of Huaxin Technology.

But now, Bill suddenly felt a little powerless......

Will they support it?