You might be surprised. Modern CPU’s have a large amount of micro code.
Update:
Some people speculated that the national alert was to test Chinese spy chips.
Confirmation:
Mystery disruption for cell networks after presidential alert text...
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/regions-cell-networks-disrupted-after-presidential-text-alert/
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And I suspect that our fleet massing off China’s coast is related to this as well as Pence’s speech yesterday. In fact, it could even be tied to taming North Korea.
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If anyone is interested, I’m starting up an electronic warfare ping unless someone else has something along those lines going.