It’s not that I completely underestimate the Chinese.....but it’s equally dangerous to OVERestimate their capabilities, as well.
QC is far more than a dog and pony show. We’re not talking about companies subbing out the manufacture of dolls and trinkets here; we’re talking about heavy duty procs (try to find those being used in critical systems that are manufactured in mainland China, by the way). There are very, VERY rigorous pre-, during, and post-production QC processes that would make it ridiculously difficult, if not outright impossible, for Chicomms or anyone else to embed microcode into these processors. You have to give the manufacturers a bit of credit here......and don’t give the Chicomms too much credit.
Greetings ROL:
Agree to not overestimated China. However, we must not forget everything China shows the world is a manufactured landscape; the ultimate dog and pony show.
Chinese manufacturing facilities aren’t independent business entities, we’re dealing with communist-fascism. Working conditions in a country that OSHA would shut down in a second; our short-sighted bean counters willingly pack an entire US manufacturing facility to shave one cent per unit. Despite Chinese employees are basically slaves, in their gated company town dormitories. These are the coveted “good” jobs in the manufacturing sector. The ultimate manager’s bonus is achieving a better housing condition than those of their management peers.
The best and brightest work for government. Behind computer screens, arguably under much better working conditions. Their team bonus for the latent imbed of a juicy intelligence gathering trojan within a commercial thumb drive: A better crib than their peers.
A few days after posting a photo image upon FreeRepublic, a image hosted from my business website; five unique visits from China. Coincidence? Five bored DUmpster diving kiddie types in China suddenly strayed from the DUmp while in mommie’s basement; just to visit an Ohio website specializing in market goats. Yeah, that’s the ticket.
Cheers,
OLA