EVOSexyBeast t1_j99bsk6 wrote on February 20, 2023 at 6:13 AM

Reply to comment by CaptRon25 in The Coca-Cola phone comes with a coke-themed exterior and software by MicroSofty88

The companies that physically make the chips (in china) also make the software for the chips. They go hand in hand and you can’t do one without the other. Exactly naming which chip on the iPhones i don’t know, that’s all proprietary informations.

It all is heavily monitored by Apple, but it’s not beyond the realm of the possibility spyware gets hidden into the chips. There are also independent researchers that look out for things like that (it’s how US malware on Iranian computers was made public), and probably the US government as well but any such efforts are classified.

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BooksandBiceps t1_j9adiq3 wrote on February 20, 2023 at 1:57 PM

Can you show me where China makes the software for the Apple SoC? Nothing I’ve read supports that and it’d be in Apples best interest by far to ensure that it’s the exact code intended.

Simply having a chip made in China doesn’t mean it’s written by the Chinese or they have final say (though Apple is probably one of VERY few businesses that can say that).

I’m 100% pro Chinese bugs in everything, TikTok is spyware, Huwai is spyware, but the basis of what you’re implying is wrong - that it’s Chinese written - so your implications are suspect as well

Just looked at the instruction set source and yeah, not Chinese.

Also, TSMC is Taiwan so while final production may occur in China, what you’re saying about the chip is bollocks

Also, saying it’s not beyond their capacity while simultaneously claiming it’s true (ignoring the other fallacies) doesn’t work out man

CaptRon25 t1_j9d0axh wrote on February 21, 2023 at 12:44 AM

Pretty familiar with the semiconductor industry. Applied Materials