tyb
and the same repeating text and pictures. Fuck off and KYS
Server maker Super Micro to ditch 'made-in-China' parts on spy fears
Trade war also pushing global data center supply chain to new locations
TAOYUAN, Taiwan/TAIPEI – Super Micro Computer, the server maker at the heart of spy chip allegations last autumn, has told suppliers to move production out of China to address U.S. customers' concerns about cyber espionage risks, according to industry sources familiar with the matter.
California based Super Micro, the world's third-largest server maker by shipments after HP and Dell, has strongly denied allegations made last October that its Chinese made motherboards had been implanted with malignant chips to hack big tech customers such as Apple and Amazon. Independent testing showed no evidence of the claims made by Bloomberg Businessweek, the group has said.
Nevertheless, U.S. customers and especially government-related clients have asked Super Micro not to supply them with motherboards made in China because of security concerns, according to one company executive.
The motherboard is an essential component within a server on which key parts such as central processing units, graphics processors, memory chips,and major integrated circuits are mounted.
Super Micro is not alone in responding to concerns over Chinese made motherboards in data centers and servers. In 2017 roughly 90% of the motherboards used in the 13.9 million servers shipped worldwide were made in China. Last year that had dropped to less than 50% of motherboards used in the global total of 15.2 million, according to Digitimes Research, a tech supply chain specialist.
"There is a major shift out of China happening from the server supply chain," said Betty Shyu, a server analyst at Taipei-based Digitimes. Chinese-made server motherboards had also been hit by the additional tariffs imposed by Washington, she said.
In addition to asking suppliers to shift production, Super Micro is expanding its own in-house manufacturing facilities to mitigate any perceived risk. The company mostly assembles server systems in-house but outsources motherboard production to many suppliers. "We have to be more self-reliant [to build in-house manufacturing] without depending only on those outsourcing partners whose production previously has mostly been in China," the executive said.
On Monday the group broke ground on a 2 billion New Taiwan dollar ($65 million) new factory in the northern Taiwanese city of Taoyuan and it is weighing a further NT$10 billion investment locally, Charles Liang, founder and CEO said this week. It is also expanding in Silicon Valley.
Super Micro's shift comes as the group continues to suffer fallout from the ongoing trade war between Beijing and Washington and from concerns about cyber espionage, even though customers such as Apple and Amazon strongly deny they have seen any evidence of affected hardware.
(of course they don't….no backdoor access then)
https://asia.nikkei.com/Economy/Trade-war/Server-maker-Super-Micro-to-ditch-made-in-China-parts-on-spy-fears
ty anon. another one to show the normie n'bor in the hood. Proofs don't alway's "hook" people but over time they have managed to bring a few people over to this side of the fence when I use them. Talking about it just doesn't work.
chek'em
yes. couldn't let that go unchecked. someone had to do it