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petratoday at 3:16 PM1 replyview on HN

Designing a secure platform is possible within the EU[1].

[1]They need to use US EDA tools, And manufacture masks but maybe there are tricks they won't need to trust them - like inspecting critical parts of the masks.


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ahartmetztoday at 8:38 PM

Siemens has bought together a bunch of EDA tool makers, most notably Mentor Graphics. It doesn't really bring the know-how to Germany, but at least some kind of control over it.