Intel Assured Supply Chain Product Brief
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#3So only for some of their processors? This doesn't seem to have anything to do with their bid to become a foundry.
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#4So only for some of their processors? This doesn't seem to have anything to do with their bid to become a foundry.
From skimming the brief it sounds like the target for this is Western government customers?
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#6Interestingly it's just for processors, I would have been down to read about at least a product that 'assures' the supply chain of a broader part of the stack, at least the hardware.
It's just not enough to make me care, I'd probably just rely on the packaging, and vendor procurement, but I guess this is an additional tool.
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#7Interestingly it's just for processors, I would have been down to read about at least a product that 'assures' the supply chain of a broader part of the stack, at least the hardware. It's just not enough to make me care, I'd probably just rely on the packaging, and vendor procurement, but I guess this is an additional tool.
I think Lenovo has or had(?) ThinkShield to check your laptops build and shipping history or something.
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#8Interestingly it's just for processors, I would have been down to read about at least a product that 'assures' the supply chain of a broader part of the stack, at least the hardware. It's just not enough to make me care, I'd probably just rely on the packaging, and vendor procurement, but I guess this is an additional tool.
I’d think that an integrator would need to attest to their own supply chain controls. I’m not really sure how Intel could provide anything of value to validating the supply chain of their downstream customers.
Edit: looks like they have (one?) partnership in place to help an OEM do that: https://news.lenovo.com/pressroom/press-releases/intel-colla...
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#9the attestation is a real step forward for silicon provenance.
the problem is your board, firmware, bmc, and nic still come through the same opaque supply chain as before.
the processor is rarely where a hardware implant goes.
Re: Intel Assured Supply Chain Product Brief
#10Interestingly it's just for processors, I would have been down to read about at least a product that 'assures' the supply chain of a broader part of the stack, at least the hardware. It's just not enough to make me care, I'd probably just rely on the packaging, and vendor procurement, but I guess this is an additional tool.
I think Lenovo has or had(?) ThinkShield to check your laptops build and shipping history or something.
4/2/26 Build complete at Lenovo factory Shenzen-149
4/3/26 Shipped to MSS facility Beijing
4/5/26 Received at MSS facility Beijing
4/5/26 Special firmware upgrade performed at MSS facility
4/7/26 Shipped from MSS facility Beijing to customer in United States via Fedex