How is a 3G signal going to make it through the half inch thick block of copper sitting on top of it? Plus the metal panel of a case? Plus a few layers of drywall?
The guy who was linked to was apparently someone on the inside that put this info out so some of the investigative journalists picked it up and it went viral ...
Also I found an old thread when the initial story broken, and some guy was saying how could Intel possibly put this inside without some amateur radio people to find this.
Gonna copy the whole quote (from arstechnica)
3G is not passive, the device interacting with a 3G network has to transmit information about itself and its requirements to the network. Any idiot with a spectrum analyzer would instantly pick up something amiss. You can't exactly hide a transmission strong enough to interact with a 3G base station! Hell, any idiot with an (im)properly set up audio amplifier can rectify 3G transmissions and get the famous buzzing interference on his speakers.
There are people (e.g. Chipworks) who reverse engineer chips. Intel could not hide an RF amplifier on a CPU or core logic without someone seeing it and saying "Hey, this looks a lot like an RF transmitter and amplifier, wonder what it's doing there?"
It's not there to be doing that, if it's true, it's probably just like those hibernating RFID chips, they don't emmit anything unless specifically being scanned and "activated" by an appropriate signal.
And 3G in the article doesn't mean much, it's just working on the similar frequencies, doesn't mean it has to go through the cell phone tower, agencies can set up their own 3G transmitters in their vans if they need to and blast a signal strong enough to get through the walls and other obstacles.
However I do believe the technology is limited in transmitting range and throughput, can't fit a big antenna in there.
Keep in mind, recieving doesn't require a big antenna at all, that's why RFIDs work.
On the note how accurate the initial report was, is another question, one thing that makes me uneasy is that it's not technical enough, the source appeared to be trusted for IW to carry it apparently. But I hope the journalist did fully understood what he was writting about and didn't mix technical terms in this because the details make basically a whole difference in the end.
Also, Chipworks doesn't appear to be any kind of "independent" CPU enthusiast group at all. It's a big techincal business I see.
You probably think vaccines cause autism too, eh?
I don't think anything, I told you what I know. If I would think, then I wouldn't be talking with full confidence and use a note to indicate the use of speculation. I usually don't say anything unless I'm 100% sure.
The data you are referring to might be fraudulent, that's always the first thing you need to eliminate and just for that it takes experience and knowledge.
One of the most classic excuses is the dosage thing. Toxic halogens and heavy metals don't care about dosage, they accumulate in the body, while the body doesn't have effective means of self-detoxification of these elements, especially in weak malnourished avreage citizens on fast food, or in other words, a sheeple who watches NFL male soap opera or worshipping celebrities , one of the best ways to force detoxification is regular exercise such as running, these elements will be exported via sweat as well.
Look guys, it's all there, you just need to find it, and you just need to stop being naive and you'll find the energy to do some effort for your own health.
Anyways wanted to search for some high-resolution i7 die shots, found some low-res stuff but I don't know where to look for, anything 2013 and later should be okay for this.
Facebook
Twitter