deeply embedded firmware always makes me kinda itchy,
Like, do /you/ know what the small ARM core buried deep inside your GPU die running firmware off a baked in mask-rom is /actually/ doing?
Or what about the small core inside your HDD or SSD?
Yeah, makes me itchy,
Thinking too hard about how any computer works will make you itchy
I was going to list examples but decided not to. No one needs that paranoid energy today.
Well I've got this totally NOT dead HGST Western Digital HC520 here. You know, my emergency weapon.
No idea why they mounted the PCB the wrong way around...
Oh shit I've got to get my magnifying glass out for this.
Avago 6090D?
Wow the best result I can get is for the PCB it came on. That thing is SMALL too.