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Re:C compiler with support for structs written in Assembly by weberc2 on Monday August 27, 2018 @04:33PM (#17854277)
This still doesn't get you all the way, since you're ultimately trusting your chip manufacturer.
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Re:C compiler with support for structs written in Assembly by cellularmitosis on Monday August 27, 2018 @04:56PM (#17854470)
If we are just talking about bootstrapping, you could also homebrew a CPU: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13208516

Creating a backdoor distributed across a bunch of 7400-series logic chips would be pretty unlikely.

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