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Re:Super Micro says review found no malicious chips in mothe... by shard on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @10:46PM (#18661232)
Caps can be used on data lines to filter out high frequency noise, as it forms an RC lowpass filter with the source impedence (see here for an example: https://jretest.com/understanding-data-signals/ ), although I do not know enough about motherboard design to know whether these caps are needed on any of the data lines.
Re:Super Micro says review found no malicious chips in mothe... by cbzbc on Wednesday December 12, 2018 @05:27AM (#18662715)
On a motherboard the data is being carried at high frequency.