Quoting Haines Brown (haines@???):

> It would be naive to think that CPU producers don't build in a
> backdoor. This is why I take an interest in Chinese CPUs. At this point
> they are only RISC processors, but before long they should produce a
> product competitive with Intel. I suppose it will also have a back door,
> door, but China seems less threatening than the U.S.

I'm watching the J-Core project, which has resurrected the Hitachi
SuperH SH3/SH4 architecture as the patents expire, and should have a
fully fleshed 64-bit RISC system out in a couple of years. At that
point, you'll have reasonably modern, general-purpose computing with no
blackbox hardware/firmware/software subsystems whatsoever.
http://j-core.org/