We all know about ASUS, GIGABYTE, MSI and ASROCK, but what about SuperMicro, and their brand 'SuperO' ? We were sent a new board from them, and LEO took some time to get it a thorough thrashing.

These servers, claims Bloomberg, were assembled for Elemental by Supermicro. A closer examination of the servers revealed a chip the size of a grain of rice embedded on the motherboard ...

The report, published by Nikkei Asian Review ... to not receive motherboards made in China over cyber espionage fears. The report cited industry sources, including one unnamed Supermicro executive.