AUTHORITIES alerted after FINDING a chip, that is the size of a grain of rice, were used on equipment made for Amazon and Apple, and possibly for other companies and government agencies. The report also suspected a unit of the People's Liberation Army has involved the OPERATION that placed the chips on equipment manufactured in China for U.S.-based Super Micro Computer INC. The Super Micro also manufactured equipment for Department of Defense data centres, the CIA's drone operations, and onboard networks of Navy warships.