Marvell disputes claim that Cavium backdoored its chips

Marvell disputes claim that Cavium backdoored chips for Uncle Sam .

Allegations date back a decade to leaked Snowden docs.

Marvell , which bought Cavium five years ago , disputes that it implemented a backdoor.

A backdoor may not be called a backdoor, especially if the backdoor is a legal requirement.

NIST website indicates NSA 's Dual_EC_DRBG algorithm was used in Juniper 's NetScreen devices.

Marvell has not reported performing an internal audit on the intellectual property that they acquired from Cavium to search for any NSA sabotage.

A former executive at a major US -based chipmaker said he frequently had to answer questions from the government about chip security.