Yes i know... i was just surprised it was referred to as the "CMOS"

my curiosity got the better of me and i looked it up and thought other people might be curious too, and I thought it might save people time if I gave the details

But the connection only make "easier" to connect to much larger pins, a determined attacker would be able to connect to the SPI bus even on the teeny-tiny TPM cheap directly, it's only a matter of having some more sophisticated hardware, risking doing a chip-off, etc.

Only as an example (and not actually usable in this case unless a chip-off is done), there is what I call a cross-breed between an octopus and a acupuncturist:

https://blog.acelaboratory.com/pc-3000-flash-spider-board-ad...