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> I'd love to drop Intel from a pure privacy standpoint. Are you referring to the Intel Management Engine? I was under the impression that AMD was as bad if no
by peatmoss 10y ago
> I'd love to drop Intel from a pure privacy standpoint.
Are you referring to the Intel Management Engine? I was under the impression that AMD was as bad if not worse than Intel in that regard:
https://libreboot.org/faq/#amd https://libreboot.org/faq/#amd
Or is Ryzen expected to be better in that regard?
- windexh8er 10y agoTBH I hadn't looked at AMD in that regard for quite some time since they hadn't been on my short list. Thanks for pointing this out, likely doubtful Ryzen will be any different unfortunately. sigh
- peatmoss 10y agoI feel like AMD is missing an opportunity here. They aren't able to compete completely with Intel on performance now, and probably won't ever. Ryzen should be better, but I doubt they'll achieve parity with Intel. If AMD wanted to compete on something they could compete by being the chip provider that was security-friendly. The failed Talos secure workstation proved that at least some people are willing to spend lavishly on truly open, user-controlled hardware. My supposition is that there could be pretty solid demand if the price point weren't ~$10k.