Well, you are right that it is slightly heavy handed. I also thought that a lot of the higher level stuff in it might still be valid. But at the fundamental le

Well, you are right that it is slightly heavy handed. I also thought that a lot of the higher level stuff in it might still be valid. But at the fundamental level the battle is lost, you will never own your (x86 based) PC as long as there is an IME/PSP in it. Concerning the introduction of the IME/PSP, it says already in the first link that I provided: "All post-2013 (AMD) and virtually all post-2009 (Intel) systems". I think we are very far from neutralizing the IME. Earlier implementations can be manipulated to some degree (not "neutralized" though), but recent versions are rather fool proof. The book is written by one of the engineers of the IME. While it might not discuss introduction dates it discusses pretty much everything else and is THE reference when studying the IME :)