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Are Ryzen and Threadripper affected? If so, I would change my opinion on AMD, and chose Intel instead for my next home computer.
by faragon 9y ago
Are Ryzen and Threadripper affected? If so, I would change my opinion on AMD, and chose Intel instead for my next home computer.
- samtoday 9y agoYes, all modern AMD processors have this. But Intel processors have an equivalent ""feature"", called the Intel Management Engine (ME). So take you pick really. A good FAQ is done by LibreBoot: https://libreboot.org/faq.html https://libreboot.org/faq.html
- etimberg 9y agoIntel does the exact same thing they just call it "Trusted Execution Technology" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_execution_environment#Implementations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_execution_environment#...
- wolfgke 9y ago> If so, I would change my opinion on AMD, and chose Intel instead for my next home computer. Intel already has Intel ME.
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- rnhmjoj 9y agoEvery Intel CPU since 2006 and every AMD CPU since 2013 has this stuff. If you care about this possible solutions are: buy pre-2006/pre-2013 hardware; go through some procedure to remove the ME[1]; forget x86 entirely (ARM?) [1]: http://hackaday.com/2016/11/28/neutralizing-intels-management-engine/ http://hackaday.com/2016/11/28/neutralizing-intels-managemen...