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Honestly I see this as a net positive. It increases the security of the server, which is good for everyone. The secondary market will adjust accordingly, probab
by wu_187 6y ago
Honestly I see this as a net positive. It increases the security of the server, which is good for everyone. The secondary market will adjust accordingly, probably by selling the processor/motherboard/barebones server together. The only issue I can see is that there is no way to distinguish a locked processor from an unlocked one.
- saagarjha 6y ago> The secondary market will adjust accordingly, probably by selling the processor/motherboard/barebones server together. You do understand that this can be fairly annoying, yes?
- probably_wrong 6y ago> It increases the security of the server, which is good for everyone That is exactly the point: it isn't good for everyone. In particular, it is suspicious that a move in the name of security just so happens to negatively affect the secondary market. A market that by definition doesn't net AMD any money. If AMD had released this exact same feature and said "we are doing this because the second-hand market is bad for our sales", regulators would immediately jump at them for anti-competitive behavior. And the fact that there is no option to disable this check at all makes it even more suspicious. It is possible that the benefits outweigh the downsides. But I wouldn't give them a pass that easily.