Yeah, I would expect it was there from the beginning, it's just never exposed as user configurable on standard firmware. Being in there from the beginning doesn

Yeah, I would expect it was there from the beginning, it's just never exposed as user configurable on standard firmware. Being in there from the beginning doesn't really invalidate the claim by others it was requested by DoD or some agency therein. They are obviously a big client with leverage to have a say in chip features. Even if that part is made up, the off toggles existence still implies security concerns, since the coprocessor shouldn't have any effect on performance.