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The real-time nature is not what makes it closed though. It's simply that it's been designed to be closed. For example, Intel's ME could be a really useful fea
by GekkePrutser 4y ago
The real-time nature is not what makes it closed though. It's simply that it's been designed to be closed.
For example, Intel's ME could be a really useful feature if we could do what we want with it. Instead they lock it down so it's just built-in spyware.
- Gigachad 4y agoIsn’t the primary purpose of the ME to run DRM and back door the system? How would it be useful at all open source? People would just turn it off entirely.
- GekkePrutser 4y agoI could imagine a super low power coprocessor that's always on would be a real useful tool. It could check my email and other low power tasks. And remote management isn't bad if it's entirely under my control. It's the closed nature that makes me distrust it.
- Gigachad 4y agoThis has already been solved. Modern devices come with low power general purpose cores and OSs can wake up briefly to check for new messages. I just can’t see why you would ever want to remote manage your own laptop where some software installed on the OS isn’t sufficient.
- wmf 4y agoI just can’t see why you would ever want to remote manage your own laptop where some software installed on the OS isn’t sufficient. It's to remotely recover when Windows corrupts itself. (Which is far less common than it used to be.)
- borissk 4y agoIntel recent CPUs come with efficiency cores and support S0 standby, aka "Modern Standby", which can periodically wake up and do stuff like check for new emails.
- GekkePrutser 4y agoThey do but it's not nearly as low-power nor as constantly available as Intel ME is.
- Avamander 4y agoThere have been earlier attempts at achieving this functionality by Intel, can't recall what they called it right now, but it has existed for a while.