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>just to make existing CPUs obsolete and keep Intel in business. This isn't the main reason, I'm not even sure why they would do that, Microsoft will cheerfull
by flangola7 4y ago
>just to make existing CPUs obsolete and keep Intel in business.
This isn't the main reason, I'm not even sure why they would do that, Microsoft will cheerfully build for whatever hardware is available. They're not indebted to Intel.
The real reason is to finally close the circle of every mainstream OS supporting hardware-backed remote attestation. Once that is in place digital controls ala DRM become extremely reliable and virtually impossible to crack. Pirating locally-ran software will be as difficult as extracting the private key from a Trezor or YubiKey.