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There was a dell link floating around for a while to an internal store listing for laptops with IME-free CPU's. It was then taken down with the (implied? Explic

by elif 3y ago

There was a dell link floating around for a while to an internal store listing for laptops with IME-free CPU's. It was then taken down with the (implied? Explicit? I don't recall) explanation that it was meant for government employees only.

mjg59 3y ago
The ME isn't in the CPU, it's in the PCH. I'd be astonished if Intel made special parts that didn't use the ME at all, it's much more likely that they just have the HAP bit set in the FIT and the ME largely shuts down part-way through boot (you still need ME firmware to be present, so the ME clearly still runs some amount of code before disabling itself)