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The "management engine" is a separate low-power CPU that is able to receive commands when the main power is off. This is used for off-hours patching and provisi
by chasil 3y ago
The "management engine" is a separate low-power CPU that is able to receive commands when the main power is off. This is used for off-hours patching and provisioning of corporate fleets.
The CPU had previously been an ARC RISC core, but converted to an 80486 a few generations ago.
The ME has had some showstopper bugs.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Management_Engine https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Management_Engine
- smolder 3y agoYes, all that is true, and AMD has their PSP. ME and PSP represent the "locked-down" part of the x86 platform, running binary blobs that only the CPU makers have the capability to modify (in the absense of exploits.) Not unlike the binary blobs that led Raptor to use an alternative to IBM POWER10.