> # Intel Management Engine revelations > In 2017, it was revealed that Intel was running MINIX inside the Management Engine, a separate processor incorporated

> # Intel Management Engine revelations > In 2017, it was revealed that Intel was running MINIX inside the Management Engine, a separate processor incorporated in Intel processor chipsets since 2008. As a response to this, Tanenbaum wrote an open letter to Intel claiming MINIX to be "the most widely used computer operating system in the world".[17] Hilarious. I only wish I had a bucket of popcorn before I began reading this. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanenbaum%E2%80%93Torvalds_debate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanenbaum%E2%80%93Torvalds_deb...