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by cesarb
2243 days ago
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> I have only understood that it is a small proprietary OS running underneath the user's OS. It's not running underneath the user's OS. Both Intel ME and AMD's equivalent run on on a completely separate processor; think of it as a small CPU hidden next to the main CPU. This means that, for instance, "increased CPU usage" will not happen. |
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Damn that seems a sneaky strategy by Intel, especially since they retain the master key. So are all these big chipset manufacturers selling chips with this massive backdoor that not many people know about? Scary stuff.
Thank you for sharing this! If you know of any beginner-friendly sources on this, I'd be grateful to see those.
Do non-US based chipmakers like Samsung have a similar systems in their chips?