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by bubblethink 2000 days ago
The ME side is not so clear anymore. Pre-nehalem, it could be truly disabled. Up to skylake, it could be "cleaned". Up to cometlake, it could be "asked" to disable itself. From tigerlake onwards, it is quite essential since tigerlake removes S3 sleep, and ME is needed for efficient modern standby.