On: AMD has no plans to release PSP code

[faragon]

Are Ryzen and Threadripper affected? If so, I would change my opinion on AMD, and chose Intel instead for my next home computer.

[rnhmjoj → faragon]

Every Intel CPU since 2006 and every AMD CPU since 2013 has this stuff. If you care about this possible solutions are: buy pre-2006/pre-2013 hardware; go through some procedure to remove the ME[1]; forget x86 entirely (ARM?)

[1]: http://hackaday.com/2016/11/28/neutralizing-intels-managemen...

[samtoday → faragon]

Yes, all modern AMD processors have this. But Intel processors have an equivalent ""feature"", called the Intel Management Engine (ME). So take you pick really.

A good FAQ is done by LibreBoot: https://libreboot.org/faq.html

[wolfgke → faragon]

> If so, I would change my opinion on AMD, and chose Intel instead for my next home computer.

Intel already has Intel ME.

[etimberg → faragon]

Intel does the exact same thing they just call it "Trusted Execution Technology" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_execution_environment#...