Re: [qubes-users] AMD and ME?

2017-09-01 Thread taii...@gmx.com
Also forgot if to say if you need a laptop: The Lenovo G505S with an AMD CPU: Coreboot with open source init and a few blobs (graphics, fan and power control) - no ME/PSP. It is impossible to disable ME, no matter what some companies might say...

Re: [qubes-users] AMD and ME?

2017-09-01 Thread taii...@gmx.com
AMD PSP is AMD's version of ME present in the new AMD stuff - one has to buy an older 2013 or before AMD x86 CPU to avoid it generally. Todays options for *new* owner controlled performance hardware is POWER8 and 9 - x86 is dead and those who claim otherwise have no idea what they're talking