AMD does implement things we don't want in our CPUs. I'm not sure they have a
vPro equivalent although or AMT for that matter. I do know there is other
stuff in there though which is undesirable.
I don't have confidence that there will ever be a good solution from either
Intel or AMD. What we need to do is invest in new hardware ventures. This is
no easy feat when the majority care more about the specs and price than any
other factors.
We need people to buy free software friendly hardware. Not just hardware that
can be made free software friendly six months after its discontinuation. If
you haven't listened to RMS speech at 2013 Libre Planet I highly suggest you
do.
Before a serious hardware investment is going to be made by any one the
larger community needs to commit resources to proving that such an investment
would pay off. People proved it with AR9271. However that was tiny compared
to a project aimed at designing a non-x86 system for free software users-or
the masses. If I did my math right such a project might be 20,000 times more
expensive before it'll grab anybody’s attention.
