Comment on Hardware backdoors in some x86 CPUsComments−loeg1mo(2018)And "x86" sort of gives the wrong impression -- this isn't an AMD or Intel chip; it's a 2001-era VIA chip.−GeekyBear1moIntel chips also have a hardware backdoor in the form of a separate core that the neither the user nor the installed operating system control.Intel Management Engine:https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Management_EngineAs do AMD chips:AMD Platform Security Processor:https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD_Platform_Security_Process...−loeg1moIrrelevant. The IME/PSP are not described in this article and function differently.
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And "x86" sort of gives the wrong impression -- this isn't an AMD or Intel chip; it's a 2001-era VIA chip.
Intel chips also have a hardware backdoor in the form of a separate core that the neither the user nor the installed operating system control.
Intel Management Engine:
https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Management_Engine
As do AMD chips:
AMD Platform Security Processor:
https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD_Platform_Security_Process...
Irrelevant. The IME/PSP are not described in this article and function differently.