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What non free software is necessary to run this hardware? Is there an Intel ME equivalent?


Yes, all AMD chips [1] after 2013 come with an equivalent to the invasive and vulnerable Intel ME [2].

It's arguably worse, since we have some known ways to reduce the scope of the Intel ME backdoor [3].

But realistically, if you care about security and privacy, both Intel and AMD chips are unusable.

1. https://libreboot.org/faq.html#amd-platform-security-process...

2. https://libreboot.org/faq.html#intelme

3. https://github.com/corna/me_cleaner


All Intel chips have ME and all AMD chips have PSP. You may want to adjust your expectations.


Purism, for one, disables the ME in their offerings.

https://puri.sm/learn/intel-me/




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