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		daffy on July 23, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: KDE Slimbook: Linux Laptop with Ryzen 4000 What's the potential-firmware-backdoor situation? Is there something equivalent to the Intel Management Engine?

numpad0 on July 23, 2020 [–]

The answer is sadly a yes there is. Current AMD processors contain Platform Security Processor based on ARM Cortex-A5.

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