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>>doener+(OP)
If I read that right, they're allowing Intel ME, which sounds like a sad compromise to me. Given that it's a pretty big complex black box that one can't easily disable, would you agree that x86 is doomed when it comes to security? If that's the case, is there any hope we could have a CPU with competitive capabilities? (For example, is there an i7 alternative for ARM?)

What could one do to make it possible to have ME-less x86 in the future?

>>d33+y5
> is there an i7 alternative for ARM

Qualcomm will first minimize its risk going into the PC market by making its mobile chips a bit more optimized for the PC market. But if that goes well and all, it may eventually go "upmarket" with higher-end chips, which will require their own R&D and so on.

However, I don't know if that necessarily means we'll have a more open alternative to Intel. Evidence so far seems to show that Qualcomm may be an even bigger bully than Intel was or is, so I would not look up to Qualcomm to being a savior for the market, but more like the tyrant that replaces the previous tyrant.