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>>doener+(OP)
There are things we can do to help get us out of this Intel ME rut.

* Let AMD know that open-sourcing/disabling PSP is important to you [1].

* Contribute to RISC-V. You can buy a RISC-V SoC today [2]. Does your favorite compiler have a RISC-V backend?

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/5xvn4i/update_corebo... [2] https://www.sifive.com/products/hifive1/

>>x86ins+hc
That RISC-V stuff looks pretty appealing - I'm looking the Freedom E310 now and one thing I'm sort of confused by.

Is only the architecture open, but the silicon isn't? If so, what's the point of that, is the only thing differentiating it from ARM that there's no licensing fee?

If so, are there any ARM SoC vendors making them in a way that they're relatively free from stuff like Intel ME?