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Old September 12th 20, 05:10 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Yousuf Khan[_2_]
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Default An area where AMD server processors are more secure than Intel,that we pray never comes to desktop!

On 9/12/2020 3:57 AM, Andy Burns wrote:
Yousuf Khan wrote:

If you install an Epyc processor into certain servers from vendors
like HP or Dell, that processor will lock itself into that vendor and
never work on any other manufacturer's system again.


Maybe AMD think it'll cut down second hand CPU sales, but what security
does that offer anyone?


It's mainly in the server market, where the customers have actually been
/asking/ for this feature! It prevents you from installing modified
firmware into a server, unless it's from the same vendor who created
that hardware. There's a crypto key that identifies a vendor-provided
firmware, which can't be replicated by just anyone.

Yousuf Khan
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