On 9/12/2020 1:51 AM, Yousuf Khan wrote:
AMD's server Epyc processors have a security feature that doesn't even
exist in Intel yet: vendor-locked CPU's! 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.

So here's an example of exactly why this type of security is being
implemented, it's to prevent hardware hacks from being implemented in
the motherboards. In 2015, a bunch of servers were found with hardware
spyware installed directly in Supermicro server motherboards, that were
being sold to Amazon, Apple, and others.

The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies -
Bloomberg
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/featu...-top-companies

Yousuf Khan