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ME is run on a separate co-processor that has direct memory access and MUST initialize the other processors for the system to boot. It comes with a little...

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESP32...

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Considering me_cleaner can only turn it off after it initializes the UEFI, I'm guessing the ME is fused read-only on the CPU and only has a little RW...

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You're assuming a single line of products. Besides, going 28nm means they have room to spare for an MCU and a dedicated DSP....

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People were reading my comment all wrong. I'm actually seriously overwhelmed by just how powerful this thing is and wouldn't in the least be surprised...

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> 32-bit, 2-way super-scalar design that features a 9-stage pipeline core and clocks up to 1.8GHz and manufactured on a 28nm process

For...

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One thing that comes to mind is Paint.NET. But I'm sure there dozens of little C++ tools that never got ported over such issues....

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Bitcoin takes another plunge... Nvidia releases another overpriced card... Now it's the third time in a row? It's pretty obvious we're underestimating...

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Proportionally to other architectures, RISC-V been unofficially promoted for quite a while. Patches to compilers... Modifications to the kernel vendoring......

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Nah it's simpler than you think. e.g. Imagine a 1mb stack of functions being loaded into a 500kb cache. The compiler didn't have any way to tell which...