Is there any remotely modern x86 that can be fully de-backdoored? (SMM, ME, etc. not present or able to be disabled)
@piecritic Yes. But it's a major obstacle to making the arch (or any new arch) practical and nobody seems to be taking it seriously.
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@RichFelker well yes, not _yet_ though. I think it hasn’t in the minds of many people crossed from “excellent engineering experiment” yet. -
@piecritic I understand the reasoning but I think it's a mistake. It *can't* cross from "experiment" unless users can see it's viable. -
@piecritic And that means ability to produce binaries which perform competitively with x86 ones. -
@RichFelker it will also help once there’s actually hardware boards that people can play with. Makes it “real”. -
@piecritic Are there any FPGA boards you can get a practical system with right now? (practical = fast, necessary add'l devices etc.) -
@RichFelker afaik none whatsoever. -
@piecritic That's really sad but typical of academia... :-( -
@piecritic This is why I'm excited to be working on stuff for J-Core project - we actually have something usable. http://0pf.org/j-core.html - 2 more replies
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