AMD: It's time to open up the GPU

Posted Jan 27, 2016 5:46 UTC (Wed) by eru (subscriber, #2753)
In reply to: AMD: It's time to open up the GPU by brunowolff
Parent article: AMD: It's time to open up the GPU

However considering the way their CPUs are going, I doubt that is going to happen.

That libreboot faq as a whole is depressing reading. Seems it is impossible to control what code modern Intel and AMD systems run, even if you write your OS from scratch. I wonder if these companies are setting themselves up for a fall: the code signing keys for the "system management engines" are now very profitable secrets to steal for any intelligence agency or sophisticated criminal organization, because they would allow the creation of totally undetectable and unremovable trojans.