The example I use is Intel Management Engine (IME), which began being added to computers in late 2008. The stated purpose of IME is so that corporate offices can remotely control every computer in an office building. However pretty much every Intel computer has this and it can't be technically disabled. AMD has a similar feature called AMD PSP.
Doesn't this imply that access to wide-scale open chip models like what I've seen Chinese manufacturers working on (in news on this very website) could change this?
Wait, how do hardware back doors work with desktop computers? Does every single motherboard manufacturer send their chips to the FBI for modification?
The example I use is Intel Management Engine (IME), which began being added to computers in late 2008. The stated purpose of IME is so that corporate offices can remotely control every computer in an office building. However pretty much every Intel computer has this and it can't be technically disabled. AMD has a similar feature called AMD PSP.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Management_Engine#Assertions_that_ME_is_a_backdoor
Doesn't this imply that access to wide-scale open chip models like what I've seen Chinese manufacturers working on (in news on this very website) could change this?
It could! And they'll get the ol' solar panels and electric cars treatment with 100% tariffs, making them functionally unbuyable.