Huawei and SMIC quietly rolled out a new Kirin 9000C processor.
Chinese foundry SMIC may have broken the 5nm process barrier, as evidenced by a new Huawei laptop listed with an advanced chip with 5nm manufacturing tech — a feat previously thought impossible due to U.S sanctions.
And it's not impossible to get rid of Intel's management engine, you just have to be comfortable enough with flashing some chips on your motherboard. There are even some manufacturers who do this for you, but you just have to kind of take their word for it.
Can you share links to any resources regarding this?
It varies for every bit of hardware so you will have to do a bit of research, but this should put you on the right track
https://github.com/htruong/ezpi4me
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/User:Sakaki/Sakaki%27s_EFI_Install_Guide/Disabling_the_Intel_Management_Engine