AMD Strips Memory Encryption From Consumer Ryzen CPUs

6 days ago by sanitation to c/privacy

AMD quietly removed TSME memory encryption from consumer Ryzen CPUs and confirms it now belongs only to PRO chips. Here's what changed.
PiraHxCx 56 points 6 days ago

Every fucking CEO every-fucking-where in every fucking industry be like "Let's downgrade our products keeping the same prices and then sell our current product as premium"

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ironycanal 28 points 6 days ago

Personal computing was becoming too personal. Was getting in the way of making money.

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lka1988 13 points 6 days ago

Gotta make that imaginary money line keep going up forever

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SharkAttak 3 points 6 days ago

Wild dumb take: maybe a way to regain (partly) the performance losses caused by exploit fixes like Spectre etc.?

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Redjard 6 points 6 days ago

You have to specifically enable it, it is disabled by default.

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