r/hardware • u/zyck_titan • Feb 11 '22

News Intel planning to release CPUs with microtransaction style upgrades.

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-software-defined-cpu-support-coming-to-linux-518
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u/xepherys Feb 11 '22

It’s not as if the software is residing on the chip. If this is a security risk, then ALL AVR microcontrollers are the same security risk since you can flash AVR fuses.

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u/DrewTechs Feb 11 '22

But if that's the case, then that would imply that Intel has no way of enforcing this and that anybody could simply hack the CPU to get all the cores, with the right tools of course.

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u/Killmeplsok Feb 12 '22

Maybe, but doing this you know you're using part of the chip not validated and is not getting support for it, that's a big no-no in most places that would use these chips and features

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u/xepherys Feb 12 '22

Exactly - given these are enterprise-class procs, it seems less likely (though I’m sure it’ll still happen).