Posted on 06/15/2016 7:43:51 PM PDT by Utilizer
The Intel Management Engine (ME) is a subsystem composed of a special 32-bit ARC microprocessor that's physically located inside the chipset. It is an extra general purpose computer running a firmware blob that is sold as a management system for big enterprise deployments.
When you purchase your system with a mainboard and Intel x86 CPU, you are also buying this hardware add-on: an extra computer that controls the main CPU. This extra computer runs completely out-of-band with the main x86 CPU meaning that it can function totally independently even when your main CPU is in a low power state like S3 (suspend).
On some chipsets, the firmware running on the ME implements a system called Intel's Active Management Technology (AMT). This is entirely transparent to the operating system, which means that this extra computer can do its job regardless of which operating system is installed and running on the main CPU.
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Okay, no problem, it's done.
Feel free to give a holler if you ever want back on. :-)
Thanks for your time! I use to think I was half-way intelligent but reading these tech posts, I realize how little I know.
No worries. I am constantly humbled on an ongoing basis about how little I actually know about things I think I understand.
I used to think it was just paranoia, until little things like this appear.
Cheers!
It means nothing and you should do nothing. It’s really only in business computers, it’s for some business apps, your home computer probably doesn’t even have it, and even if it does you’ve got nothing talking to it.
Thanks!
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