> > "Bill Sudbrink" <wh.sudbrink_at_verizon.net> wrote:
> > > This Palladium stupidity won't fly. Remember how people
> > > howled when Intel put unique IDs into their processors?
> >
> > Yep. And what happened as a result?
>
> Don't tell me (since I didn't really keep up on it): they snuck them in
> there anyway after der fuehrer died down?
Here is an article on Wired:
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,35950,00.html
Basically, the ID in the PIII is disabled by all standard BIOSs... AWARD,
etc. (although it can be enabled by software) and, in any Pentium 1.5GHz or
faster, there is no ID or supporting circuits in the silicon.
Received on Thu Jun 27 2002 - 21:10:09 BST