[coreboot] Re: Question regarding 7th generation Intel CPUs

[awokd]

Coins wrote on 4/3/19 3:50 PM:
> Dear Stefan, Alex,
>
> Thank you for your response and information provided.
> Indeed open source BIOS would not be less secure than proprietary BIOS, 
> even quite the opposite is what I would expect.
>
> Basically what I am wondering is, are there any security benefits from 
> using older generation (perhaps 3rd gen) Intel CPUs rather than newer 
> hardware?
>
> Currently I am using old hardware but I do miss having the latest 
> performance capabilities at disposal.
> Any thoughts on this?

Intel ME can be removed more thoroughly from older generations; see 
https://github.com/corna/me_cleaner. Security benefits of doing so 
depend on your threat model.