I can't understand as to why they didn't just make it a removable value added module such as a TPM, remove the distinction between "desktop" and "workstation" boards by having all the corp functionality in a module so they don't need to have two separate board fabs per non-server chipset.
It is too good of an intelligence agency uber backdoor to not be one, hell so much development is outsourced these days it could literally be any country in the world that has access to this..
Here's to hoping we won't see POWER ME.
I hope y'all realize that you're preaching to the choir - and to the choir only? The folks making these weird decisions typically aren't signed onto such mailing lists.
Patrick