Yes, and that's been proven by the nerds (term of endearment) who figured all this stuff out. But the fact is that the hardware is still there however useless. Newer Intel chips have made the IME part of the boot process, which means patching the firmware effectively disables the chip. Unfortunate. This is a huge rabbit hole, but I encourage everyone to read up on it.
Yes, and that's been proven by the nerds (term of endearment) who figured all this stuff out. But the fact is that the hardware is still there however useless. Newer Intel chips have made the IME part of the boot process, which means patching the firmware effectively disables the chip. Unfortunate. This is a huge rabbit hole, but I encourage everyone to read up on it.
Do AMD chips have something similar to IME or no?
Yes