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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (72590)2/1/1999 4:39:00 AM
From: Paul Engel  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 186894
 
Jimbo - Re: "How would Intel get rid of the ID capability
permenently?"

They won't.

Why should they?

It will have real benefits for secure data transmission.

As to phony privacy whiners like yourself -

techweb.com

"Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy may have voiced an opinion widely held among technology executives at Sun's Jini launch on Monday when he said "You have no privacy, get over it."

Paul



To: Jim McMannis who wrote (72590)2/1/1999 11:28:00 AM
From: Jeff Fox  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 186894
 
Jim, re: CPU ID - Just program 00000 <...duh>

Listen, the CPU ID is inserted at final test by programming on chip eeprom cells that are an extension of the CPU ID register. (CPU ID is a part of all x86 cpus). Intel could "delete" the unique serial number on PIII parts merely by *not* programming the new bits in the first place...

No MASK PROBLEM...

No expense to change it...

Jeff