Users cry foul after AMD stripped memory crypto from its consumer CPUs

mananaysiempre

Earlier, AMD also suprise-restricted ECC to PRO versions of (non-LPDDR variants of) their Zen 4 laptop SOCs, as in the “yes” in the ECC row silently changed to “no” on the product pages for the 7640U and the 7840U at some point between when the 7x40U Framework 13 preorders opened and when it started shipping. (It happens to have been the first laptop with those SOCs.)

matheusmoreira

I just finished specifying a new computer. Was planning to use that feature. Very disappointed to see this. AMD won me over when they added support for ECC memory in consumer CPUs, breaking up Intel's obnoxious market segmentation. It's sad to watch them engage in the same Intel tactics now.

jauntywundrkind

Really sad seeing a company that used to love being a little bit extra change face now that they have massive market power.