Intel ME

The Intel Management Engine (or ME) is a proprietary binary loaded into the firmware of all recent Intel hardware. Purism has gone through many lengths to neutralize and disable the Intel ME, where only the code absolutely essential for the system to boot is left in the ME firmware binary. If you are interested in up-to-date information on the state of the Intel ME on our latest Skylake/Kabylake-based laptops, read the in-depth technical write up on Intel ME disablement where we disabled the Intel ME on Skylake processors.