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They claim they can't do it on any new Intel hardware because the hardware is fundamentally incompatible with the FSF's goals: http://libreboot.org/faq/#intel

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So find an ARM SoC vendor that will make hardware that is compatible with their goals?

The closest is Rockchip's RK3288 which is found on some Chromebooks. Its GPU still relies on blobs, which is their main argument against it, but since that code isn't signed (unlike the ME firmware) at least it _can_ be replaced.

Somebody is working on "liberating" the firmware side of Asus Chromebook Flip (mostly work to make it useful for non-Chrome OS situations), and I guess volunteers are welcome for the GPU side. (some ARM Mali)

Yea, what is also fun is that you already are running nonfree microcode when you boot any x86 processor, making skipping microcode updates useless.

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