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Re: Pentium III...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Marty Levy)
Tue Jan 26 12:04:50 1999
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 15:48:45 +0000
From: "Marty Levy" <rwww60@email.sps.mot.com>
To: cryptography@c2.net, coderpunks@toad.com, sci.crypt@email.sps.mot.com
Does anyone know the mechanism Intel plans to use to put the infamous serial
numbers on Pentium III chips? I wasn't aware that Pentiums had any
non-volitaile memory (other than ROM) on board. The only practical systems I
can think of is to use a fuse or laser repair type scheme.