"The stupid piece does not work": Linus Torvalds called technology AMD, slowing-down Windows and Linux

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The founder and the leading developer of a kernel of Linux Linus Torvalds showed discontent with the module of safety to fTPM for the AMD platforms. In recent internal mailing he called fTPM "rubbish" and suggested to disconnect it for hardware generation of random numbers. He also urged other Linux developers to use the instruction of Tsentralnoe obrabatyvayushchee ustroystvo (CPU) RDRAND for the same tasks as it does not cause the same problems that fTPM. In the typical manner of Linus Torvalds told the colleagues "to disconnect foolish piece of fTPM HWRND" as the let-out corrections substantially were inefficient. RDRAND can be...