Heavily patent document with drawings, charts and tech Info about ME (referred as CSME)

The purpose of this white paper is to describe the security design and implementation of Intel ® CSME 14.0 (Comet Lake), Intel ® CSME 15.0 (Tiger Lake) and Intel ® CSME 16.0 (Alder Lake) and its role in the platform.

Bookmars/Chapter

Chapter 2: Basics

• definition
• diagram
• 3 main fuctions of ME
  • Silicon Initialization
  • Manageability
  • Security

Chapter 4: ME firmware

• nice diagram of ME rings (ME CPU rings and not the Main CPU rings)
• Description of Firmware Components

The white paper content is based on: “BlackHat 2019 - Behind the Scenes of Intel Security and Manageability Engine”