Intel Introduces New ATX PSU Specifications
What caught my eye was the new spec includes side channels for the PSU to communicate with add in hardware. Specifically to report the PSUs capabilities.<p>This looks like a red flag to me. This could be used as a way to vendor lock certain features of hardware to certain brands or capacities of PSU. Get ready for DRM that checks your system all the way down to the PSU level.<p>I prefer a dumb PSU that just gives up the magic smoke rather than narc out the fact that I&#x27;m pushing it over is limit.