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Would the costs / validation differ for AMD vs. Intel or are they both considered the same from the FIPS validation perspective?

April 26, 2017AMD costs differ FIPS Intel perspective validation vs

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Would the costs / validation differ for AMD vs. Intel or are they both considered the same from the FIPS validation perspective?

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Our understanding is that the hardware portion of the platform is an architecture type, not a specific processor model within a type. Since AMD is a faithful x86 clone separate validation would not be needed. A FIPS 140-2 level 1 validation is not tied all that closely to hardware.