Intel processors (again) allow for rootkits
With talks months ago of microsoft making a new windows due to national security vulnerability's along with intel's hole to sneak through. i see Amd in 8 years having most of the market not intel and microsoft hanging onto Amd with no security issues in the arch.
"The technique can be used to create persistent malware after a computer has already been infected."
So you have to get infected first, then this could make it hard to remove and install a rootkit.