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| | With McAfee deal, Intel to bake in security And there's the bottom line folks.... Read More: With McAfee deal, Intel to bake in security | InSecurity Complex - CNET News Quote: In the future, you may not have to buy antivirus software for your laptops and mobile devices if Intel is able to live up to the promise of integrating technology from acquisition target McAfee, experts said on Thursday. In announcing its plans to acquire security company McAfee for $7.68 billion, Intel executives said they see security as being as critical to computing as performance and connectivity and that they plan to combine security with its hardware and expand further into the mobile market. Quote: Don't expect to see security software hardwired onto the chip, said Tim Bajarin, president of analyst company Creative Strategies. Rather, there will likely be a bridge on the core CPU (central processing unit) to a security element, much like there are bridges to additional graphics chips and modems, he said. "This particular deal allows Intel and McAfee to work together to tie future generations of software security to the processor via some sort of SOC (system-on-a-chip) solution," Bajarin said. "Today if a hacker wants to come into a system it almost always is done through software. But Intel and McAfee are capable of adding even another level of security, which would make a hacker have to break the hardware code as well as the software code." Last edited by Borg 386; 20 Aug 2010 at 01:03 PM.. |
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| 20 Aug 2010 | #2 |
| | When that happens I will go with AMD. |
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Quote: Originally Posted by Borg 386  And there's the bottom line folks.... Read More: With McAfee deal, Intel to bake in security | InSecurity Complex - CNET News Quote: In the future, you may not have to buy antivirus software for your laptops and mobile devices if Intel is able to live up to the promise of integrating technology from acquisition target McAfee, experts said on Thursday. In announcing its plans to acquire security company McAfee for $7.68 billion, Intel executives said they see security as being as critical to computing as performance and connectivity and that they plan to combine security with its hardware and expand further into the mobile market. Quote: Don't expect to see security software hardwired onto the chip, said Tim Bajarin, president of analyst company Creative Strategies. Rather, there will likely be a bridge on the core CPU (central processing unit) to a security element, much like there are bridges to additional graphics chips and modems, he said. "This particular deal allows Intel and McAfee to work together to tie future generations of software security to the processor via some sort of SOC (system-on-a-chip) solution," Bajarin said. "Today if a hacker wants to come into a system it almost always is done through software. But Intel and McAfee are capable of adding even another level of security, which would make a hacker have to break the hardware code as well as the software code." I wonder if this is their vision knowing that computing power is getting so great that our software algorithms are becoming obsolete. |
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Quote: Originally Posted by CarlTR6 When that happens I will go with AMD. This is only speculation, but if Intel & McAfee are hopping in bed together, then what's to stop AMD from teaming up with Norton or another AV. They may not have a choice but to do so to stay competitive. I'll bet AMD & several AV companies are watching this real close. On the plus side, this may indeed lead to a better, improved AV. I won't say 100% secure, because we all know there is no such beast. |
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Quote: Originally Posted by Borg 386
Quote: Originally Posted by CarlTR6 When that happens I will go with AMD. This is only speculation, but if Intel & McAfee are hopping in bed together, then what's to stop AMD from teaming up with Norton or another AV. |
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Quote: Originally Posted by CarlTR6 When that happens I will go with AMD. |
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| 20 Aug 2010 | #7 |
| | I've almost gone with AMD...but some computers I have used with AMD chips seem a bit...slow. |
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| 20 Aug 2010 | #8 |
| | There's nothing slow about a 1090t.. might not rate up there with the I7 980 in benchmarks, but it only costs $300 and I haven't been able to max out all 6 cores, no matter what apps I run simultaneously |
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| 20 Aug 2010 | #9 |
| | Maybe I was using the Athlon or Sempron. Those are the lower end models right? |
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| 20 Aug 2010 | #10 |
| | Yeah.. the phenom is the high end processor. Pricewise, AMD phenom X2s and X4s outperform anything made by intel for the same money |
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