Windows 7 - With McAfee deal, Intel to bake in security

Borg 386 · 08-20-2010

And there's the bottom line folks....

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With McAfee deal, Intel to bake in security | InSecurity Complex - CNET News

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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.

It's what I figured was going to happen. Smart move when you look at it. Take a AV company that has had lots of fails, acquire it for a probably cheap price, then take advantage of that by integrating it's protection into your chip, or tying it in. I believe this, if it works out, will give them quite an advantage over it's competitors. Or it could fail....time will tell.

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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."

CarlTR6 · 08-20-2010

When that happens I will go with AMD.

Win7User512 · 08-20-2010

Quote: Originally Posted by Borg 386

And there's the bottom line folks....

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With McAfee deal, Intel to bake in security | InSecurity Complex - CNET News

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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.

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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."

That was what I first imagined. But this is undoubtedly a huge gamble. They have a few antivirus features on their chips now, but to put so many more on would be a huge boost or huge bust.

I wonder if this is their vision knowing that computing power is getting so great that our software algorithms are becoming obsolete.

Borg 386 · 08-20-2010

Quote: Originally Posted by CarlTR6

When that happens I will go with AMD.

Then you may get another AV to go with that.

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.

Win7User512 · 08-20-2010

Quote: Originally Posted by Borg 386

Quote: Originally Posted by CarlTR6

When that happens I will go with AMD.

Then you may get another AV to go with that.

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.

I was reading this earlier. Symantec Needs Alliances, Network Products to Vie With Intel - BusinessWeek

madtownidiot · 08-20-2010

Quote: Originally Posted by CarlTR6

When that happens I will go with AMD.

lol.. one step ahead of you on that.. built a 6 core AMD system two weeks ago and I love it... for god's sake I hope they improve McAfee's products first or Intel is going to go right down the tubes

Win7User512 · 08-20-2010

I've almost gone with AMD...but some computers I have used with AMD chips seem a bit...slow.

madtownidiot · 08-20-2010

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

Win7User512 · 08-20-2010

Maybe I was using the Athlon or Sempron. Those are the lower end models right?

madtownidiot · 08-20-2010

Yeah.. the phenom is the high end processor. Pricewise, AMD phenom X2s and X4s outperform anything made by intel for the same money