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Transmeta to Incorporate DRM in TM5800 Processor

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the great-way-to-boost-sales dept.

smiff writes "Silicon Valley is reporting that Transmeta will embed 'security' features in its TM5800 Crusoe processor. 'Transmeta said its Crusoe processors...would be slightly altered to tackle security and address requirements for securing sensitive data and intellectual property.' With everyone looking out for security, why don't I feel all warm and fuzzy inside?"

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  1. I feel I speak for most people here... by I'm+a+racist. · · Score: 4, Funny

    I feel like I speak for most people here, when I say " Oh, shit ."

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    Down with Saudi Arabia!!!
    1. Re:I feel I speak for most people here... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Why? Haven't you read MS's and the MPAA's papers on DRM. It's all for your own good. Really!

      Repeat after me:
      "In Microsoft, we trust."

  2. Hate to tell you.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    With everyone looking out for security, why don't I feel all warm and fuzzy inside?"

    Because you are actually a robot.

  3. Inside connection by JemalCole · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hey, with Linus working for TM, maybe Linux can be the first OS with support for DRM! Woohooo!

    Oh, wait... Dangit.

  4. Transmeta... Transhmetta... by 3vi1 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Don't worry, it's not like it's AMD or Intel doing this....

    (whisper whisper...)

    THEY'RE DOING WHAT?!?!!? HOLY MOTHER OF @#$@#!!! THE SKY IS FALLING, THE SKY IS FRICKIN' FALLING!!!!!!!!

    We only have one option to stop these guys: Don't buy it.

    But here's the problem with that: What if they're only interested in huge commercial bulk orders anyway? I'm afraid my company and many others would buy them without even considering future repercussions.

    Sooner or later, how are we going to get a relatively high-performance CPU without DRM? Someone here must have alternatives. THINK, NERDS! THINK!!!!

  5. Better buy up... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...all the highest speed/capacity processors, memory, disks, motherboards, etc, that you can possibly (not really) afford to spend on your swollen credit card debt right away right now and squirrel it away, so you'll have a supply of non-DRM crippled hardware to tide you over for a while in the future. This stuff is going to make for a good underground market in the not-too-distant future.

    Also, the timing of this DRM onslaught isn't exactly non-coincidence with the sluggish economy and poor sales of "gadgets" the past few months. The push for accelerated displacement of "legacy" (non-DRM) hardware goodies is banking on all the paranoid geeks spending like crazy to stock up before the coming drought, in order to help out the short-term economy.

  6. Re:Boycott any hardware that supports "DRM" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    There should be created a new sticker: DRM Inside

  7. Re:Why? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Aw, go screw yourse.. oh, um, yeah.

    =)

  8. McGruff the crime dog says: by Cid+Highwind · · Score: 2, Funny

    Remeber kids, when you buy cheap DRM-less Chinese processors, you're funding TERRORISM!

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