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Transmeta To Add 'NX' Antivirus Feature To Chips

Posted by timothy on from the nix-'em dept.

Autoversicherung writes points to a ZDNet story which says that "Transmeta will support "No Execute," or NX, in their next core revision. Transmeta will provide advance versions of Efficeon-based systems with NX support to Microsoft for testing. Hope Linus get a few too, even if he's no longer working there. The NX-equipped Efficeon chips are due for general release later this year."

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  1. Enterprise Computing? by AKAImBatman · · Score: 4, Funny

    If they call it the "NX-01", I'm gonna shoot somebody.

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    1. Re:Enterprise Computing? by DarkHelmet · · Score: 4, Funny
      NX-01? Is that a Star Trek reference? I always thought that Star Trek ended after First Contact. Damn... I'm glad they didn't drag that franchise out and run it into the ground...

      Or maybe I'm from a parallel universe...

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  2. No Execute? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    So how do you turn on this feature? I'd love for "No Execute" to protect me from accidentally running Windows if I choose the wrong option in my dual-boot setup. Will NX be supported by Grub/Lilo?

  3. Let me guess... by mikeophile · · Score: 4, Funny

    The "no execute" function is a subset of a call from a governor.

  4. Re:I didn't RTFA, but by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 3, Funny

    it is a hardware implementation to the "execute" flag in unix/linux. I guess Microsoft doesnt write good enough software to implement it on its own-unlike linux. NOP tells the processor to not do anything for a cycle.

    Microsoft certainly knows about NOP though...

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  5. NX - Nitrous Express?!?! by sickmtbnutcase · · Score: 2, Funny

    Man, these chips are gonna fly...till the bottle runs empty. Oh, wait, I should go read first.

  6. Linus at Microsoft? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    > Transmeta will provide advance versions of
    > Efficeon-based systems with NX support to
    > Microsoft for testing. Hope Linus get a few too,
    > even if he's no longer working there.

    Linus works at Microsoft? Since when?