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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. I didn't RTFA, but by alphakappa · · Score: 2, Troll

    can someone please explain why NX is important (and how it is differnt from NOP), and why it was not there earlier? Thanks

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    "When the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem begins to resemble a nail." - Abraham Maslow (1908-1970)
  2. Why not by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    just limit the buffers? So they can't overflow.