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Sun Plans Security Coprocessor For New Ultrasparc

Posted by Soulskill on from the a-good-processor-knows-how-to-delegate dept.

angry tapir writes "At the Hot Chips conference at Stanford University, Sun presented plans for a security accelerator chip that it said would reduce encryption costs for applications such as VoIP calls and online banking Web sites. The coprocessor will be included on the same silicon as Rainbow Falls, the code name for the follow-on to Sun's multi-threaded Ultrasparc T2 processor."

2 of 59 comments (clear)

  1. First post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Fuck goatse, go to Cute Overload instead.

  2. scared about hidden DRM by MickyTheIdiot · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    When someone talks about a "security chip" my immediate thought is they are talking about DRM.

    Hopefully there is none trying to get snuck through the back door here (less of an issue since we are talking Sun, maybe).