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http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2099431
This thread got me thinking, especially the comment about a quad-core CPU being marketed as a 3-core CPU with built-in AV scanning with zero CPU overhead (dedicated core).
When, or if, do you see this happening? Already, we are starting to see CPU core specialization with Fusion, combining a traditional CPU core or core(s), with a GPU, a parallel FPU unit essentially.
Could we see a dedicated "security" CPU core, perhaps dedicated to AV and crypto work?
Or would that lead to more "trusted" computing crap, where corporations hold all the keys to your previously general-purpose computer? (In other words, would this lead to "Ultimate DRM", with a core dedicated to it?)
This thread got me thinking, especially the comment about a quad-core CPU being marketed as a 3-core CPU with built-in AV scanning with zero CPU overhead (dedicated core).
When, or if, do you see this happening? Already, we are starting to see CPU core specialization with Fusion, combining a traditional CPU core or core(s), with a GPU, a parallel FPU unit essentially.
Could we see a dedicated "security" CPU core, perhaps dedicated to AV and crypto work?
Or would that lead to more "trusted" computing crap, where corporations hold all the keys to your previously general-purpose computer? (In other words, would this lead to "Ultimate DRM", with a core dedicated to it?)
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