AMD's NX bit.. http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2004May/bch20040521025263.htm
http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2239 Reviews are mixed...although it is a definite step in the right direction. I am a proud owner of an athlon 64 3000+.... tri booting xp x64, xp 32, gentoo atm..... On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 02:26:41 -0600, Joey Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This was really buried, so I'm reposting it. > > Context: since x86 lacks security, has any of that been addressed by AMD in > their new line of chips? > > --Joey > > On Friday 28 January 2005 05:14, Will Hill spake: > > So, you say it's the hardware. What magical hardware would make Microsoft > > the equivalent of OpenBSD in terms of time to ownership on a network and > > uptime? > > Forget about Microsoft... has AMD done anything to improve things with their > 64-bit architecture? Note, I'd ask about Intel's, but they dropped theirs in > favor of cloning AMD's model (yay!). > -- > > Joey Kelly > < Minister of the Gospel | Linux Consultant > > http://joeykelly.net > GPG key fingerprint = 8F11 D859 81A6 DE8C 5429 4A07 7146 1AFD 5C41 161E > > "I may have invented it, but Bill made it famous." > --- David Bradley, the IBM employee that invented CTRL-ALT-DEL > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > >
