Actually it's currently implemented in some unamed mobile devices today (http://www.itweek.co.uk/itweek/news/2153885/ibm-embeds-cryptography-mobile ). Let's remember that SOC is a modular embedded chip technology.
--- "James G. Sack (jim)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Randall Shimizu wrote: > > IBM's encryption chip technology > > > (http://domino.research.ibm.com/comm/pr.nsf/pages/news.20060410_security.html > > ) > > > > This encrpytion technology will go a long ways to > > solving internal security issues. Hopefully all > > communications can now be encrypted. One > difference is > > that this a IP (intellectual property) system on > chip > > implementation. This means that the encryption can > be > > integrated as part of a chip rather than > necessitating > > the need for a seperate processor. > > OK, who wants to get in the first_availability pool? > > When will this first (or similar) become available > on retail motherboards? > > I say >2yrs but <4yrs (er.. sometime in 2008/2009) > > > > -- > [email protected] > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list > -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
