Sun Plans Security Coprocessor For New Ultrasparc 59
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."
Bingo (Score:4, Funny)
"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."
Any experienced buzzword bingo player should have shouted out before reaching the end of the first sentence.
Re:Difference from the T1/T2 on-chip cryptography? (Score:5, Funny)
As I understand it, the T1 and T2 chips both have on-chip crypto accelerators (one per core) already - what's the difference...?
Well, here it is as I understand. In T1, Arnold came back to terminate Sarah Connor and was unsuccessful. However in T2, Arnold was reprogrammed by future John Connor to defend his younger self. This cemented Arnold's historic status as both among humanity's greatest villains and greatest heroes of all time. And in California, because we love that stuff, these events ensured victory during his bid for power in the 2003 Governor Recall election.
Re:Until someone cracks it (Score:1, Funny)
I wonder what will happen when "hackers crack security chip"? lol
"World Awash In Magic Smoke"?