Microsoft teams up with chipmakers to boost PC security

The Microsoft design will be directly embedded on the main computer processor, which reportedly makes it harder to hack PCs and laptops, and will offer more consistency in PC security if the technology is widely used. — AFP

Microsoft Corp said it has developed a security technology that chipmakers Intel Corp and Advanced Micro Devices Inc plan to incorporate into personal-computer processors to boost their ability to ward off hackers and cyberattacks.

Intel and AMD said chips with the new technology, which Microsoft is calling Pluton, will be ready within the next few years. Qualcomm Inc expressed support for the approach, but declined to say whether it would incorporate this specific design in its chips.