Seeing as it comes out of the TCG, this is almost certainly the enabling hardware for Palladium/NGSCB. Its a part of your computer which you may not have full control over.
Peter Trei Tyler Durden > ANyone familiar with computer architectures and chips able to > answer this > question: > > That "chip"...is it likely to be an ASIC or is there already > such a thing as > a security network processor? (ie, a cheaper network > processor that only > handles security apps, etc...) > > -TD > > >From: "R.A. Hettinga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >HOUSTON -- Dell Inc. today is expected to add its support to > an industry > >effort to beef up desktop and notebook PC security by installing a > >dedicated chip that adds security and privacy-specific > features, according > >to people familiar with its plans. > > > >Dell will disclose plans to add the security features known > as the Trusted > >Computing Module on all its personal computers. Its support > comes in the > >wake of similar endorsements by PC industry giants Advanced > Micro Devices > >Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Intel Corp. and International > Business Machines > >Corp. The technology has been promoted by an industry > organization called > >the Trusted Computing Group. > >