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| | CPU-Based Security: The NX Bit |
 | | Basically, NX uses processor hardware to discourage the kind of virus, worm, and Trojan Horse attacks seen in scourges such as Blaster, Sasser, and Code Red, which have cost companies billions of dollars in downtime and disinfectant chores. |
 | | Intel is expected to add NX (or XD) to the next generation of its 90-nanometer-process Pentium 4 "Prescott" CPUs -- bundling the security enhancement with a larger 2MB Level 2 cache and perhaps a faster 1066MHz front-side bus -- in the fourth quarter of this year. |
 | | And VIA Technologies promises that NX support will be part of its forthcoming C5J "Esther" core, the IBM-manufactured, 90-nanometer, silicon-on-insulator successor to today's power-thrifty C3 processor; the C5J is planned to offer clock speeds up to 2GHz with a front-side bus up to 800MHz, but no ship date has been announced yet. |
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