Intel Unleashes Exciting New Chip Tech, Rampant Wilderbeasts

The vPro chip is v. pro about security, according to its blurb. Announced by Intel this morning, this exciting and viscerally-entertaining slab of silicon integrates with the Q35 Express chipset to better protect against threats that only bother users of a single family of operating systems.

"Today, the business desktop PC just got more secure," said Robert B.
Crooke, vice president and general manager of Intel's Business Client
Group, so bored he could barely lift his head from his desk. His voice was a stupefied drawl, rising to a relentless monotone like a tape recording whirring up to speed. "This generation of Intel vPro processor technology arrives with new security and management capabilities along with support from every leading PC manufacturer and software solution vendor in the world."

OK, so that's not actually a quote from the press release. I'm sure Mr. Crook loves his job. Games and servers! That's what people buy fancy processors for. Windows, Security, Cheap: pick two. Nice sticker, though.

New Intel® vPro™ Processor Technology Fortifies Security for Business PCs [Intel]