AMD has unveiled today its Ryzen PRO desktop and laptop CPU lineups that are going to be powering the new Microsoft Windows 11 AI PCs. The latter is excited about Pluton security in these PCs.
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TPM sniffing attacks, which we have covered before, are possible even on modern Intel-powered hardware running the latest Windows 11. Such attacks may however be preventable by Microsoft's Pluton.
David Weston, who is the Windows security boss at Microsoft, says the tech giant is working on security features of next-gen Windows 11 and there might just be more TPM-like features.
Microsoft has taken the wraps off its new Surface Laptop 5 today. The new lineup, unlike last time, has ditched AMD Ryzen in favor of Intel only. Hence, there's no place for Microsoft's own Pluton.
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With the rollout of the Windows 11 2022 Update now underway, Microsoft has confirmed that a lot of previously announced security features are now generally available. More are coming soon too.
Back at CES, Lenovo launched its ThinkPad Z series with Microsoft Pluton powered by Ryzen 6000. However, these new notebooks refuse to run non-Windows OS, like Linux, without firmware tweak.
Microsoft has unveiled a bunch of security capabilities that are coming to a "future release" of Windows 11. This includes more Pluton PCs, Smart App Control, HVCI, LSA, and lots more.
Ryzen 6000 Rembrandt APUs are the first chips in the world to bring Microsoft Pluton support. But despite also being a partner with the Redmond giant, Intel will not support Pluton, for now.
Lenovo has confirmed that its ThinkPad business notebooks for 2022, based on the Ryzen 6000 Rembrandt mobile APUs, will come with the Microsoft Pluton security feature disabled by default.
At CES 2022 today, AMD has announced its new Ryzen 6000 Rembrand APUs. These feature an upgraded RDNA 2 integrated GPU and the company promises up to double the performance compared to Vega APUs.
The Awards page of CES has spilled the beans on AMD's upcoming Rembrandt APUs that are going to be announced later today. The listing confirms Rembrandt will feature Microsoft Pluton and more.
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Today, Microsoft announced Pluton, a new security chip that aims to harden the CPU itself. Microsoft plans to integrate hardware and software on Windows PCs to eliminate attack vectors.
