AMD Licenses ARM Holdings Design to Boost Chip Security
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Advanced Micro Devices Inc., the second-largest maker of computer processors, said it will license a design from ARM Holdings Plc and build it into AMD chips to improve their security.
ARM’s A5 design, normally used to provide security in mobile phones, will start to function in that role as part of AMD processors beginning next year, AMD Chief Information Officer Mike Wolfe said in a telephone interview. The first chips will be those designed for tablets and ultrathin laptops, he said.