Motherboard chip sets don’t normally excite much attention in the security world, but Nvidia’s NForce 4 could turn out to be the exception.

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Better known for its graphics chips, Nvidia has become the first to release a motherboard controller that makes it possible to build a hardware firewall within a PC itself.

The catch is that the new PCI-based chip set will only work with AMD Athlon 64, 64 FX, and Sempron processors. Consequently, the company expects that NForce 4 will be aimed at higher-end applications such as gaming in its initial roll-out. It is not clear whether the chip set will be made to work in Intel systems at a later date.

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When was the last time you read about Intel introducing anything really new?

well…?

Yeah, that’s what I thought.