Wave Systems Corp. (fka WAVXQ)

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C2, re: your discussion w/ Greg S

Did you see this from ExtremeTech?

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,1208342,00.asp

The trusted modules are generally considered to be the first step along the road to the Next Generation Secure Computing Base (NGSCB), the Microsoft initiative formerly known as Palladium. NGSCB would use a "nexus", a form of OS kernel, in conjunction with a hardware component to encrypt and decrypt data within a PC.

Since the Intel-Wave deal does not specifically include Wave's modules, the implication is that Intel will either develop modules itself or jump straight to LaGrande, a comparable security technology that will be built into the Prescott processor. The deal calls for Intel to use Wave's Embassy trusted computing software.

Intel executives have said that LaGrande will be simply enabled in the first Prescott chips, and not necessarily turned on. NGSCB, meanwhile, is officially a part of Microsoft's Longhorn operating system. A client version of Longhorn is due in 2005 or later; a version of Windows server running the Longhorn code base is due in 2006.