This Infineon-Microsoft co-devlopment story is an other "no go" story from Redmond. "Expected to be available" in Q2/07...why even announce something like that?
The FlexGo subscriber and payment model, if indeed implemented, can easily be handled by then existing trusted computing infrastructure.
Why would they even want to yet introduce another hardware change?
Interesting perspective. Infineon is clearing customizing chips for Micorosoft . we saw it with the Xbox and we're seeing it here. However either wave's decade old collaboration with Micorosoft will result in some mutual product/service or Wave has been wasting a lot of time. It is not inconceivable that wave's products would work with the Infineon chips and it is their software group that is out in the cold. We'll soon see.
I'd also note that Intel trying to push their own platforms and working with Apple. And Dell finally opening up a crack to AMD demonstrates that nothing is forever and that alliances do change if the current ones are not producing the economic benefits expected by the parties.
So Microsoft and Infineon are going to market Flexgo sometime next year(?). Infineon will be developing a chip for this purpose. Infineon is considering a bid for Broadcom. Broadcom has a bundling deal with Wave.
I am starting to think this is all beyond my ability to understand. Actually, it always has been.
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