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== How it works ==
Several manufactures are producing microchips that will be built onto a PC or laptop's motherboard during manufaturing. These chips will contain certificates, digital signatures or security key exchanges. Microsoft's new desktop Operating System Vista will use this technology in conjunction with BitLocker. BitLocker will encrypt the entire computer's volume for security. This is highly desireable since so many PCs and laptops are stolen and this would prevent a company's sensitive date falling into the wrong hands. Pushing the security down to the hardware level in conjuction with software is a much better solution that just a simple system BIOS password or 3rd party software installed on the computer that can be compromised.
== What the future holds ==
Currently this technology uses a seperate chip for computers. In the future, this concept could be co-located on an existing motherboard chip in computers not to mention any other device to secure it, such as a cell phone.
== See also ==
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