Another Redmond partner has come on board with the company’s newest security chip. This time, it is Acer, who, together with AMD, has launched its new hardware housing the Microsoft Pluton technology.
For those of you who are unaware of what Pluton is, Microsoft has all the details here.
It is essentially a chip designed to give a little extra peace of mind regarding security. It was created to tackle modern security threats that continue to evolve.
The hardware solution allows you to enjoy chip-to-cloud updates via Windows Update. In case you misplace your PC or someone steals it, an AMD CPU and Pluton on the same silicon die make physical attacks on the hardware substantially more complex and costly.
Watertight security, that be.
Seeing that this is a new technology right now, not many hardware vendors support Pluton. Previously, only the new AMD-powered ThinkPad Z13 and Z16 from Lenovo baked this technology in, though Pluton was disabled by default on these machines.
But these new launches have fortified security by enabling Pluton from the get-go.
The TravelMate P4 and the TravelMate Spin P4 are powered by AMD Ryzen Pro 6000 Series mobile processors with Pro technologies. As stated, the two new devices can significantly improve their ability to withstand sophisticated physical attacks.
Devices with the Pluton TPM 2.0 offer all the same features provided by other TPMs, but they benefit from CPU-integrated security, chip-to-cloud updates, and additional TPM-based features validated on Windows 11.
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3-powered ThinkPad X13s is the only other device with the Pluton chip, so it is good to see this new Microsoft security solution starting to gain some traction.
You can gather the necessary details on these new devices at the link above.
