Chip makers are adding more security layers to protect mobile device users from malicious attacks and code injection

By Agam Shah August 11, 2014 

Chip makers want to make hardware the first layer of defense against data breaches and other attacks on tablets and smartphones.

Mobile devices are becoming increasingly vulnerable, with more personal information, banking data, passwords and contacts residing on devices without any protection, said presenters at the Hot Chips conference in Cupertino, California, on Sunday.

The NSA revelations and a mounting pile of data breaches have reminded hardware makers that well-designed chips for PCs, servers and mobile devices, can minimize, if not prevent, attacks, said Leendert VanDoom, corporate fellow at Advanced Micro Devices.

"You can't open a newspaper without reading about a security attack," VanDoom said.

 

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