Microsoft Making a Pluton Security Processor Which Will Bring Xbox-Like Security to Windows PCs

Microsoft is said to be working on a new security chip called the Microsoft Pluton. Pluton will be based on the same security technologies used to protect Xbox consoles and Microsoft is working with chipmakers like Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm to combine it with future CPUs. The Microsoft Pluton security chip is designed to block new and emerging attack vectors that are being used to compromise PCs and individual CPU security flaws. Just like one can’t easily hack into an Xbox One to run pirated games, the hope is that it will be a lot more difficult to physically hack into a Windows PC in the future by integrating the Microsoft Pluton into the CPU. Microsoft working with Intel, AMD, Qualcomm, etc also means that the Pluton security chip will be updated from the cloud.