According to sources, Intel has a little concerned about the possibility of an early emergence of viruses aimed at the shortcomings of GPU, GPGPU as becoming more popular.

We have repeatedly written about the potential benefits of computing GPGPU. Although applications GPGPU, aimed at casual users desktop computers, yet not so many, this concept is quite promising. How to nVidia, and ATI offer software to encode video on GPGPU, in addition, nVidia has recently announced that it plans to use the power of GPU Fermi in new antivirus software.

But Intel sees GPGPU as a possible target for the next generation of viruses, especially taking into account such equipment. "Without a doubt, to the extent that both GPUs are becoming more complex, the issue of security will become even greater importance, and perhaps we will witness the emergence of the first viruses for the GPU. That is why we are carefully considering all possibilities to ensure the safety of Larrabee both at the API, and at the driver level ", ─ informed specialist software development at Intel Philipp Gerasimov.

It should be noted that, unlike the chips for graphics cards manufactured by ATI and nVidia, Intel Larrabee is compatible with x86. Thus, the decision of Intel will be the main target for such viruses, if they do appear. nVidia claims that its chips will work at the Fermi C + +, and this also increases their similarity to the CPU. Perhaps, instead of verbal battles in the forums fans will soon have to carry the real battles with viruses.