thus Joanna Roman spake: > > --- "Securiteinfo.com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > >>Le dimanche 5 Juin 2005 22:15, Joanna Roman a >>écrit : >> >>>--- Niek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>>On 6/5/2005 5:22 AM +0200, Joanna Roman wrote: >>>> >>>>>I am just wondering how feasible it is to do >> >>AV hw >> >>>>>acceleration in general. Besides using faster >> >>CPU >> >>>>and >>>> >>>> >>>>>faster memory, ASIC can't really help. Can >> >>anybody >> >>>>>shed some light ? >>>> >>>>You answered your own question. >>>>Now I'm awaiting a similar question on the >>>>spamassassin list. >>>> >>>>Niek Baakman >>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html >>> >>>I am just throwing out this question hoping >> >>someone >> >>>might have some novel idea of accelerating AV in >> >>HW. >> >>>Does anybody have any idea how company like >> >>Sensory >> >>>Networks does HW acceleration then. >>>I have real doubt >>>about the result. I wonder how much gain they can >>>achieve. >> >>Dedicated hardware acceleration is always fastest >>than the fastest CPU. >>Have you got a 3D acceleration video card in your PC >>? >>If yes, why ? :) >> >>-- >>Cordialement, >> >>Arnaud Jacques >>Consultant Sécurité >> >>Téléphone / Fax : +33-(0)3.44.39.76.46 >>Portable : +33-(0)6.24.40.95.03 >>E-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>Securiteinfo.com >>La Sécurité Informatique - La Sécurité des >>Informations. >>266, rue de Villers >>60123 Bonneuil en Valois >>_______________________________ >>_______________________________________________ >>http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html >> > > > I dont know how graphics CPU works. But when it comes > to virus scanning, one has to read every byte of the > file. I can't think of any ASCII can do better job > than CPU when it comes to this.
every ASIC should be far more efficient (and thus almost everytime faster) than a generic CPU (no difference on which type, RISC, CISC etc.). take a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application-specific_integrated_circuit cheers, -- Timo Schoeler | http://macfinity.net/~tis | [EMAIL PROTECTED] //macfinity -- finest IT services | http://macfinity.net Key fingerprint = F844 51BE C22C F6BD 1196 90B2 EF68 C851 6E12 2D8A There are 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary and those who don't. _______________________________________________ http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
