Qualcomm has announced that its new Qualcomm Snapdragon processor 820 is able to detect malicious code and rogue processes. Under the name "Smart Protect" can analyze the Qualcomm Snapdragon processor 820 all code that must process and encourages active events on which the safety of the smartphone or the data of the user are at stake.
Smart Protect is based on the Zeroth platform from Qualcomm. Through an API, developers of anti-virus apps also the Qualcomm Snapdragon processor 820 calls for information about malicious code and malicious apps.
Because the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 can recognize the structures of potential malicious code and processes, Smart Protect can already alert early for potential threats. Even when a leak, malware or malicious code has not been detected by anti-virus companies and are included in an international database, the Qualcomm Snapdragon processor 820 can by means of the structures still recognize and identify malicious code.
The Qualcomm Snapdragon processor 820 is currently under development at Qualcomm. The company expects to finish the processor around the end of this year so that manufacturers can start using the processor in smartphones and tablets. In early 2016, the first smartphones and tablets is expected to be powered by the Snapdragon 820 processor.
