Today's Security Requires Specialized Processors
Fortinet News, Thursday, May 2nd, 2024
Many are familiar with central processing units (CPUs), graphical processing units (GPUs), and maybe even data processing units (DPUs). But what is a security processing unit (SPU)?
As the name suggests, it's a specially designed processor focused on making security tasks run faster and more efficiently than relying only on a CPU alone. An SPU can act as a self-contained system to better meet the requirements of smaller environments such as a branch office.
The main advantages of security systems designed with SPUs versus CPUs are:...