Qualcomm has revealed yet another technological achievement in the field of mobile telephony. Qualcomm Snapdragon Smart Protect is a new technology built into processors Snapdragon 820, and provides real-time machine learning to efficiently detect zero-day threats and malware.
Qualcomm's Snapdragon 820 chipset will be the first Processor which will support the new technology. More models are expected to follow from early next year.
According to the chipset maker, the Snapdragon Smart Protect will be the first chipset to use Qualcomm Zeroth technology to boost conventional anti-malware.
The Snapdragon Smart Protect feature comes to complement signature-based anti-malware in the analysis and detection of new threats.
Qualcomm also reports that mobile anti-malware OEMs and security companies and deployments will be able to use Snapdragon Smart Protect through an API.
The company also confirmed that Snapdragon Smart Protect is a feature included in the Qualcomm Haven security suite.
The Qualcomm Haven security app offers consumers Snapdragon Sense ID 3D with fingerprint technology, Snapdragon StudioAccess for content protection and SafeSwitch technology.
The new Snapdragon Smart Protect will be available to consumers from 2016, the Snapdragon 820 processor will be available on the market as well.
