New Delhi, Dec. 24 -- Microsoft is rolling out a boost for BitLocker in Windows 11, which is a full disk encryption tool. This new update enables hardware acceleration for BitLocker, powered by modern CPU instructions. This update is now hitting the Windows 11 Insider Preview builds, it uses AES-NI on Intel and AES on AMD processors to speed up the encryption and decryption dramatically, with up to 5x faster performance in early tests.

BitLocker has always delivered robust drive protection against theft or breaches, but software-only processing could bog down systems during large-scale encryption. The new feature offloads work to dedicated hardware instructions, making it perfect for gamers encrypting huge SSD game libraries or creators ...