Patent ID: 8726303

Claim:
A microchip, comprising: a microprocessor configured to be a master controlling device of said computer; an internal hardware firewall located between a protected portion of said microchip that is protected by said internal hardware firewall and a network portion of said microchip, said network portion being configured to connect to a network of computers including the World Wide Web and/or the Internet; said internal hardware firewall is configured to deny access to at least said protected portion of said microchip from said network; and network communications components located in said network portion of said microchip; and one or more or at least two or four or eight or 16 or 32 or 64 or 128 or 256 or 512 or 1024 microprocessors that are not network communications components, wherein said one or more microprocessors are located in said network portion of said microchip and are separate from said internal hardware firewall; and wherein the location of said internal hardware firewall permits unrestricted access by said network of computers to said network portion of said microchip so that processing operations other than network communications and firewall operations conducted by said microchip with the network of computers are executed by one or more of said microprocessors in said network portion of said microchip.