Originally Posted by
Saab Dastard
Unlikely, as any DRM processing will be done by the CPU, not the GPU. It is likely that this will change in the future, as DRM becomes more prevalent through HTML5, but at present the GPU has little or no role in encryption / decryption.
HDMI can be encrypted, but I believe the GPU just tells the HDMI chip to turn encryption on and doesn't have any further involvement in the process. I guess a poorly-designed HDMI chip could burn out, but the one in a laptop is probably the same one used in Blu-Ray players and similar hardware.