As already stated TPM stands for Trusted Platform Module. Basically, it’s a chip (or a software implementation thereof) designed to help make your hardware and by extension your entire system ...

However, because it doesn't have a TPM 2.0 module, Microsoft recommends you throw it out and get a more recent processor, which is pretty wasteful.

Why it matters: Windows 11 is coming, but it won't be coming to just any PC. Microsoft says the next generation of Windows requires the use of a system with Trusted Platform Module 2.0, and most ...

The term Trusted Platform Module (TPM) is used to refer to both the name of a published specification by the Trusted Computing Group for a secure cryptoprocessor and the implementation of that ...

Windows 11 comes with new, stricter hardware requirements: more memory, more storage, and a Trusted Platform Module, or TPM. What does all this mean? We explain.

The reliability and security of this chip form what’s referred to as a “ hardware root-of-trust.” Essentially, the TPM is an element your system can always trust to be secure, like the ...

You don't need a TPM module for Bitlocker to work. Sans a TPM module, it'll generate a long serial number and save to an USB stick, one for each drive.

Microsoft announced Windows 11 yesterday with a controversial requirement for all computers running the upcoming operating system to have a TPM. Why did it do this and what are the implications?

TPM stands for Trusted Platform Module, has been around for almost a decade and it's a tiny bit of hardware - usually a processor (that's right a CPU) - that makes a big difference by protecting ...

I have an ASUS Maximus IX Hero motherboard working very well with an existing Win10 Enterprise install. That install is from an older machine I since sold, and migrated to a M.2 NVMe SSD. In other ...

Are you planning to buy Trusted Platform Module right now in anticipation of Windows 11? You really shouldn’t do it.

I spent some time last week reviewing the TPM-1.2 (Trusted Platform Module) implementation for Microsoft Vista because what Microsoft promised for Longhorn back in 2001 and 2002 seemed applicable ...