Trusted Platform Modules (TPMs) have been around for a while. A lot of laptops and even phones built after 2006 come with a TPM inside them. This has been happening for 15 years with no one the ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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?

Fortunately, it's quite simple to know if your PC has a TPM module or not, says XDA-Developers. Here is a quick guide that's easy to follow if you have at least basic computer know-how.

My module is TPM 1.2, Asus makes 2.0 compliant ones now and apparently Bitlocker doesn't use RSA Keys when a TPM 2.0 is available.

If Microsoft confirms that TPM 2.0 modules are indeed a hard requirement, then these scalpers will have a field day selling what used to be essentially worthless hardware just days ago.

the demand analysis of Global Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Market size & share revenue was valued at $1965 million in 2022 and is poised to grow about $5725 million by 2030, at a CAGR of ...

PC owners scramble for add-in TPM 2.0 modules in prep for Windows 11 Retail stock of the modules is already depleted as scalpers are hocking the parts like sneakers and GPUs.