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History of the TPM

A Trusted Platform Module, also known as a TPM, is a cryptographic coprocessor that is present on most commercial PCs and servers. In terms of being present in computers, TPMs are nearly ubiquitous, but until recently they’ve been mostly invisible to users due to lack of compelling applications that use them.  That situation is rapidly changing. With the recent awarding of Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) certification to various TPM designs, and recommendations from the President’s Council of Advisors that the United States government begin using TPMs to defend the nation’s computers, the TPM has become ...

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