TPM

A Trusted Platform Module (TPM) is a that handles security operations such as encryption and decryption in hardware to reduce the likelihood of or a .
==Usage in Power Macs==
Early TPMs were used by Apple in PowerPC-based Power Mac G4 and G5 models to allow Mac OS X to load securely on official hardware.Retro Power Mac G5 Hackintosh by Kane, Medium. 2017-07-10. Apple used this for its digital rights management (DRM) and Mac OS X licensing as it is soldered onto the motherboard to be registered to that particular machine. The Hackintosh community is critical of this technology as it is closed for the sake of security, and seeks to circumvent these measures to run Mac OS X or macOS on unsupported hardware.
==Usage in Window PCs==
These modules have been adopted by PC hardware developers, such as Dell, Intel, HP, and AMD for platform security, and have become a requirement for running recent versions of Microsoft Windows.TPM recommendations (Windows) - Windows security, Microsoft Docs. 2021-09-06.
*Windows 10 requires TPM 1.2 or later
*Windows 11 requires TPM 2.0 or later
==References==
==See also==
*Secure Enclave, used for hardware-level security in Apple Silicon-based devices.
==External links==
*Information on TPM firmware update for Microsoft Windows systems at Infineon (2017-10-10)
*What Is a Trusted Platform Module (TPM)? by Kinza Yasar at Make Use Of (2021-03-06)
* at Wikipedia
Category:Acronyms
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Category:Computer security