Information about TPM and Intel® PTT
How do I know if my computer has Trusted Platform Model (TPM) or Intel® Platform Trust Technology (Intel® PTT ) and what is the he difference between them?
A TPM, or a trusted platform module, is a physical or embedded security technology (microcontroller) that resides on a computer’s motherboard or in its processor. TPMs use cryptography to help securely store essential and critical information on PCs to enable platform authentication.
The Intel® PTT is an integrated TPM that adheres to the 2.0 specifications and offers the same capabilities of a discrete TPM, only it resides in the system’s firmware, thus removing the need for dedicated processing or memory resources.
If you have purchased a PC in the last several years, it’s highly likely that you already have a TPM capable of running TPM 2.0 installed on your computer. However, it’s possible that your TPM may have been turned off in the firmware by the computer manufacturer and may require you to enable it to meet the new requirement. Refer back to your motherboard vendor for support on this inquiry.
If your computer is based on the 8th Generation or later Intel® Core™ Processor family, then your system has Intel® PTT, an integrated TPM that adheres to the 2.0 specifications.