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Prediction: TPM modules are going to be sold out everywhere I have a motherboard released in 2020 (intel) and apparently I as a user need to go buy some piece
by arduinomancer 5y ago
Prediction: TPM modules are going to be sold out everywhere
I have a motherboard released in 2020 (intel) and apparently I as a user need to go buy some piece of hardware that I had no idea existed for a feature I didn't ask for and plug it into the motherboard just to run Windows 11.
The fact that the TPM module goes from being an addon to mandatory hardware for running Windows seems like a recipe for shortage.
Think about IT departments everywhere who want to upgrade for compliance reasons all trying to buy these modules.
- nvarsj 5y agoIt’s already happened. They are being resold on EBay for 100+.
- rootsudo 5y agoNo, not really, you don't add TPM to a computer, it's integrated at time of motherboard manufacture and most PC's have them already but are not enabled.
- Arnavion 5y agoThere are plenty of motherboards that come with a TPM header that you then plug a discrete TPM into.
- rootsudo 5y agoNot anymore, it's pretty much a dead market now that was alive a few years ago. and, tbf, TPM that is installed via pin/headers aren't as secure as a laptop where it's embedded on the actual motherboard itself.
- arduinomancer 5y agoJust google "TPM header" or "TPM module" and you'll see
- Arnavion 5y agoYou're predicting the past. :) https://www.tomshardware.com/news/tpm-modules-unobtainable-expensive-windows-11 https://www.tomshardware.com/news/tpm-modules-unobtainable-e...
- arduinomancer 5y agoAh those are my most accurate predictions
- chx 5y agoIt already is, that happened days ago.
- MikusR 5y agoThe thing is that computers that require the separate module all have unsupported CPUs.
- Marsymars 5y agoIf you have a 2020 motherboard, your Intel CPU almost certainly supports PTT, and you don't need a standalone TPM module. But you're right about the demand - I had a TPM 2.0 module listed on a local buy/sell site for the past couple years, and received a dozen inquiries after the Win11 news.