[dogma1138]

Many PC motherboards have a TPM header either dedicated or sometimes shared with the USB 3.0 header.

You can buy a 20 pin TPM module for about £3 which can plug into the standard header and for about £7-8 for those snowflakes like ASUS that use the same 20 pin interface but with a slightly modified pin out.

The only question would be the BIOS initialization, but many OEMs have already released new BIOS revisions with added/better external TPM support or have announced their intention to do so.

For those system who don’t have a TPM header, Intel PTT and AMD’s PSP fTPM would provide the required compatibility.

And this is a good thing if this was still optional it would not put pressure on manufacturers to add TPM support as a standard feature.

Windows 10 will be supported to at least 2025 with feature updates and probably longer with critical security updates.

The fact that people complain about this is ridiculous.

[devetec]

TPM modules are not £3. They're $50 or more now. Many people use older hardware without TPM support, and many people don't know what TPMs are and how to add them. Entire enterprises of hardware would have to be upgraded. It's a ploy to create more sales for hardware manufacturers.

[dogma1138]

No they aren’t $50… since I don’t want to include eBay/Amazon here is from CCL computers in the UK for £8.99 https://m.cclonline.com/product/214437/90MC03W0-M0XBN/Compon...

Here is an ASRock one for £13.99 from Scan https://www.scan.co.uk/products/asrock-trusted-platform-modu...

[devetec]

I'm in America, might explain the price difference.