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by dataflow 859 days ago
Er, shouldn't I be able to look this up from the CPU model number without buying it?

Also, are you sure you're not confusing CPU-embedded TPMs with other TPMs in the system?

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It's up to your firmware to enable any CPU or chipset provided TPM implementation. The CPU supporting it is unhelpful unless the firmware provides a mechanism to turn it on.
But my question wasn't "how do I check if the embedded TPM is being used?", it was "how do I check if an embedded TPM even exists?"
It exists in everything x86 made since around 2014. Whether it exists usefully is up to your firmware.