Hardware and Software Support
- Since 2004, most major manufacturers have shipped systems that have included Trusted Platform Modules, with associated BIOS support. In accordance with the TCG specifications, the user must enable the Trusted Platform Module before it can be used.
- The Linux kernel has included trusted computing support since version 2.6.13, and there are several projects to implement trusted computing for Linux. In January 2005, members of Gentoo Linux's "crypto herd" announced their intention of providing support for TC—in particular support for the Trusted Platform Module. There is also a TCG-compliant software stack for Linux named TrouSerS, released under an open source license.
- Some limited form of trusted computing can be implemented on current versions of Microsoft Windows with third party software.
- The Intel Classmate PC (a competitor to the One Laptop Per Child) includes a Trusted Platform Module
- Intel's Core 2 Duo processors.
- AMD's Athlon 64 processors using the AM2 socket.
- IBM/Lenovo ThinkPads.
- Dell OptiPlex GX620.
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