There are also many manufacturers providing TPM security chips. Because you don't face the end consumers, everyone may not be familiar with it. Because the research and manufacture of TPM security chip started earlier in foreign countries, foreign manufacturers have considerable advantages in this respect. The main foreign manufacturers of TPM security chips are Infineon, stmicroelectronics (ST), Atmel, Winbond Electronics (acquisition of American National Semiconductor Company) and so on. The research and development of domestic manufacturers started late, only Lenovo's "Zhi Heng" chips and Asahi's products.

Some friends think that TPM can only manage and save keys, and its function is not too strong. Will there be no future in the future The facts are negative. Most notebook computer manufacturers have built-in TPM to prevent problems before they happen. After all, the system supporting TPM has not yet appeared, so most manufacturers use third-party software to realize some functions of TPM and provide services such as file encryption and decryption. After the official release of Vista, TPM security chip will really play a real role as a hero behind the scenes, and a large number of system security functions will also be realized through it. In the future, with the official promotion of Microsoft NGSCB technology, TPM will really play the role of the patron saint of PC, so that our computer can really get rid of the harassment of Trojans and viruses. It seems that the TPM security chip supported by both software and hardware has a bright future and will play a more prominent role in the future security field.

At the annual high-level meeting of Wedbush Morgan Securities on May 27th, 2008, nolan bushnell, one of the founders of Atari, said that with the gradual popularization of new encryption chips, the piracy problem faced by the game industry will soon become history.

"An encryption chip called TPM will be used on most computer motherboards in the future," bushnell said at the meeting. "This means that the game industry will usher in a brand-new and absolutely safe encryption method, which cannot be cracked on the network, and there is no danger that the registration code will be spread. It will allow us to open huge new markets in those areas where piracy is extremely serious. "

Bushnell believes that it is difficult to stop the piracy of movies and music, because as long as you can "watch and listen, you can copy". However, the situation of video games is completely different. Because of the close relationship between such products and code, the use of TPM chip will completely prevent the operation of pirated games.

"Once the penetration rate of TPM chips reaches a high enough level, we can start to see that in areas where piracy is rampant, such as Asia and India, the income of genuine software is gradually increasing, which was almost unimaginable in the past."