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| Company type | Consortium |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2003 |
| Founder | AMD,Hewlett-Packard,IBM,Intel,Microsoft |
| Headquarters | , United States |
| Website | trustedcomputinggroup |
TheTrusted Computing Group is a group formed in 2003 as the successor to the Trusted Computing Platform Alliance which was previously formed in 1999 to implementTrusted Computing concepts across personal computers.[2] Members includeIntel,AMD,IBM,Microsoft, andCisco.
The core idea of trusted computing is to give hardware manufacturers control over what software does and does not run on a system by refusing to run unsigned software.[3]
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On October 11, 1999, the Trusted Computing Platform Alliance (abbreviated as TCPA), a consortium of various technology companies including Compaq, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel, and Microsoft, was formed in an effort to promote trust and security in the personal computing platform.[4] In November 1999, the TCPA announced that over 70 leading hardware and software companies joined the alliance in the first month.[5] On January 30, 2001, version 1.0 of the Trusted Computing Platform Specifications was released.[6] IBM was the firstoriginal equipment manufacturer to incorporate hardware features based on the specifications with the introduction of its ThinkPad T30 mobile computer in 2002.[7]
In 2003, the TCPA was succeeded by the Trusted Computing Group, with an increased emphasis on mobile devices.[2]
Membership fees vary by level. Promoters pay annual membership fees of $30,000, contributors pay $15,000, and depending upon company size, adopters pay annual membership fees of either $2,500 or $7,500.[8]
TCG's most successful effort was the development of aTrusted Platform Module (TPM), asemiconductor intellectual property core orintegrated circuit that conforms to the specification to enabletrusted computing features in computers and mobile devices. Related efforts involvedTrusted Network Connect, to bring trusted computing to network connections, andStorage Core Architecture /Security Subsystem Class, to bring trusted computing to disk drives and other storage devices. These efforts have not achieved the same level of widespread adoption as the trusted platform module.
The group historically faced opposition from thefree software community on the grounds that the technology had a negative impact on the users' privacy and can create customerlock-in, especially if it is used to createDRM applications. It received criticism from theLinux andFreeBSD communities, as well as the software development community in general.
In 2009, ISO/IEC release trusted platform module standards
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