Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Shipments by Application

The TPM is an international specification developed and published by the Trusted Computing Group (TCG) and is a microcontroller that can securely store artifacts used to authenticate the platform (PC or laptop). These artifacts can include passwords, certificates, or encryption keys. A TPM can also be used to store platform measurements that help ensure that the platform remains trustworthy.

Authentication (ensuring that the platform can prove that it is what it claims to be) and attestation (a process helping to prove that a platform is trustworthy and has not been breached) are necessary steps to ensure safer computing in all environments. Trusted modules can be used in computing devices other than PCs, such as mobile phones or network equipment, and today, with version TPM 2.0 and other IoT devices.

ABI Research collected shipment data from leading TPM vendors. The data tracked form a market base year. An assumption was made, based on data collected directly from suppliers and gathered during the personal interviews, as to the proportion of mobile and other consumer electronic and IoT devices that have TPMs.