Replies to post #106763 on Wave Systems Corp. (fka WAVXQ)

[barge]

Go-kite: You write- "I agree that ViiV and Live will eventually need a TPM to grant access to premium content (eventually)."

What's eventual about it? The Intel mobo ViiV specs are explicit: TPMs are embedded.

And common sense dictates that if some OEMs ship ViiV with TPMs, ALL OEMS WILL JUMP ON BOARD BECAUSE OF THE MASSIVE COMPETITIVE DISADVANTAGE NOT TO DO SO!

You write: " I think *any* TPM activation software would do (EDIT) for whichever OEM is going to deploy ViiV platforms and Intel's bundling never affected other OEMs that shipped Intel chips to bundle Wave and not Infineon."

Oh come on! WAVE has already captured DELL, STM, ATMEL, GATEWAY, etc! AND WAVE HAS THE ONLY END TO END SOLUTION!

Anyway, the fact of the matter is that the two mobos Intel offers in connection to ViiV BOTH include a TPM and both are bundled with Embassy software.

[micro59]

go-kite, Barge,
Re: activating a TPM and using Wave ETS

I emailed Wave earlier this morning with a question regarding ETS bundling in INtel mobo, retail box.

What I had discovered earlier was that NOT ALL Intel 945G chipset boards have a TPM on them, and in fact, you must get into the "execuive series" to get the STMicro 1.2 tpm.

What I also discovered by reading at Wave's website regarding TPM software, particularly the ETS 5.0, was that it was essential for the TPM to be ACTIVATED BEFORE installing the Embassy Trust suite. How?
Perhaps the tpm activation software that comes with the board.
The point is that it is not ETS that activates the TPM. The TPM must be activated prior to that software installation.

Just some info FWIW,

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