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Root of trust · RoT

A hardware-anchored trusted base that verifies firmware and boot integrity before a system is trusted to run.

Current numbers

4 contributorsCaliptra open silicon RoT, co-developed by Microsoft, Google, AMD and NVIDIA; AMD plans to integrate it from 2026+ productsas of 2026-10 · register ↗
DC-SCM Rev 2.2DC-SCM puts BMC, RoT and TPM on a pluggable module; Rev 2.2 (September 2025) is the current specificationas of 2025-09 · register ↗

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