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AMD CPUs have fTPM built in so the passkeys are actually stored in the CPU. This is more secure because separate TPM chips on the mobo have been attacked by listening to the traces from the TPM to the CPU.


Maybe the PIN doesn't change if you swap the motherboard and keep the CPU, maybe. But if you swap the motherboard and the CPU your PIN doesn't work anymore.




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