Intel® Trusted Execution Technology
Intel® trusted execution technology increases the security of PCs. It includes a number of hardware extensions for Intel® processors and chipsets that provide additional security features for the digital office platform, such as securely launching system programs and the operating system, and running applications in a protected area. This allows an environment in which applications run on a separate area, which is sealed from all other software on the system.
Intel® Directed I/O Virtualization Technology (VT-d)
Intel® Directed I/O Virtualization Technology (VT-d) continues to support existing virtualization solutions for IA-32 (VT-x) and Itanium® processor (VT-i)-based systems and adds new support for I/O device virtualization. Intel VT-d can help users improve the security and reliability of systems and the performance of I/O devices in virtualized environments.
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
With Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x), one hardware platform can be used as multiple "virtual" platforms. It provides improved manageability by reducing downtime and maintaining productivity by moving the compute operations into separate partitions.
Intel 64
In conjunction with the software, the Intel® 64 architecture enables 64-bit processing on servers, workstations, PCs, and mobile platforms.¹ Intel 64 improves performance by allowing the system to address more than 4 GB virtual and physical memory through this processor expansion.
Cache
The CPU cache is an area of fast memory located in the processor. Intel® smart cache refers to the architecture that allows all cores to dynamically share access to the load-level cache.
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® AES New Instructions (Intel® AES-NI) is a collection of instructions for fast and secure encryption and decryption of data. AES-NI are valuable components for cryptographic applications such as: Mass encryption/decryption applications, authentication, random number generation, and authentication encryption.
Intel® Turbo Boost Technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology dynamically increases the frequency of a processor as needed by taking advantage of the temperature and power reserves to provide more speed and otherwise more energy efficiency when needed.
Max. Turbo frequency
The maximum turbo frequency is the maximum single-core clock frequency at which the processor can be operated with Intel® Turbo Boost technology and, if present, with Intel® Thermal Velocity Boost. The frequency is measured in gigahertz (GHz), or in billions of cycles per second.
Execute Disable Bit
Execute Disable Bit is a hardware-based security feature that can reduce the risk of virus infections and prevent malicious software from running on the server or on the network.
Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology
Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology enables two processing threads per physical Kern. Applications with many threads can do more tasks in parallel and end tasks earlier.
Intel® VT-x with extended page tables (ept)
Intel® VT-x with extended page tables (ept), also known as second-level address translation (SLAT), accelerates memory-intensive virtualization applications. Using extended page tables on platforms with Intel® virtualization technology reduces the total cost of storage and power, and increases battery life through hardware optimization of page table management.
Intel speed shift technology
Intel® speed shift technology uses hardware-controlled P-states to achieve significantly faster response times with short-term, transient single-threaded workloads (as when browsing the web). For this, the processor is enabled to select the best operating frequency and voltage in each case, in order to achieve optimum performance and energy efficiency.
Intel® software guard extensions (Intel®SGX)
The Intel® software guard extensions (Intel® SGX) enable applications to set up hardware-enforced trusted execution protection for their sensitive routines and data. Intel® SGX provides developers with the ability to partition code and data in trusted execution environments (teas) backed up by the CPU.
Intel® Speed Select Technology – Core Power
Allows flexible adjustments for applications where a higher base clock frequency is advantageous for a portion of the processor cores. The maximum turbo clock frequency specified for all cores remains constant, but a portion of the cores can be assigned a higher than the specified base clock frequency, while the other cores are running at a lower base clock frequency.
Intel® speed select technology – turbo frequency
Allows flexible adjustments for applications where a higher turbo frequency is advantageous for a portion of the processor cores. The basic clock frequency remains constant for all cores, but a portion of the cores can be assigned a higher turbo clock frequency than specified in the specifications, while the other cores will have a lower turbo clock frequency.
Intel® deep learning boost (Intel® DL boost)
A new set of embedded processor technologies to accelerate AI deep learning use cases. This adds a new VNNI (vector neural network instruction) to Intel AVX-512, which significantly improves deep learning performance over previous generations.
Command set extensions
Command set extensions are additional instructions for increasing performance when the same operations are performed on multiple data objects. These can include SSE (streaming SIMD extensions) and AVX (advanced vector extensions).
Intel® run-sure technology
Intel® run-sure technology includes RAS functions ("Reliability, Availability, Serviceability", reliability, availability, serviceability) that provide high reliability and platform stability to maximize uptime for servers running mission-critical workloads.
Intel® total memory encryption
TME — Total Memory Encryption (TME) protects data from the risk of physical attacks on memory, such as cold start attacks.
Number of UPI links
Intel® Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Left means a point-to-point high-speed interconnect bus between the processors that provides increased bandwidth and performance via Intel® QPI.
Number of AVX-512 FMA units
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 512 (AVX-512) are new set of guidance extensions that provide ultra-wide (512-bit) vector operational capabilities with up to 2 fused multiply add (FMA) instructions to accelerate your most demanding computing tasks.
Intel® resource director technology (Intel® RDT)
Intel® resource director technology (Intel® RDT) provides greater visibility and control over the use of shared resources through applications, virtual machines (VMs), and containers—such as load-level cache (LLC), and memory bandwidth.
Intel® speed select technology – basic clock frequency
This technique enables users to increase the guaranteed basic clock frequency on certain cores (cores with high priority) by giving the remaining cores (low priority cores) a lower basic clock frequency. This increases the overall power by increasing the frequency on the critical cores.
Intel® volume management device (VMD)
Intel® volume management device (VMD) provides a common, robust hot-plug and LED management method for NVME solid-state drives.
Persistent Intel® Optane™ DC memory supported
Persistent Intel® Optane™ DC memory is a revolutionary layer of non-volatile memory that is located between the memory and data storage to deliver large and cost-effective storage capacity comparable to DRAM performance. With large system-level storage capacity combined with traditional DRAM, the persistent Intel Optane DC storage supports the transformation of workloads with limited storage: Cloud, databases, in-memory analysis, virtualization, and CDN (content delivery networks) applications.
MBE (mode-based Execute Control)
Mode-based execution control can more reliably verify and enforce the integrity of the code at the kernel level.
Intel TSX-NI
The Intel® Transactional Synchronization Extensions New Instructions (Intel® TSX-NI) is a set of instructions for multi-threaded performance scaling. This technology improves the efficiency of parallel operations by improving the control of locks in software.
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