Intel Turbo Boost Technology Intel Turbo Boost Technology dynamically increases the processor's frequency as needed by taking advantage of thermal & power headroom to give you a burst of speed when you need it, & increased energy efficiency when you don’t. Intel v Pro™ Platform Eligibility Intel v Pro™ Technology is a set of security & manageability capabilities built into the processor aimed at addressing four critical areas of IT security: 1) Threat management, including protection from rootkits, viruses, & malware 2) Identity & web site access point protection 3) Confidential personal & business data protection 4) Remote & local monitoring, remediation, & repair of PCs & workstations. Intel Hyper-Threading Technology Intel Hyper-Threading Technology (Intel HT Technology) delivers two processing threads per physical core. Highly threaded applications can get more work done in parallel, completing tasks sooner. Intel Virtualization Technology (VT-x) Intel Virtualization Technology (VT-x) allows one hardware platform to function as multiple “virtual” platforms. It offers enhanced manageability by limiting downtime & maintaining productivity by isolating computing activities into separate partitions. Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) continues from the existing support for IA-32 (VT-x) & Itanium processor (VT-i) virtualization adding new support for I/O-device virtualization. Intel VT-d can help end users improve security & reliability of the systems & also improve performance of I/O devices in virtualized environments. Intel VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT) Intel VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT), also known as Second Level Address Translation (SLAT), provides acceleration for memory intensive virtualized applications. Extended Page Tables in Intel Virtualization Technology platforms reduces the memory & power overhead costs & increases battery life through hardware optimization of page table management. Intel TSX-NI Intel Transactional Synchronization Extensions New Instructions (Intel TSX-NI) are a set of instructions focused on multi-threaded performance scaling. This technology helps make parallel operations more efficient via enhanced control of locks in software. Intel 64 Intel 64 architecture delivers 64-bit computing on server, workstation, desktop & mobile platforms when combined with supporting software.&sup 1; Intel 64 architecture improves performance by allowing systems to address more than 4 GB of both virtual & physical memory. Instruction Set An instruction set refers to the basic set of commands & instructions that a microprocessor understands & can carry out. The value shown represents which Intel’s instruction set this processor is compatible with. Instruction Set Extensions Instruction Set Extensions are additional instructions which can increase performance when the same operations are performed on multiple data objects. These can include SSE (Streaming SIMD Extensions) & AVX (Advanced Vector Extensions). of AVX-512 FMA Units Intel Advanced Vector Extensions 512 (AVX-512), new instruction set extensions, delivering ultra-wide (512-bit) vector operations capabilities, with up to 2 FMAs (Fused Multiply Add instructions), to accelerate performance for your most demanding computational tasks. Enhanced Intel Speed Step Technology Enhanced Intel Speed Step Technology is an advanced means of enabling high performance while meeting the power-conservation needs of mobile systems. Conventional Intel Speed Step Technology switches both voltage & frequency in tandem between high & low levels in response to processor load. Enhanced Intel Speed Step Technology builds upon that architecture using design strategies such as Separation between Voltage & Frequency Changes, & Clock Partitioning & Recovery. Intel Speed Shift Technology Intel Speed Shift Technology uses hardware-controlled P-states to deliver dramatically quicker responsiveness with single-threaded, transient (short duration) workloads, such as web browsing, by allowing the processor to more quickly select its best operating frequency & voltage for optimal performance & power efficiency.