Intel® Trusted Execution Technology
Intel® Trusted Execution Technology increases the security of PCs. It includes a range of hardware extensions for Intel® processors and chipsets that provide additional security functions for the digital office platform, such as secure booting of system programs and the operating system and running applications in a protected area. This allows for an environment where applications run in their own space, isolated from all other software on the system.
Intel® Directed I/O Virtualization Technology (VT-d)
Intel® Directed-I/O Virtualization Technology (VT-d) continues the existing support of virtualization solutions for the IA-32 (VT-x) and systems with Itanium® processors (VT-i) and adds new support for I/O device virtualization. The 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 offers improved manageability through less downtime and maintaining productivity by moving computing operations to separate partitions.
Intel® 64
When coupled with the appropriate 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 of virtual and physical memory with this processor expansion .
cache
The CPU cache is an area of fast memory that resides in the processor. Intel® Smart Cache refers to the architecture that allows all cores to dynamically share access to the last-level cache.
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® AES New Instructions (Intel® AES-NI) is a set of instructions for quickly and securely encrypting and decrypting data. AES-NI are valuable components for cryptographic applications, e.g. E.g. for: bulk encryption/decryption applications, authentication, random number generation and authentication encryption.
Intel® Turbo Boost Technology
Intel® Turbo Boost Technology dynamically increases a processor's frequency as needed by taking advantage of headroom in temperature and performance to provide more speed when needed and more power efficiency when it's not.
Max Turbo Clock Speed
The maximum turbo frequency is the maximum single-core frequency at which the processor can operate with Intel® Turbo Boost Technology and, if equipped, Intel® Thermal Velocity Boost. Frequency is measured in gigahertz (GHz), or billions of cycles per second.
Execute disable bit
The Execute Disable Bit is a hardware-based security feature that reduces the risk of virus infection and can prevent malicious software from running on the server or network.
Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology
Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology enables two processing threads per physical core. Applications with many threads can do more work in parallel and complete tasks sooner.
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 Intel® Virtualization Technology platforms reduces overall storage and power costs 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 deliver significantly faster response times with transient, short-duration, single-threaded workloads (like web browsing). It also allows the processor to choose the best operating frequency and voltage for optimal performance and energy efficiency.
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
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 a way to partition code and data in CPU-backed Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs).
Intel® Deep Learning Boost (Intel® DL Boost)
A new set of embedded processor technologies to accelerate AI deep learning use cases. This expands the Intel AVX-512 with a new VNNI (Vector Neural Network Instruction) that significantly improves deep learning performance compared to previous generations.
Instruction Set Extensions
Instruction set extensions are additional instructions to increase performance when performing the same operations on multiple data objects. These may include SSE (Streaming SIMD Extensions) and AVX (Advanced Vector Extensions).
Intel® Total Memory Encryption
TME – Total Memory Encryption (TME) protects data from the risk of physical attacks on memory, such as cold boot attacks.
Number of UPI links
Intel® Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) links means a point-to-point, high-speed interconnect bus between processors that offers increased bandwidth and performance via Intel® QPI.
Number of AVX-512 FMA units
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 512 (AVX-512) are new instruction set extensions that provide ultra-wideband (512-bit) vector operations capabilities with up to 2 FMAs (fused multiply add instructions) to accelerate your most demanding computational tasks.
Intel® Resource Director Technology (Intel® RDT)
Intel® Resource Director Technology (Intel® RDT) enables better visibility and control of how applications, virtual machines (VMs) and containers use shared resources – such as last-level cache (LLC) and memory bandwidth.
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.
Intel® Optane™ DC persistent memory supported
Intel® Optane™ DC persistent memory represents a revolutionary layer of persistent storage that sits between memory and storage to deliver large and cost-effective storage capacity that compares to DRAM performance. With large system-level storage capacity when paired with traditional DRAM, Intel Optane DC persistent memory supports the transformation of memory-constrained workloads: cloud, database, in-memory analytics, virtualization, and CDN (content delivery network) applications.
MBE (Mode-based Execute Control)
Mode-based execution control can more reliably verify and enforce code integrity at the kernel level.
Intel® TSX-NI
The Intel® Transactional Synchronization Extensions New Instructions (Intel® TSX-NI) is a set of instructions for multithreaded performance scaling. This technique improves efficiency in parallel operations through improved control of locks in software.
