Intel® Optane? memory is a revolutionary new type of non-volatile memory that sits between system memory and storage to accelerate system performance and responsiveness.
When combined with the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology controller, it seamlessly manages multiple tiers of storage while presenting a single virtual drive to the operating system, allowing frequently used data to reside on the fastest tier of storage.
Intel® Optane memory requires specific hardware and software configuration.
Features: Intel® Turbo Boost Technology version: Intel® Turbo Boost Technology dynamically increases processor frequency when needed by taking advantage of thermal and power scaling to give you a boost in speed when you need it, and an increase in power efficiency when you don't.
Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology: Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology offers two processing chains per physical core.
Multi-threaded applications can do more work in parallel, completing tasks faster.
Intel® Virtualisation Technology (VT-x): Intel® Virtualisation Technology (VT-x) enables one hardware platform to function as multiple "virtual" platforms.
It provides better manageability by limiting downtime and maintaining productivity through isolation of compute activities into separate partitions.
Intel® Virtualisation Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d): Intel® Virtualisation Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) builds on existing support for IA-32 (VT-x) and Itanium® processor (VT-i) virtualisation by adding new support for virtualisation of I/O devices.
Intel VT-d can help end users improve system security and reliability as well as improve the performance of I/O devices in a virtualised environment.
Intel® 64: Intel® 64 architecture delivers 64-bit compute processing on server, workstation, PC, and mobile platforms when combined with compatible software.¹ Intel 64 architecture improves performance by enabling systems to address more than 4GB of physical and virtual memory.
Instruction Set: An instruction set refers to the basic set of commands and instructions that a microprocessor understands and can carry out.
The value shown represents which Intel instruction set this processor supports.
Instruction Set Extensions: Instruction set extensions are additional instructions that can increase performance when performing the same operations on multiple data objects.
These can include SSE (Streaming SIMD Extensions) and AVX (Advanced Vector Extensions).
Number of AVX-512 FMA units: Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 512 (AVX-512) are the new instruction set extensions that provide extremely wide (512-bit) vector operation capabilities, with up to 2 FMA (combined multiply and add instructions), to accelerate performance on the most demanding computational tasks.
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology: Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology is an advanced means of enabling very high performance while meeting the power conservation needs of mobile systems.
Traditional Intel SpeedStep® Technology switches voltage and frequency in tandem between high and low levels in response to processor load.
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology builds on that architecture by using design strategies such as separation between voltage and frequency changes, and clock partitioning and recovery.
Intel® Deep Learning Boost (Intel® DL Boost): New set of integrated processor technologies designed to accelerate artificial intelligence deep learning use cases.
Extends Intel AVX-512 with a new vector neural network instruction (VNNI) that significantly increases deep learning inference performance over previous generations.
