Supported Intel® Optane™ memory . Intel® Optane™ memory is a revolutionary new class of resmanent memory that lies between system memory and storage to speed up system performance and responsiveness. When paired with the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology driver, it seamlessly manages multiple storage levels while presenting a virtual drive to SE, ensuring that the most used data is hosted on the fastest storage level. Intel® Optane™ memory requires specific hardware and software configuration. . . Intel® Turbo Boost Technology . The Intel® Turbo Boost Technology dynamically increases the CPU frequency as required, by leveraging the thermal and electrical reserve to provide a surplus speed when needed and improved energy efficiency if not. Intel® Hyper-Thread Technology . Intel® Hyper-Threading technology provides two run units per physical core. Multi-process applications can break more parallel work and finish tasks faster. Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-X). . Intel® VT (VT-x) Virtualization Technology allows a hardware platform to split into multiple virtual platforms. It helps to increase the ease of administration of the park, to limit service interruptions and prevent productivity decreases, by isolating the operations concerned on an ad hoc partition. Intel® Virtualization Technology for Distributed I/O (VT-D) . Intel® VT Virtualization Technology for Distributed I/O (VT-d) extends the existing support for Intel® VT Virtualization Technology for IA-32 (VT-x) and Itanium® (VT-i) by adding new support for virtualization of I/O devices. Intel® VT Virtualization Technology for Distributed I/O can help users improve the security and reliability of their systems, as well as the performance of I/O devices in virtualized environments. Intel® VT-x Virtualization Technology with Extended Page Tables . Intel® VT (VT-x) Virtualization Technology with Extended Page Tables, also called SLAT (Second Level Address Translation) speeds up virtualised applications that require high memory. Extended Page Tables on Intel® Virtualization Technology platforms reduces memory and power costs while increasing battery life through hardware optimization of page table management. Intel® 64. The Intel® 64 architecture delivers 64-bit calculations on servers, workstations, PCs and mobile when the platform is combined with compatible software. Instruction Sets . The instruction set refers to the basic set of commands and instructions that a microprocessor understands and can run. The specified value is the Intel® instruction set that this processor is compatible with. Extensions to the instruction set. . Extension to the instruction set refers to additional instructions to improve performance when the same operations are performed on multiple data objects. These extensions may include SSE (Streaming SIMD Extensions) and AVX (Advanced Vector Extensions). Idle States . Idle states, "C" states are used to save energy when the CPU is idle. C0 corresponds to the working status, when the processor has a useful activity. C1 is the first state of inactivity, C2 the second, and so on. The higher the status number C, the more energy saving actions taken. Improved Intel SpeedStep® Technology . Improved Intel SpeedStep® technology is a sophisticated way to enable high performance while meeting the needs of mobile systems in energy conservation. Classic Intel SpeedStep® technology combines voltage and frequency between high and low levels depending on the CPU load. Improved Intel SpeedStep® technology builds on this architecture and uses design strategies such as separation between voltage and frequency changes, and partitioning and clock recovery. Thermal monitoring technology. . Monitoring technologies protect the CPU package and the system from thermal failure through thermal management functions. An integrated digital thermal sensor (DTS) detects the core temperature and the thermal management features reduce the power consumption of the package, and thus the temperature, as required so that it remains within normal operating limits. Intel® Identity Protection Technology . Intel® Identity Protection Technology is an integrated security token that provides a simple and tamper-proof method of protecting access to your business and customers online data from threats and fraud. This technology uses hardware to uniquely identify a user's PC and prove websites, financial institutions and network services that the connection attempt is not from malware. Intel® identity protection technology can be a key component of two-factor authentication solutions to protect your information when connecting to websites and corporate networks.