Advanced Processor Options - TYAN TOMCAT I7230A User Manual

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3.3.2 Advanced Processor Options

This section allows you to fine-tune the processor options.
Hyperthreading
Enable this only if you have an Intel Hyper Threading processor.
Hyper-Threading Technology enables multi-threaded software applications to execute threads
in parallel. Hyper-Threading Technology provides thread-level-parallelism (TLP) on each
processor resulting in increased utilization of processor execution resources. As a result,
resource utilization yields higher processing throughput. Hyper-Threading Technology is a
form of simultaneous multi-threading technology (SMT) where multiple threads of software
applications can be run simultaneously on one processor. This is achieved by duplicating the
architectural state on each processor, while sharing one set of processor execution resources.
Hyper-Threading Technology also delivers faster response times for multi-tasking workload
environments. By allowing the processor to use on-die resources that would otherwise have
been idle, Hyper-Threading Technology provides a performance boost on multi-threading and
multi-tasking operations for the Intel NetBurst® microarchitecture.
Enabled / Disabled
Single Logical Proc. Mode
This feature is used to enable the Single Logical Processor mode.
Disabled/ Enabled
L3 Cache
This feature is used to enable the L3 cache funtionality.
Enabled / Disabled
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