Advantech ASMB-927 Series User Manual page 73

Hyper-Threading [All]
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Enable or disable Intel Hyper Threading technology.
Hardware Prefetcher
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Hardware Prefetcher is a technique that fetches instructions and/or data from
memory into the CPU cache memory well before the CPU needs it, so that it can
improve the load-to-use latency. "Enable" is the default setting.
Adjacent Cache Prefetch
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The Adjacent Cache-Line prefetch mechanism, like automatic hardware
prefetch, operates without programmer intervention. When enabled through the
BIOS, two 64-byte cache lines are fetched into a 128-byte sector, regardless of
whether the additional cache line has been requested or not. "Enable" is the
default setting.
DCU Streamer Prefetcher
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Enable prefetch of next L1 data line based upon multiple loads in same cache
line.
DCU IP Prefetcher
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Enable prefetch of next L1 line based upon sequential load history.
VMX
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Enable or disable Intel Virtual Machine Extensions (VMX) for IA-32 processors
that supports Intel® Vanderpool Technology.
Enable SMX
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Enable or disable Safer Mode Extensions. Safer Mode Extensions (SMX) pro-
vide a means for system software to launch an MLE and establish a measured
environment within the platform to support trust decisions by end users.
AES-NI
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This item is to enable or disable CPU advanced encryption standard instruc-
tions. "Enable" is the default setting.
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