Advantech ASMB-976 Series, Руководство пользователя

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63 ASMB-976 User Manual
Chapter 3
AMI BIOS
3.2.4.1 Processor Configuration
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Per-Socket Configuration
Use this to select how many processor cores you want to activate when you are
using a dual or quad core processor.
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Hyper-threading [All]
Enable or disable Intel Hyper Threading technology.
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Execute Disable Bit
Enable or disable the Execute disable Bit feature. The Optimal and Fail-Safe
default setting is enabled. If disable is selected, the BIOS forces the XD feature
flag to always return to 0.
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VMX
Enable or disable Intel Virtual Machine Extensions (VMX) for IA-32 processors
that support Intel
®
Vanderpool Technology.
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Enable SMX
Enable or disable Safer Mode Extensions. Safer Mode Extensions (SMX) pro
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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.
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Hardware Prefetcher
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.
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Adjacent Cache Prefetch
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.