Intel W3690 AT80613005931AB Data Sheet

Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor 3000 Series Datasheet

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• Intel® 64 Architecture — An enhancement to Intel's IA-32 architecture, allowing 

the processor to execute operating systems and applications written to take 
advantage of Intel 64. Further details on Intel 64 architecture and programming 
model can be found in the Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology Software 
Developer Guide at http://developer.intel.com/technology/64bitextensions/.

• Enhanced Intel SpeedStep

 Technology — Enhanced Intel Speedstep

 

Technology allows trade-offs to be made between performance and power 
consumptions, based on processor utilization. This may lower average power 
consumption (in conjunction with OS support).

• Intel

 VT) — Intel Virtualization Technology 

provides silicon-based functionality that works together with compatible Virtual 
Machine Monitor (VMM) software to improve upon software-only solutions. Because 
this virtualization hardware provides a new architecture upon which the operating 
system can run directly, it removes the need for binary translation. Thus, it helps 
eliminate associated performance overhead and vastly simplifies the design of the 
VMM, in turn allowing VMMs to be written to common standards and to be more 
robust. See the Intel

Architecture for more details.

• Intel

 TXT) — A key element in Intel's 

safer computing initiative which defines a set of hardware enhancements that 

interoperate with an Intel

®

 TXT enabled OS to help protect against software-based 

attacks. Intel

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 TXT creates a hardware foundation that builds on Intel's 

Virtualization Technology (VT) to help protect the confidentiality and integrity of 

data stored/created on the client PC. 

Material and concepts available in the following documents may be beneficial when 
reading this document.

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