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Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor 5000 Series Datasheet
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Features
Note:
Not all Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processor 5000 series are capable of supporting Enhanced 
Intel SpeedStep Technology. More details on which processor frequencies will support 
this feature will be provided in future releases of the Dual-Core Intel
®
 Xeon
®
 Processor 
5000 Series Specification Update when available.
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology creates processor performance states (P-states) 
or voltage/frequency operating points. P-states are lower power capability states within 
the Normal state as shown in 
. Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology 
enables real-time dynamic switching between frequency and voltage points. It alters 
the performance of the processor by changing the bus to core frequency ratio and 
voltage. This allows the processor to run at different core frequencies and voltages to 
best serve the performance and power requirements of the processor and system. The 
Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processor 5000 series have hardware logic that coordinates the 
requested processor voltage between the processor cores. The highest voltage that is 
requested for either of the processor cores is selected for that processor. Note that the 
front side bus is not altered; only the internal core frequency is changed. In order to 
run at reduced power consumption, the voltage is altered in step with the bus ratio.
The following are key features of Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology:
• Multiple voltage/frequency operating points provide optimal performance at 
reduced power consumption.
• Voltage/frequency selection is software controlled by writing to processor MSR’s 
(Model Specific Registers), thus eliminating chipset dependency.
— If the target frequency is higher than the current frequency, V
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 is incremented 
in steps (+12.5 mV) by placing a new value on the VID signals and the 
processor shifts to the new frequency. Note that the top frequency for the 
processor can not be exceeded.
— If the target frequency is lower than the current frequency, the processor shifts 
to the new frequency and V
CC
 is then decremented in steps (-12.5 mV) by 
changing the target VID through the VID signals.
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