Dell 1950 owner manual CPU Information Screen

CPU Information Screen

Table 2-3 lists the options and descriptions for the information fields that appear on the CPU Information screen.

Table 2-3. CPU Information Screen

Option	Description
Bus Speed	Displays the bus speed of the processors.
Logical Processor	Displays when the processors support HyperThreading. Enabled
(Enabled default)	permits all logical processors to be used by the operating system.
	Only the first logical processor of each processor installed in the
	system is used by the operating system if Disabled is selected.

Virtualization Technology (Disabled default)

Displays when the processor(s) support Virtualization Technology. Enabled permits virtualization software to utilize Virtualization Technology functions incorporated in the processor design. This feature can only be used by software that supports Virtualization Technology.

Adjacent Cache Line	Enables or disables optimal use of sequential memory access. Disable
Prefetch	this option for applications that require high use of random memory
(Enabled default)	access.
Hardware Prefetcher	Enables or disables the hardware prefetcher.
(Enabled default)
Demand-Based Power	Enables or disables demand-based power management. When
Management	enabled, the CPU Performance State tables will be reported to the
(Disabled default)	operating system; when disabled, the CPU Performance State tables
	will not be reported to the operating system. If any of the CPUs do not
	support demand-based power management, the field will become
	read-only, and automatically set to Disabled.
Processor X ID	Displays the family and model number of each processor. A submenu
	displays processor and core speed, amount of level 2 cache, and the
	number of cores.

Using the System Setup Program

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