Dell 2950 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.
Adjacent Cache Line	Enables or disables optimal use of sequential memory access.
Prefetch	Disable this option for applications that require high use of random
(Enabled default)	memory access.
Virtualization Technology	Displays when the processor(s) support Virtualization Technology.
(Disabled default)	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.
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 core speed, amount of level 2 cache,
	and number of cores.

Using the System Setup Program

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