Intel® Virtualization Technology (Intel® VT)
Increasing
manageability, security, and flexibility in IT environments,
virtualization technologies like hardware-assisted Intel® Virtualization
Technology (Intel® VT) combined with software-based virtualization
solutions provide maximum system utilization by consolidating multiple
environments into a single server or PC. By abstracting the software
away from the underlying hardware, a world of new usage models opens up
that reduce costs, increase management efficiency, strengthen security,
while making your computing infrastructure more resilient in the event
of a disaster.
Intel® Virtualization Technology (Intel® VT) for Directed I/O (Intel® VT-d)
Intel®
Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) extends Intel's
Virtualization Technology (VT) roadmap by providing hardware assists for
virtualization solution. VT-d continues from the existing support for
IA-32 (VT-x) and Itanium® processor (VT-i) virtualization adding new
support for I/O-device virtualization.
Intel VT-d can help end users improve security and reliability of the
systems and also improve performance of I/O devices in virtualized
environment. These inherently helps IT managers reduce the overall total
cost of ownership by reducing potential down time and increasing
productive throughput by better utilization of the data center
resources.
Intel® Trusted Execution Technology (Intel® TXT)
Intel®
Trusted Execution Technology for safer computing is a versatile set of
hardware extensions to Intel® processors and chipsets that enhance the
digital office platform with security capabilities such as measured
launch and protected execution. Intel Trusted Execution Technology
provides hardware-based mechanisms that help protect against
software-based attacks and protects the confidentiality and integrity of
data stored or created on the client PC. It does this by enabling an
environment where applications can run within their own space, protected
from all other software on the system. These capabilities provide the
protection mechanisms, rooted in hardware, that are necessary to provide
trust in the application's execution environment. In turn, this can
help to protect vital data and processes from being compromised by
malicious software running on the platform.
Intel® 64 Architecture
Intel®
64 architecture delivers 64-bit computing on server, workstation,
desktop and mobile platforms when combined with supporting software.¹
Intel 64 architecture improves performance by allowing systems to
address more than 4 GB of both virtual and physical memory.
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology
Enhanced
Intel SpeedStep® Technology is an advanced means of enabling very high
performance while also meeting the power-conservation needs of mobile
systems. Conventional Intel SpeedStep Technology switches both voltage
and frequency in tandem between high and low levels in response to
processor load.
Execute Disable Bit
Execute
Disable Bit is a hardware-based security feature that can reduce
exposure to viruses and malicious-code attacks and prevent harmful
software from executing and propagating on the server or network. Help
protect your customers' business assets and reduce the need for costly
virus-related repairs by building systems with built-in Intel Execute
Disable Bit.