Xeon X5690 Hexa Core PC Processor Multicolour

Highlights

• Circuitry enables processors to conserve energy use and lengthen battery life
• Improve everything from performance in specific types of applications to the reliability of the cpu as a whole
• SMM circuitry is integrated into the physical chip but operates independently to control the processor's power use based on its activity level
• Next few sections take a look at some of these technologies, including system management mode superscalar execution ht technology and dual core processing
• Goal of putting faster and more powerful processors in laptop computers has created power-management circuitry