Intel Turbo Boost is a hardware technology that Intel uses to put additional electricity into its CPU’s to have them temporarily operate at a levels above their traditional specification. You might be tempted to call this “overclocking” and while the concepts are very similar, they are definitely not the same. […]
We will explain everything you need to know about Intel Optane memory in a very concise point form. 1: What is Intel Optane? Intel Optane is special memory + software + memory controllers. The basis of Optane is extremely fast Intel proprietary “3D XPoint” memory that does NOT get erased […]
If you want to distill the argument between Intel Xeon and AMD Epyc server processors down to three things, they would be: AMD’s interconnection of the Cores on Epyc is much slower than on Intel Xeon’s AMD Epyc CPU’s are faster than Intel Xeon in memory intensive applications In general, […]
If you have a spinning disk and want to make it run much faster you can add in a small Solid State Disk and combine them using Intel Rapid Storage Technology (RST). RST will then add the SSD to the spinning disk and copy whatever you frequently use to […]
UPDATE Saturday Jan 6 – 2018: There are now two known flaws named “Meltdown” and “Spectre”. Spectre still has not been detailed but applies to virtually all CPU’s including x86 and ARM. It is now known that Intel (and possibly other CPU manufacturers) have a very serious design flaw with […]
Intel says that the Xeon Scalable Processor line is the largest upgrade in server CPU’s in a decade. Lets take a very quick run through of what has changed and then you can make up your own mind. NAMING: The new CPU’s are code named Skylake and the new Chipset […]
Intel AVX-512 is the latest version of Advanced Vector Extensions. Since x86 instruction set was designed in the 1970’s there has been a drive to extend that instruction set so that the CPU can handle more and more tasks. This means that fewer and few special purpose add-on cards are […]
If you are looking at CPU‘s you would be wise to consider the latest batch of Intel Processors cleverly named 8th Generation Core Series. As usual Intel claims gigantic performance improvements through a series of changes to their CPU’s. Those claims may have been dubious in the past (gen over […]
In the video below we show how to remove the spinning disk from a Dell Latitude 5480 and replace it with a larger one and then enable SSD Caching. To use SSD Caching your PC needs: The connectors to add an SSD and a spinning disk A BIOS that supports SSD […]
We explain and demonstrate what Intel Optane is, what you need to run it, and if it will really improve your PC’s performance. What is Intel Optane? Intel Optane is an accelerator for your hard drive. Intel Optane is stick of non-volatile memory, which means it does not get wiped clean […]
Intel used to have a pretty simple naming scheme for its CPU’s but as the market demanded more features, Intel started adding suffix letters to its processors. Often the letters added on to the end of an Intel CPU number can mean enormous differences. Below is a list of Intel CPU Suffix Letters: C […]
This page details the keys needed to boot a PC into various modes (like the BIOS and PXE Network) from various manufacturers. If you are stuck and you can try the common keystrokes during a POST and before the Operating System loads: ESC, F1, F2, F8, F9, F10, F12 and Delete key. […]
The short answer is to power up the machine while repeatedly pressing the F10 key. Below is a table of boot / function key options on Intel Motherboards. Function key or Control key Purpose F2 Accesses the BIOS Setup program. F7 Initiates a BIOS update process where the update files […]
Over the years Intel has released a number of variations on their CPU’s and started some lines that have since faded out (does anyone remember the Core 2, Pentium Pro or DX Math coprocessor). So there is no mystery why many people find Intel’s current lines mysterious. They just don’t […]
Intel has released a fabulous tool that not only scans your PC for devices but also updates the drivers in one fell swoop. Take a look at the Intel Chipset Installation Utility. This tool eliminates most of the dreaded UNKNOWN DEVICEs on a fresh install of Windows. After your chipset drivers […]
If your like me flashing Intel Servers is a pain as the process seems unnecessarily complex. Well, here is a quick and easy tutorial and Video: Surf to www.intel.com/support Find your product (in my case it was SERVER PRODUCTS, INTEL SERVER SYSTEMS, INTEL SR2600UR, DRIVERS & SOFTWARE) Find the “Intel® […]