PCWS 2015 Setup Guide - 2nd Edition 2-11
PCWS 2015 BIOS
Advanced
Processor Configuration
This screen contains many processor related settings summarized in Figure
2-6, below.
Figure 2-6: Processor Configuration and Power Management
Active Processor Cores [All]
Enable all available processors and threads.
Intel (R) HT Technology [Enabled]
Hyper-Threading Technology allows an execution core to function as two
logical processors. The feature must be enabled in the BIOS and requires
operating system support.
Some execution resources such as caches, execution units, and busses are
shared, each logical processor has its own architectural state and its own set
of general purpose registers and control registers.
Enabled XD [Enabled]
Enable or Disable Memory segregation for improved security.
Machine Check [Enabled]
Enable or Disable Machine Check exception handling.