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White Paper: The All New 2010 Intel® Core™ vPro™ Processor Family: Intelligence that Adapts to Your Needs
Key features of the all new 2010 Intel Core vPro processor family
The all new 2010 Intel Core vPro processor family delivers unique and powerful technologies in security, remote manageability,
energy management, mobility, virtualization, and performance improvements. Tables 1 and 2 list some of the key features
of laptop and desktop PCs with a new Intel Core vPro processor.
Table 1. Laptop and desktop PCs with a new Intel® Core™ vPro™ processor.
Feature Laptop with Intel® Core™ vPro™ processor Desktop PC with Intel® Core™ vPro™ processor
All new 2010 Intel® Core™ vPro™ processor family
Intel® Core™ i5 vPro™ processor and Intel® Core™ i7 vPro™
processor with Intel® QM57 or QS57 Express Chipsets
Intel® Core™ i5 vPro™ processor and Intel® Core™ i7 vPro™
processor with Intel® Q57 Express Chipset
Intel® Active Management Technology
1
(Intel® AMT), release 6.0
Intel® Gigabit network connection
Intel® 82567LM-3 Intel® 82566DM
Support for 802.11agn wireless protocols
N/A
WiFi and optional WiMAX support, with either
Intel® WiMAX/WiFi 6060 2x2 agn, Intel® Centrino®
Ultimate-N/Advanced-N 6000 Series 2x2 or
3x3 agn, or Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 1000
Series 1x2 bgn
N/A
Support for 802.1x
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program
(Intel® SIPP)
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Table 2. All new 2010 Intel® Core™ processor family and all new 2010 Intel® Core™ vPro™ processor family.
Features for... Description
Intel® Core™
i7 vPro™
Intel® Core™
i5 vPro™ Intel® Core™ i7 Intel® Core™ i5 Intel® Core™ i3
Intelligent Performance,
Security and
Manageability
Hardware-assisted smart security,
1
anti-theft
technology and cost-saving manageability
a
Hardware-assisted remote power management
a
Hardware-based KVM Remote Control
a,b,2
Intel® Virtualization Technology
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(Intel® VT) includ-
ing Intel® VT for Directed I/O, and support
for OS and application streaming
Intel® Trusted Execution Technology
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(Intel® TXT)
Support for Cisco Self-Defending Network* (Cisco
SDN*), Microsoft Network Access Protection* (NAP),
and PXE (preexecution environment)
Intelligent Business
Performance
Hardware-based acceleration of encryption
8
Intel® Turbo Boost Technology
3
Intel® Smart Cache Technology and new L3 cache Up to
8 MB L3
Up to
4 MB L3
Up to
8 MB L3
Up to
4 MB L3
Up to
4 MB L3
Number of processor cores 2 to 4 cores 2 cores 2 to 4 cores 2 cores 2 cores
Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology
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4 to 8 threads 4 threads 4 to 8 threads 4 threads 4 threads
64-bit enabled
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Support for Operating
System Requirements
Windows* 7 ready
Hardware-assisted virtualization for Windows* XP
in Windows* 7
c
Intel integrated graphics support of 64-bit graphics,
including Windows 7 Aero interface
d
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a
IT must activate Intel® vPro™ technology in order to take advantage of these intelligent security and remote manageability technologies. For more information about activating Intel vPro technology,
which includes Intel® AMT and Intel® AT, see page 25 of this white paper.
b
Hardware-based KVM Remote Control is available on Intel® Core™ i5 vPro™ and Intel® Core™ i7 vPro™ processors that have Intel integrated graphics.
c
Hardware-assisted Intel® Virtualization Technology (Intel® VT) can signicantly improve performance for users running a legacy OS (for example, Windows* XP) in Windows 7.
d
Some new Intel Core processors do not include integrated graphics. Some allow for discrete graphic cards.