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Chapter 5: BIOS Setup
CCD/Core/Thread Enablement
This option allows you to enable CCD/Core/Thread Enablement.
S3 is not supported on systems where cores/threads have been removed/disabled.
CCD Control [Auto]
Sets the number of CCDs to be used. Once this option has been used
to remove any CCDs, a POWER CYCLE is required in order for future
selections to take effect.
Configuration options: [Auto] [2 CCDs] [3 CCDs] [4 CCDs] [6 CCDs]
Core Control [Auto]
Sets the number of cores to be used. Once this option has been used
to remove any cores, a POWER CYCLE is required in order for future
selections to take effect.
Configuration options: [Auto] [ONE (1 + 0)] [TWO (2 + 0)] [THREE (3 + 0)]
[FOUR (4 + 0)] [FIVE (5 + 0)] [SIX (6 + 0)] [SEVEN (7 + 0)]
SMT Control [Auto]
Can be used to disable symmetric multithreading. To re-enable SMT, a POWER
CYCLE is needed after selecting the [Enable] option. Select [Auto] based on BIOS
PCD (PcdAmdSmtMode) defatul setting.
Configuration options: [Disable] [Enable] [Auto]
S3 is not supported on systems where cores/threads have been removed/disabled.
Prefetcher settings
L1 Stream HW Prefetcher [Auto]
Allows you to enable or disable L1 Stream HW Prefetcher.
Configuration options: [Disable] [Enable] [Auto]
L1 Stride Prefetcher [Auto]
Uses memory access history of individual instructions to fetch additional lines when
each access is a constant distance from the previous.
Configuration options: [Disable] [Enable] [Auto]
L1 Region Prefetcher [Auto]
Uses memory access history to fetch additional lines when the data access for a given
instruction tends to be followed by other data accesses.
Configuration options: [Disable] [Enable] [Auto]
L2 Stream HW Prefetcher [Auto]
Allows you to enable or disable L2 Stream HW Prefetcher.
Configuration options: [Disable] [Enable] [Auto]
L2 Up/Down Prefetcher [Auto]
Uses memory access history to determine whether to fetch the next or previous line for
all memory access.
Configuration options: [Disable] [Enable] [Auto]