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Intel® Trusted Execution Technology
Intel® Trusted Execution Technology for safer computing is a versatile set of hardware extensions to Intel® processors and chipsets that enhance the digital office platform with security capabilities such as measured launch and protected execution. It enables an environment where applications can run within their own space. protected from all other software on the system.

Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) continues from the existing support for IA-32 (VT-x) and Itanium® processor (VT-i) virtualization adding new support for I/O-device virtualization. Intel VT-d can help end users improve security and reliability of the systems and also improve performance of I/O devices in virtualized environments.

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x) allows one hardware platform to function as multiple “virtual” platforms. It offers improved manageability by limiting downtime and maintaining productivity by isolating computing activities into separate partitions.

Intel® 64
Intel® 64 architecture delivers 64-bit computing on server. workstation. desktop and mobile platforms when combined with supporting software.¹ Intel 64 architecture improves performance by allowing systems to address more than 4 GB of both virtual and physical memory.

Cache
CPU Cache is an area of fast memory located on the processor. Intel® Smart Cache refers to the architecture that allows all cores to dynamically share access to the last level cache.

Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® AES New Instructions (Intel® AES-NI) are a set of instructions that enable fast and secure data encryption and decryption. AES-NI are valuable for a wide range of cryptographic applications. for example: applications that perform bulk encryption/decryption. authentication. random number generation. and authenticated encryption.

Intel® Turbo Boost Technology
Intel® Turbo Boost Technology dynamically increases the processor's frequency as needed by taking advantage of thermal and power headroom to give you a burst of speed when you need it. and increased energy efficiency when you don’t.

Max Turbo Frequency
Max Turbo Frequency is the maximum single-core frequency at which the processor is capable of operating using Intel® Turbo Boost Technology and. if present. Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 and Intel® Thermal Velocity Boost. Frequency is typically measured in gigahertz (GHz). or billion cycles per second.

Execute Disable Bit
Execute Disable Bit is a hardware-based security feature that can reduce exposure to viruses and malicious-code attacks and prevent harmful software from executing and propagating on the server or network.

Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology
Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology (Intel® HT Technology) delivers two processing threads per physical core. Highly threaded applications can get more work done in parallel. completing tasks sooner.

Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT). also known as Second Level Address Translation (SLAT). provides acceleration for memory intensive virtualized applications. Extended Page Tables in Intel® Virtualization Technology platforms reduces the memory and power overhead costs and increases battery life through hardware optimization of page table management.

Intel® Speed Shift Technology
Intel® Speed Shift Technology uses hardware-controlled P-states to deliver dramatically quicker responsiveness with single-threaded. transient (short duration) workloads. such as web browsing. by allowing the processor to more quickly select its best operating frequency and voltage for optimal performance and power efficiency.

Intel® Crypto Acceleration
Intel® Crypto Acceleration reduces the performance impact of pervasive encryption and increases the performance of encryption-intensive workloads including SSL web serving. 5G infrastructure. and VPN/firewalls.

Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX) provide applications the ability to create hardware enforced trusted execution protection for their applications’ sensitive routines and data. Intel® SGX provides developers a way to partition their code and data into CPU hardened trusted execution environments (TEE’s).

Intel® Speed Select Technology – Core Power
Enables flexibility for workloads that benefit from higher base frequency on a subset of the processor’s cores. While the max turbo frequency across the cores remain constant across the cores. a subset of the cores can be assigned as to run at a higher base frequency than specified. while the other cores run at lower base frequency.

Intel® Speed Select Technology – Turbo Frequency
Enables flexibility for workloads that benefit from higher turbo frequency on a subset of the processor’s cores. While the base frequency remains constant across the cores. a subset of the cores can be assigned to run at a higher turbo frequency than specified. while the other cores run at lower turbo frequency.

Intel® Deep Learning Boost (Intel® DL Boost)
A new set of embedded processor technologies designed to accelerate AI deep learning use cases. It extends Intel AVX-512 with a new Vector Neural Network Instruction (VNNI) that significantly increases deep learning inference performance over previous generations.

Instruction Set Extensions
Instruction Set Extensions are additional instructions which can increase performance when the same operations are performed on multiple data objects. These can include SSE (Streaming SIMD Extensions) and AVX (Advanced Vector Extensions).

Intel® Run Sure Technology
Intel® Run Sure Technology. includes advanced RAS (reliability. availability and serviceability) features that deliver high reliability and platform resiliency. to maximize uptime of servers running mission-critical workloads.

Intel® Total Memory Encryption
TME – Total Memory Encryption (TME) helps protect data against exposure via physical attack on memory. such as cold-boot attacks.

Max # of UPI Links
Intel® Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) links are a high speed. point-to-point interconnect bus between the processors. delivering increased bandwidth and performance over Intel® QPI.

# of AVX-512 FMA Units
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 512 (AVX-512). new instruction set extensions. delivering ultra-wide (512-bit) vector operations capabilities. with up to 2 FMAs (Fused Multiply Add instructions). to accelerate performance for your most demanding computational tasks.

Intel® Resource Director Technology (Intel® RDT)
Intel® RDT brings new levels of visibility and control over how shared resources such as last-level cache (LLC) and memory bandwidth are used by applications. virtual machines (VMs) and containers.

Intel® Speed Select Technology - Performance Profile
A capability to configure the processor to run at three distinct operating points.

Intel® Speed Select Technology - Base Frequency
Enables users to increase guaranteed base frequency on certain cores (high priority cores) in exchange for lower base frequency on remaining cores (low priority cores). Improves overall performance by boosting frequency on critical cores.

Mode-based Execute Control (MBEC)
Mode-based Execute Control can more reliably verify and enforce the integrity of kernel level code.

Intel® Boot Guard
Intel® Device Protection Technology with Boot Guard helps protect the system’s pre-OS environment from viruses and malicious software attacks.

Intel® Control-Flow Enforcement Technology
CET - Intel Control-flow Enforcement Technology (CET) helps protect against the misuse of legitimate code snippets through return-oriented programming (ROP) control-flow hijacking attacks.

Intel® Transactional Synchronization Extensions
Intel® Transactional Synchronization Extensions (Intel® TSX) are a set of instructions that add hardware transactional memory support to improve performance of multi-threaded software.

Processor
Processor manufacturer: Intel
Processor generation: Intel Xeon Scalable 4th Gen
Processor model: 8468V
Processor base frequency: 2.4 GHz
Processor family: Intel® Xeon® Platinum
Processor cores: 48
Processor socket: LGA 4677 (Socket E)
Processor threads: 96
System bus rate: 16 GT/s
Processor operating modes: 64-bit
Processor boost frequency: 3.8 GHz
High priority cores: 16
High priority core frequency: 2.5 GHz
Low priority cores: 32
Low priority core frequency: 2.1 GHz
Processor cache: 97.5 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP): 330 W
Package type: Tray
Stepping: E5
Processor codename: Sapphire Rapids
Processor ARK ID: 231739
Memory
Maximum internal memory supported by processor: 6 TB
Memory types supported by processor: DDR4-SDRAM
Memory channels: Octa-channel
Feature: ECC
Graphics
On-board graphics card model: Not available
Discrete graphics card model: Not available
Features
Feature: Execute Disable Bit
Market segment: Server
Use conditions: Server/Enterprise
Maximum number of PCI Express lanes: 80
PCI Express slots version: 5.0
Supported instruction sets: AMX. SSE4.2. AVX. AVX 2.0. AVX-512
Scalability: 2S
Export Control Classification Number (ECCN): 5A992C
Commodity Classification Automated Tracking System (CCATS): G180729
Processor special features
Feature: Intel® Hyper Threading Technology (Intel® HT Technology)
Intel® Turbo Boost Technology: 2.0
Feature: Intel® AES New Instructions (Intel® AES-NI)
Feature: Intel Trusted Execution Technology
Feature: Intel® Speed Shift Technology
Feature: Intel® Transactional Synchronization Extensions
Feature: Intel® Total Memory Encryption
Feature: Intel® Control-flow Enforcement Technology (CET)
Feature: Intel® Crypto Acceleration
Feature: Intel® Platform Firmware Resilience Support
Maximum Enclave Size Support for Intel® SGX: 128 GB
Feature: Intel VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
Feature: Intel® OS Guard
Feature: Intel Software Guard Extensions (Intel SGX)
Feature: Intel 64
Feature: Intel Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Feature: Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
AVX-512 Fused Multiply-Add (FMA) units: 2
Feature: Intel® Boot Guard
Feature: Intel® Deep Learning Boost (Intel® DL Boost) on CPU
Feature: Intel® Speed Select technology - Performance Profile (Intel® SST-PP)
Feature: Intel® Resource Director Technology (Intel® RDT)
Feature: Intel® Run Sure Technology
Feature: Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
Feature: Intel® Optane™ DC Persistent Memory Supported
Feature: Intel® Speed Select Technology - Base Frequency (Intel® SST-BF)
Feature: Intel® QuickAssist Software Acceleration
Feature: Intel® On Demand Feature Activation
Intel® QuickAssist Technology (QAT): 1 default devices
Intel® Dynamic Load Balancer (DLB): 1 default devices
Intel® Data Streaming Accelerator (DSA): 1 default devices
Intel® In-memory Analytics Accelerator (IAA): 1 default devices
Feature: Intel® Advanced Matrix Extensions (AMX)
Operational conditions
Tcase: 77 °C
DTS Max: 97 °C
Technical details
Launch date: Q1'23
Status: Launched
Memory speed (max): 4800 MHz
Number of UPI links: 3
Package carrier: E1A
Logistics data
Harmonized System (HS) code: 8542310001
Weight & dimensions
Processor package size: 77.5 x 56.5 mm
Other features
Maximum internal memory: 4 TB