Category "cpu-cache"

how to understand if a CPU support ECC?

I have an old pc powered by an Intel Core2 Quad [email protected] (both Bios and linux dmidecode don't tell more than that), I can add that the CPU belongs to: Family

Can CPU Out-of-Order-Execution cause memory reordering?

I know store buffer and invalidate queues are reasons that cause memory reordering. What I don't know is if Out-of-Order-Execution can cause memory reordering.

Correctly disable Hardware Prefetching with MSR in Skylake

I am trying to disable hardware prefetching on my machine: CPU family: 6 Model: 78 Model name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6200U CPU