Introduction

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

# 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® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD) provides a common, robust method of hot plug and LED management for NVMe-based solid state drives.

Intel® Optane™ Persistent Memory Supported
Intel® Optane™ persistent memory is a revolutionary tier of non-volatile memory that sits between memory and storage to provide large, affordable memory capacity that is comparable to DRAM performance.  Delivering large system-level memory capacity when combined with traditional DRAM, Intel Optane persistent memory is helping transform critical memory constrained workloads – from cloud, databases, in-memory analytics, virtualization, and content delivery networks.

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

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

3rd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable

Processor model

4310T

Processor base frequency

2.3 GHz

Processor family

Intel Xeon Silver

Processor cores

10

Processor socket

FCLGA4189

Component for

Server/workstation

Processor lithography

10 nm

Processor series

Intel Xeon Silver 4000 Series

Processor threads

20

System bus rate

10.4 GT/s

Processor operating modes

64-bit

Processor boost frequency

3.4 GHz

Processor cache

15 MB

Thermal Design Power (TDP)

105 W

Box

N

Cooler included

N

Processor codename

Ice Lake

Memory

Memory types supported by processor

DDR4-SDRAM

Memory channels

Octa-channel

ECC

Y

Graphics

On-board graphics card

N

Discrete graphics card

N

On-board graphics card model

Not available

Discrete graphics card model

Not available

Features

Execute Disable Bit

Y

Market segment

Server

Maximum number of PCI Express lanes

64

PCI Express slots version

4.0

Supported instruction sets

SSE4.2,AVX,AVX 2.0,AVX-512

Scalability

2S

Embedded options available

Y

Harmonized System (HS) code

8542310001

Export Control Classification Number (ECCN)

5A992CN3

Commodity Classification Automated Tracking System (CCATS)

G178966

Processor special features

Intel® Hyper Threading Technology (Intel® HT Technology)

Y

Intel® Turbo Boost Technology

2.0

Intel® AES New Instructions (Intel® AES-NI)

Y

Intel Trusted Execution Technology

Y

Intel® Speed Shift Technology

Y

Intel® Transactional Synchronization Extensions

Y

Intel® Total Memory Encryption

Y

Intel® Crypto Acceleration

Y

Intel® Platform Firmware Resilience Support

Y

Maximum Enclave Size Support for Intel® SGX

8 GB

Intel VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)

Y

Intel Software Guard Extensions (Intel SGX)

Y

Intel 64

Y

Intel Virtualization Technology (VT-x)

Y

Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)

Y

AVX-512 Fused Multiply-Add (FMA) units

2

Intel® Deep Learning Boost (Intel® DL Boost)

Y

Intel® Resource Director Technology (Intel® RDT)

Y

Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)

Y

Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)

Y

Intel® Optane™ DC Persistent Memory Supported

N

Operational conditions

Tcase

88 °C

Technical details

Target market

Cloud Computing

Launch date

Q2'21

Status

Launched

Supported memory types

DDR4-SDRAM

Memory speed (max)

2667 MHz

Number of UPI links

2

Weight & dimensions

Processor package size

77.5 x 56.5 mm

Other features

Maximum internal memory

6000 GB