Intel® Core™2 Processor with vPro™ Technology

Designed from the ground up to empower IT while meeting the demanding needs of business, the Intel® Core™2 processor with vPro™ technology provides enhanced security, remote manageability, and industry–leading performance¹ so you can spend more time on strategic initiatives while reducing PC issues and downtime.²

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Enhanced security and manageability features

Offering hardware-assisted security and manageability features built on the chip, PCs with Intel Core 2 processor with vPro technology allow IT to:

• Remotely isolate, diagnose, and repair infected PCs, even if the OS is unresponsive and outside of the corporate firewall²
• Get added protection against viruses, attacks, and unsolicited tampering enabled by agent presence checking and hardware defense filters³
• Program PCs to connect automatically to receive software updates and patches even if the PC is asleep or powered down and without effecting the PC user
• Conduct hardware and software inventory up to 94 percent faster², saving on IT time and resources while maintaining accurate asset inventory. Having up-to-date licenses helps to ensure that you're only paying fees for software you're actually using
• Get broad industry support from leading manageability and security independent software vendors (ISVs) such as Symantec, LANDesk, HP, Microsoft, Cisco, and more that take advantage of the hardware-assisted benefits built into Intel Core 2 processors with vPro technology

Industry-leading performance¹

Delivering next-generation performance and energy efficiency, PCs with Intel Core 2 processor with vPro technology allow IT to:

• Decrease energy requirements without compromise to performance with Intel Core 2 processor with vPro technology based on next-generation hafnium-based 45nm Intel® Core™ microarchitecture, offering reduced electrical current leakage, and increased performance while meeting ENERGY STAR*φ requirements

Future-ready technology

PCs with Intel Core 2 processor with vPro technology offer next-generation multi-core technology so you can support the latest multithreaded and 64-bit applications, and more:

• Remain compliant with next-generation management standards that are more extensible and secure than ASFΔ with support for next-generation communication protocols such as WS-MAN and DASH
• Get breakthrough performance on Microsoft Windows Vista* and support for 64-bit multithreaded software with powerful integrated Intel® Graphics Technologies enabling full Aero* graphics support without the expense of an external graphics card

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¹ System performance, battery life, power savings, high-definition quality, video playback, wireless performance, and functionality will vary depending on your specific operating system, hardware, chipset, connection rate, site conditions, and software configurations. References to enhanced performance including wireless refer to comparisons with previous generation Intel technologies. Wireless connectivity and some features may require you to purchase additional software, services or external hardware. Availability of public wireless LAN access points is limited. Wireless functionality may vary by country and some hotspots may not support Linux-based Intel® Centrino® processor technology systems. See www.intel.com/products/centrino/index.htmand www.intel.com/performance/mobile/benchmarks.htm for more information on performance, wireless, power savings and energy efficiency.

² Intel® Active Management Technology (Intel® AMT) requires the computer system to have an Intel® AMT-enabled chipset, network hardware and software, as well as connection with a power source and a corporate network connection. Setup requires configuration by the purchaser and may require scripting with the management console or further integration into existing security frameworks to enable certain functionality. It may also require modifications of implementation of new business processes. With regard to notebooks, Intel AMT may not be available or certain capabilities may be limited over a host OS-based VPN or when connecting wirelessly, on battery power, sleeping, hibernating or powered off. For more information, seewww.intel.com/technology/platform-technology/intel-amt/.

³ No computer system can provide absolute security under all conditions. Intel® Trusted Execution Technology requires a computer system with Intel® Virtualization Technology, an Intel TXT-enabled processor, chipset, BIOS, Authenticated Code Modules and an Intel TXT-compatible measured launched environment (MLE). The MLE could consist of a virtual machine monitor, an OS or an application. In addition, Intel TXT requires the system to contain a TPM v1.2, as defined by the Trusted Computing Group, and specific software for some uses. For more information, see www.intel.com/technology/security.

φ Energy Star* denotes a system level energy specification, defined by the US Environmental Protection Agency, that relies upon all of the system's components, including processor, chipset, power supply, HDD, graphics controller and memory to meet the specification. For more information, see www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction= find_a_product.showProductGroup&pgw_code=CO.

Δ Intel® vPro™ processor technology in 2007 DASH implementation is based on draft DASH 1.0 specifications.