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"Classic feature segmentation is alive and well with Ivy Bridge. In the quad-core lineup, only Core i7s get Hyper Threading - Core i5s do not. When the dual-core Core i3s show up in the coming months they will once again do so without support for turbo boost. Features like VT-d and Intel TXT are once again reserved for regular, non-K-series parts alone."

This makes shopping for computers with Intel CPUs incredibly frustrating. It's impossible to tell what a CPU supports without getting the full product name and plugging it in http://ark.intel.com/




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