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CPUID — CPU Identification

Opcode Instruction Op/ En 64-Bit Mode Compat/ Leg Mode Description
0F A2 CPUID ZO Valid Valid Returns processor identification and feature information to the EAX, EBX, ECX, and EDX registers, as determined by input entered in EAX (in some cases, ECX as well).

Instruction Operand Encoding

Op/En Operand 1 Operand 2 Operand 3 Operand 4
ZO NA NA NA NA

Description

The ID flag (bit 21) in the EFLAGS register indicates support for the CPUID instruction. If a software procedure can set and clear this flag, the processor executing the procedure supports the CPUID instruction. This instruction operates the same in non-64-bit modes and 64-bit mode. CPUID returns processor identification and feature information in the EAX, EBX, ECX, and EDX registers.1 The instruction’s output is dependent on the contents of the EAX register upon execution (in some cases, ECX as well). For example, the following pseudocode loads EAX with 00H and causes CPUID to return a Maximum Return Value and the Vendor Identification String in the appropriate registers:

MOV EAX, 00H CPUID Table 3-8 shows information returned, depending on the initial value loaded into the EAX register.

Two types of information are returned: basic and extended function information. If a value entered for CPUID.EAX is higher than the maximum input value for basic or extended function for that processor then the data for the highest basic information leaf is returned. For example, using the Intel Core i7 processor, the following is true:

CPUID.EAX = 05H (* Returns MONITOR/MWAIT leaf. *) CPUID.EAX = 0AH (* Returns Architectural Performance Monitoring leaf. *) CPUID.EAX = 0BH (* Returns Extended Topology Enumeration leaf. *) CPUID.EAX = 0CH (* INVALID: Returns the same information as CPUID.EAX = 0BH. *) CPUID.EAX = 80000008H (* Returns linear/physical address size data. *) CPUID.EAX = 8000000AH (* INVALID: Returns same information as CPUID.EAX = 0BH. *) If a value entered for CPUID.EAX is less than or equal to the maximum input value and the leaf is not supported on that processor then 0 is returned in all the registers.

When CPUID returns the highest basic leaf information as a result of an invalid input EAX value, any dependence on input ECX value in the basic leaf is honored.

CPUID can be executed at any privilege level to serialize instruction execution. Serializing instruction execution guarantees that any modifications to flags, registers, and memory for previous instructions are completed before the next instruction is fetched and executed.

See also:

“Serializing Instructions” in Chapter 8, “Multiple-Processor Management,” in the Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer’s Manual, Volume 3A.

“Caching Translation Information” in Chapter 4, “Paging,” in the Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Devel- oper’s Manual, Volume 3A.

  1. On Intel 64 processors, CPUID clears the high 32 bits of the RAX/RBX/RCX/RDX registers in all modes. Table 3-8. Information Returned by CPUID Instruction
Initial EAX Value Information Provided about the Processor
Basic CPUID Information
0H EAX EBX ECX EDX Maximum Input Value for Basic CPUID Information. “Genu” “ntel” “ineI”
01H ECX EDX EAX EBX Version Information: Type, Family, Model, and Stepping ID (see Figure 3-6). Bits 07 - 00: Brand Index. Bits 15 - 08: CLFLUSH line size (Value ∗ 8 = cache line size in bytes; used also by CLFLUSHOPT). Bits 23 - 16: Maximum number of addressable IDs for logical processors in this physical package*. Bits 31 - 24: Initial APIC ID. Feature Information (see Figure 3-7 and Table 3-10). Feature Information (see Figure 3-8 and Table 3-11). NOTES: * The nearest power-of-2 integer that is not smaller than EBX[23:16] is the number of unique initial APIC IDs reserved for addressing different logical processors in a physical package. This field is only valid if CPUID.1.EDX.HTT[bit 28]= 1.
02H EAX EBX ECX EDX Cache and TLB Information (see Table 3-12). Cache and TLB Information. Cache and TLB Information. Cache and TLB Information.
03H EAX EBX ECX EDX Reserved. Reserved. Bits 00 - 31 of 96 bit processor serial number. (Available in Pentium III processor only; otherwise, the value in this register is reserved.) Bits 32 - 63 of 96 bit processor serial number. (Available in Pentium III processor only; otherwise, the value in this register is reserved.) NOTES: Processor serial number (PSN) is not supported in the Pentium 4 processor or later. On all models, use the PSN flag (returned using CPUID) to check for PSN support before accessing the feature.
CPUID leaves above 2 and below 80000000H are visible only when IA32_MISC_ENABLE[bit 22] has its default value of 0.
Deterministic Cache Parameters Leaf
04H NOTES: Leaf 04H output depends on the initial value in ECX.* See also: “INPUT EAX = 04H: Returns Deterministic Cache Parameters for Each Level” on page 216. EAX Bits 04 - 00: Cache Type Field. 0 = Null - No more caches. 1 = Data Cache. 2 = Instruction Cache. 3 = Unified Cache. 4-31 = Reserved.

Table 3-8. Information Returned by CPUID Instruction (Contd.)

Initial EAX Value Information Provided about the Processor
EBX ECX EDX Bits 07 - 05: Cache Level (starts at 1). Bit 08: Self Initializing cache level (does not need SW initialization). Bit 09: Fully Associative cache. Bits 13 - 10: Reserved. Bits 25 - 14: Maximum number of addressable IDs for logical processors sharing this cache**, ***. Bits 31 - 26: Maximum number of addressable IDs for processor cores in the physical package**, ****, *****. Bits 11 - 00: L = System Coherency Line Size**. Bits 21 - 12: P = Physical Line partitions**. Bits 31 - 22: W = Ways of associativity**. Bits 31-00: S = Number of Sets**. Bit 00: Write-Back Invalidate/Invalidate. 0 = WBINVD/INVD from threads sharing this cache acts upon lower level caches for threads sharing this cache. 1 = WBINVD/INVD is not guaranteed to act upon lower level caches of non-originating threads sharing this cache. Bit 01: Cache Inclusiveness. 0 = Cache is not inclusive of lower cache levels. 1 = Cache is inclusive of lower cache levels. Bit 02: Complex Cache Indexing. 0 = Direct mapped cache. 1 = A complex function is used to index the cache, potentially using all address bits. Bits 31 - 03: Reserved = 0. NOTES: * If ECX contains an invalid sub leaf index, EAX/EBX/ECX/EDX return 0. Sub-leaf index n+1 is invalid if sub- leaf n returns EAX[4:0] as 0. ** Add one to the return value to get the result. ***The nearest power-of-2 integer that is not smaller than (1 + EAX[25:14]) is the number of unique ini- tial APIC IDs reserved for addressing different logical processors sharing this cache. **** The nearest power-of-2 integer that is not smaller than (1 + EAX[31:26]) is the number of unique Core_IDs reserved for addressing different processor cores in a physical package. Core ID is a subset of bits of the initial APIC ID. ***** The returned value is constant for valid initial values in ECX. Valid ECX values start from 0.
MONITOR/MWAIT Leaf
05H EAX EBX ECX Bits 15 - 00: Smallest monitor-line size in bytes (default is processor's monitor granularity). Bits 31 - 16: Reserved = 0. Bits 15 - 00: Largest monitor-line size in bytes (default is processor's monitor granularity). Bits 31 - 16: Reserved = 0. Bit 00: Enumeration of Monitor-Mwait extensions (beyond EAX and EBX registers) supported. Bit 01: Supports treating interrupts as break-event for MWAIT, even when interrupts disabled. Bits 31 - 02: Reserved.

Table 3-8. Information Returned by CPUID Instruction (Contd.)

Initial EAX Value Information Provided about the Processor
EDX Bits 03 - 00: Number of C0* sub C-states supported using MWAIT. Bits 07 - 04: Number of C1* sub C-states supported using MWAIT. Bits 11 - 08: Number of C2* sub C-states supported using MWAIT. Bits 15 - 12: Number of C3* sub C-states supported using MWAIT. Bits 19 - 16: Number of C4* sub C-states supported using MWAIT. Bits 23 - 20: Number of C5* sub C-states supported using MWAIT. Bits 27 - 24: Number of C6* sub C-states supported using MWAIT. Bits 31 - 28: Number of C7* sub C-states supported using MWAIT. NOTE: * The definition of C0 through C7 states for MWAIT extension are processor-specific C-states, not ACPI C- states.
Thermal and Power Management Leaf
06H EAX Bit 00: Digital temperature sensor is supported if set. Bit 01: Intel Turbo Boost Technology available (see description of IA32_MISC_ENABLE[38]). Bit 02: ARAT. APIC-Timer-always-running feature is supported if set. Bit 03: Reserved. Bit 04: PLN. Power limit notification controls are supported if set. Bit 05: ECMD. Clock modulation duty cycle extension is supported if set. Bit 06: PTM. Package thermal management is supported if set. Bit 07: HWP. HWP base registers (IA32_PM_ENABLE[bit 0], IA32_HWP_CAPABILITIES, IA32_HWP_REQUEST, IA32_HWP_STATUS) are supported if set. Bit 08: HWP_Notification. IA32_HWP_INTERRUPT MSR is supported if set. Bit 09: HWP_Activity_Window. IA32_HWP_REQUEST[bits 41:32] is supported if set. Bit 10: HWP_Energy_Performance_Preference. IA32_HWP_REQUEST[bits 31:24] is supported if set. Bit 11: HWP_Package_Level_Request. IA32_HWP_REQUEST_PKG MSR is supported if set. Bit 12: Reserved. Bit 13: HDC. HDC base registers IA32_PKG_HDC_CTL, IA32_PM_CTL1, IA32_THREAD_STALL MSRs are supported if set. Bit 14: Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 available. Bit 15: HWP Capabilities. Highest Performance change is supported if set. Bit 16: HWP PECI override is supported if set. Bit 17: Flexible HWP is supported if set. Bit 18: Fast access mode for the IA32_HWP_REQUEST MSR is supported if set. Bit 19: Reserved. Bit 20: Ignoring Idle Logical Processor HWP request is supported if set. Bits 31 - 21: Reserved. Bits 03 - 00: Number of Interrupt Thresholds in Digital Thermal Sensor. Bits 31 - 04: Reserved. Bit 00: Hardware Coordination Feedback Capability (Presence of IA32_MPERF and IA32_APERF). The capability to provide a measure of delivered processor performance (since last reset of the counters), as a percentage of the expected processor performance when running at the TSC frequency. Bits 02 - 01: Reserved = 0. Bit 03: The processor supports performance-energy bias preference if CPUID.06H:ECX.SETBH[bit 3] is set and it also implies the presence of a new architectural MSR called IA32_ENERGY_PERF_BIAS (1B0H). Bits 31 - 04: Reserved = 0. Reserved = 0. EBX ECX EDX

Table 3-8. Information Returned by CPUID Instruction (Contd.)

Initial EAX Value Information Provided about the Processor
Structured Extended Feature Flags Enumeration Leaf (Output depends on ECX input value)
07H Sub-leaf 0 (Input ECX = 0). * EAX EBX ECX Bits 31 - 00: Reports the maximum input value for supported leaf 7 sub-leaves. Bit 00: FSGSBASE. Supports RDFSBASE/RDGSBASE/WRFSBASE/WRGSBASE if 1. Bit 01: IA32_TSC_ADJUST MSR is supported if 1. Bit 02: SGX. Supports Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX Extensions) if 1. Bit 03: BMI1. Bit 04: HLE. Bit 05: AVX2. Bit 06: FDP_EXCPTN_ONLY. x87 FPU Data Pointer updated only on x87 exceptions if 1. Bit 07: SMEP. Supports Supervisor-Mode Execution Prevention if 1. Bit 08: BMI2. Bit 09: Supports Enhanced REP MOVSB/STOSB if 1. Bit 10: INVPCID. If 1, supports INVPCID instruction for system software that manages process-context identifiers. Bit 11: RTM. Bit 12: RDT-M. Supports Intel® Resource Director Technology (Intel® RDT) Monitoring capability if 1. Bit 13: Deprecates FPU CS and FPU DS values if 1. Bit 14: MPX. Supports Intel® Memory Protection Extensions if 1. Bit 15: RDT-A. Supports Intel® Resource Director Technology (Intel® RDT) Allocation capability if 1. Bit 16: AVX512F. Bit 17: AVX512DQ. Bit 18: RDSEED. Bit 19: ADX. Bit 20: SMAP. Supports Supervisor-Mode Access Prevention (and the CLAC/STAC instructions) if 1. Bit 21: AVX512_IFMA. Bit 22: Reserved. Bit 23: CLFLUSHOPT. Bit 24: CLWB. Bit 25: Intel Processor Trace. Bit 26: AVX512PF. (Intel® Xeon Phi™ only.) Bit 27: AVX512ER. (Intel® Xeon Phi™ only.) Bit 28: AVX512CD. Bit 29: SHA. supports Intel® Secure Hash Algorithm Extensions (Intel® SHA Extensions) if 1. Bit 30: AVX512BW. Bit 31: AVX512VL. Bit 00: PREFETCHWT1. (Intel® Xeon Phi™ only.) Bit 01: AVX512_VBMI. Bit 02: UMIP. Supports user-mode instruction prevention if 1. Bit 03: PKU. Supports protection keys for user-mode pages if 1. Bit 04: OSPKE. If 1, OS has set CR4.PKE to enable protection keys (and the RDPKRU/WRPKRU instruc- tions). Bits 16 - 5: Reserved. Bits 21 - 17: The value of MAWAU used by the BNDLDX and BNDSTX instructions in 64-bit mode. Bit 22: RDPID and IA32_TSC_AUX are available if 1. Bits 29 - 23: Reserved. Bit 30: SGX_LC. Supports SGX Launch Configuration if 1. Bit 31: Reserved.

Table 3-8. Information Returned by CPUID Instruction (Contd.)

Initial EAX Value Information Provided about the Processor
EDX Reserved. NOTE: * If ECX contains an invalid sub-leaf index, EAX/EBX/ECX/EDX return 0. Sub-leaf index n is invalid if n exceeds the value that sub-leaf 0 returns in EAX.
Direct Cache Access Information Leaf
09H Value of bits [31:0] of IA32_PLATFORM_DCA_CAP MSR (address 1F8H). Reserved. Reserved. Reserved. EAX EBX ECX EDX
Architectural Performance Monitoring Leaf
0AH EAX EBX Bits 07 - 00: Version ID of architectural performance monitoring. Bits 15 - 08: Number of general-purpose performance monitoring counter per logical processor. Bits 23 - 16: Bit width of general-purpose, performance monitoring counter. Bits 31 - 24: Length of EBX bit vector to enumerate architectural performance monitoring events. Bit 00: Core cycle event not available if 1. Bit 01: Instruction retired event not available if 1. Bit 02: Reference cycles event not available if 1. Bit 03: Last-level cache reference event not available if 1. Bit 04: Last-level cache misses event not available if 1. Bit 05: Branch instruction retired event not available if 1. Bit 06: Branch mispredict retired event not available if 1. Bits 31 - 07: Reserved = 0. Reserved = 0. Bits 04 - 00: Number of fixed-function performance counters (if Version ID > 1). Bits 12 - 05: Bit width of fixed-function performance counters (if Version ID > 1). Bits 14 - 13: Reserved = 0. Bit 15: AnyThread deprecation. Bits 31 - 16: Reserved = 0. ECX EDX
Extended Topology Enumeration Leaf
0BH NOTES: Most of Leaf 0BH output depends on the initial value in ECX. The EDX output of leaf 0BH is always valid and does not vary with input value in ECX. Output value in ECX[7:0] always equals input value in ECX[7:0]. Sub-leaf index 0 enumerates SMT level. Each subsequent higher sub-leaf index enumerates a higher- level topological entity in hierarchical order. For sub-leaves that return an invalid level-type of 0 in ECX[15:8]; EAX and EBX will return 0. If an input value n in ECX returns the invalid level-type of 0 in ECX[15:8], other input values with ECX > n also return 0 in ECX[15:8]. EAX EBX Bits 04 - 00: Number of bits to shift right on x2APIC ID to get a unique topology ID of the next level type*. All logical processors with the same next level ID share current level. Bits 31 - 05: Reserved. Bits 15 - 00: Number of logical processors at this level type. The number reflects configuration as shipped by Intel**. Bits 31- 16: Reserved.

Table 3-8. Information Returned by CPUID Instruction (Contd.)

Initial EAX Value Information Provided about the Processor
ECX EDX Bits 07 - 00: Level number. Same value in ECX input. Bits 15 - 08: Level type***. Bits 31 - 16: Reserved. Bits 31- 00: x2APIC ID the current logical processor. NOTES: * Software should use this field (EAX[4:0]) to enumerate processor topology of the system. ** Software must not use EBX[15:0] to enumerate processor topology of the system. This value in this field (EBX[15:0]) is only intended for display/diagnostic purposes. The actual number of logical processors available to BIOS/OS/Applications may be different from the value of EBX[15:0], depending on software and platform hardware configurations. *** The value of the “level type” field is not related to level numbers in any way, higher “level type” val- ues do not mean higher levels. Level type field has the following encoding: 0: Invalid. 1: SMT. 2: Core. 3-255: Reserved.
Processor Extended State Enumeration Main Leaf (EAX = 0DH, ECX = 0)
0DH NOTES: Leaf 0DH main leaf (ECX = 0). EAX EBX ECX EDX Bits 31 - 00: Reports the supported bits of the lower 32 bits of XCR0. XCR0[n] can be set to 1 only if EAX[n] is 1. Bit 00: x87 state. Bit 01: SSE state. Bit 02: AVX state. Bits 04 - 03: MPX state. Bits 07 - 05: AVX-512 state. Bit 08: Used for IA32_XSS. Bit 09: PKRU state. Bits 12 - 10: Reserved. Bit 13: Used for IA32_XSS. Bits 31 - 14: Reserved. Bits 31 - 00: Maximum size (bytes, from the beginning of the XSAVE/XRSTOR save area) required by enabled features in XCR0. May be different than ECX if some features at the end of the XSAVE save area are not enabled. Bit 31 - 00: Maximum size (bytes, from the beginning of the XSAVE/XRSTOR save area) of the XSAVE/XRSTOR save area required by all supported features in the processor, i.e., all the valid bit fields in XCR0. Bit 31 - 00: Reports the supported bits of the upper 32 bits of XCR0. XCR0[n+32] can be set to 1 only if EDX[n] is 1. Bits 31 - 00: Reserved.
Processor Extended State Enumeration Sub-leaf (EAX = 0DH, ECX = 1)
0DH EAX Bit 00: XSAVEOPT is available. Bit 01: Supports XSAVEC and the compacted form of XRSTOR if set. Bit 02: Supports XGETBV with ECX = 1 if set. Bit 03: Supports XSAVES/XRSTORS and IA32_XSS if set. Bits 31 - 04: Reserved. Bits 31 - 00: The size in bytes of the XSAVE area containing all states enabled by XCRO | IA32_XSS. EBX

Table 3-8. Information Returned by CPUID Instruction (Contd.)

Initial EAX Value Information Provided about the Processor
ECX EDX Bits 31 - 00: Reports the supported bits of the lower 32 bits of the IA32_XSS MSR. IA32_XSS[n] can be set to 1 only if ECX[n] is 1. Bits 07 - 00: Used for XCR0. Bit 08: PT state. Bit 09: Used for XCR0. Bits 12 - 10: Reserved. Bit 13: HWP state. Bits 31 - 14: Reserved. Bits 31 - 00: Reports the supported bits of the upper 32 bits of the IA32_XSS MSR. IA32_XSS[n+32] can be set to 1 only if EDX[n] is 1. Bits 31 - 00: Reserved.
Processor Extended State Enumeration Sub-leaves (EAX = 0DH, ECX = n, n > 1)
0DH NOTES: Leaf 0DH output depends on the initial value in ECX. Each sub-leaf index (starting at position 2) is supported if it corresponds to a supported bit in either the XCR0 register or the IA32_XSS MSR. * If ECX contains an invalid sub-leaf index, EAX/EBX/ECX/EDX return 0. Sub-leaf n (0 ≤ n ≤ 31) is invalid if sub-leaf 0 returns 0 in EAX[n] and sub-leaf 1 returns 0 in ECX[n]. Sub-leaf n (32 ≤ n ≤ 63) is invalid if sub-leaf 0 returns 0 in EDX[n-32] and sub-leaf 1 returns 0 in EDX[n-32]. EAX EBX ECX Bits 31 - 0: The size in bytes (from the offset specified in EBX) of the save area for an extended state feature associated with a valid sub-leaf index, n. Bits 31 - 0: The offset in bytes of this extended state component’s save area from the beginning of the XSAVE/XRSTOR area. This field reports 0 if the sub-leaf index, n, does not map to a valid bit in the XCR0 register*. Bit 00 is set if the bit n (corresponding to the sub-leaf index) is supported in the IA32_XSS MSR; it is clear if bit n is instead supported in XCR0. Bit 01 is set if, when the compacted format of an XSAVE area is used, this extended state component located on the next 64-byte boundary following the preceding state component (otherwise, it is located immediately following the preceding state component). Bits 31 - 02 are reserved. This field reports 0 if the sub-leaf index, n, is invalid*. This field reports 0 if the sub-leaf index, n, is invalid*; otherwise it is reserved. EDX
Intel Resource Director Technology (Intel RDT) Monitoring Enumeration Sub-leaf (EAX = 0FH, ECX = 0)
0FH NOTES: Leaf 0FH output depends on the initial value in ECX. Sub-leaf index 0 reports valid resource type starting at bit position 1 of EDX. EAX EBX ECX EDX Reserved. Bits 31 - 00: Maximum range (zero-based) of RMID within this physical processor of all types. Reserved. Bit 00: Reserved. Bit 01: Supports L3 Cache Intel RDT Monitoring if 1. Bits 31 - 02: Reserved.
L3 Cache Intel RDT Monitoring Capability Enumeration Sub-leaf (EAX = 0FH, ECX = 1)
0FH NOTES: Leaf 0FH output depends on the initial value in ECX. EAX Reserved.

Table 3-8. Information Returned by CPUID Instruction (Contd.)

Initial EAX Value Information Provided about the Processor
EBX ECX EDX Bits 31 - 00: Conversion factor from reported IA32_QM_CTR value to occupancy metric (bytes). Maximum range (zero-based) of RMID of this resource type. Bit 00: Supports L3 occupancy monitoring if 1. Bit 01: Supports L3 Total Bandwidth monitoring if 1. Bit 02: Supports L3 Local Bandwidth monitoring if 1. Bits 31 - 03: Reserved.
Intel Resource Director Technology (Intel RDT) Allocation Enumeration Sub-leaf (EAX = 10H, ECX = 0)
10H NOTES: Leaf 10H output depends on the initial value in ECX. Sub-leaf index 0 reports valid resource identification (ResID) starting at bit position 1 of EBX. EAX EBX Reserved. Bit 00: Reserved. Bit 01: Supports L3 Cache Allocation Technology if 1. Bit 02: Supports L2 Cache Allocation Technology if 1. Bit 03: Supports Memory Bandwidth Allocation if 1. Bits 31 - 04: Reserved. Reserved. Reserved. ECX EDX
L3 Cache Allocation Technology Enumeration Sub-leaf (EAX = 10H, ECX = ResID =1)
10H NOTES: Leaf 10H output depends on the initial value in ECX. EAX EBX ECX EDX Bits 04 - 00: Length of the capacity bit mask for the corresponding ResID using minus-one notation. Bits 31 - 05: Reserved. Bits 31 - 00: Bit-granular map of isolation/contention of allocation units. Bits 01- 00: Reserved. Bit 02: Code and Data Prioritization Technology supported if 1. Bits 31 - 03: Reserved. Bits 15 - 00: Highest COS number supported for this ResID. Bits 31 - 16: Reserved.
L2 Cache Allocation Technology Enumeration Sub-leaf (EAX = 10H, ECX = ResID =2)
10H NOTES: Leaf 10H output depends on the initial value in ECX. EAX EBX ECX EDX Bits 04 - 00: Length of the capacity bit mask for the corresponding ResID using minus-one notation. Bits 31 - 05: Reserved. Bits 31 - 00: Bit-granular map of isolation/contention of allocation units. Bits 31 - 00: Reserved. Bits 15 - 00: Highest COS number supported for this ResID. Bits 31 - 16: Reserved.
Memory Bandwidth Allocation Enumeration Sub-leaf (EAX = 10H, ECX = ResID =3)
10H NOTES: Leaf 10H output depends on the initial value in ECX.

Table 3-8. Information Returned by CPUID Instruction (Contd.)

Initial EAX Value Information Provided about the Processor
EAX EBX ECX EDX Bits 11 - 00: Reports the maximum MBA throttling value supported for the corresponding ResID using minus-one notation. Bits 31 - 12: Reserved. Bits 31 - 00: Reserved. Bits 01 - 00: Reserved. Bit 02: Reports whether the response of the delay values is linear. Bits 31 - 03: Reserved. Bits 15 - 00: Highest COS number supported for this ResID. Bits 31 - 16: Reserved.
Intel SGX Capability Enumeration Leaf, sub-leaf 0 (EAX = 12H, ECX = 0)
12H NOTES: EAX EBX ECX EDX Leaf 12H sub-leaf 0 (ECX = 0) is supported if CPUID.(EAX=07H, ECX=0H):EBX[SGX] = 1. Bit 00: SGX1. If 1, Indicates Intel SGX supports the collection of SGX1 leaf functions. Bit 01: SGX2. If 1, Indicates Intel SGX supports the collection of SGX2 leaf functions. Bits 04 - 02: Reserved. Bit 05: If 1, indicates Intel SGX supports ENCLV instruction leaves EINCVIRTCHILD, EDECVIRTCHILD, and ESETCONTEXT. Bit 06: If 1, indicates Intel SGX supports ENCLS instruction leaves ETRACKC, ERDINFO, ELDBC, and ELDUC. Bits 31 - 02: Reserved. Bits 31 - 00: MISCSELECT. Bit vector of supported extended SGX features. Bits 31 - 00: Reserved. Bits 07 - 00: MaxEnclaveSize_Not64. The maximum supported enclave size in non-64-bit mode is 2^(EDX[7:0]). Bits 15 - 08: MaxEnclaveSize_64. The maximum supported enclave size in 64-bit mode is 2^(EDX[15:8]). Bits 31 - 16: Reserved.
Intel SGX Attributes Enumeration Leaf, sub-leaf 1 (EAX = 12H, ECX = 1)
12H NOTES: Leaf 12H sub-leaf 1 (ECX = 1) is supported if CPUID.(EAX=07H, ECX=0H):EBX[SGX] = 1. Bit 31 - 00: Reports the valid bits of SECS.ATTRIBUTES[31:0] that software can set with ECREATE. Bit 31 - 00: Reports the valid bits of SECS.ATTRIBUTES[63:32] that software can set with ECREATE. Bit 31 - 00: Reports the valid bits of SECS.ATTRIBUTES[95:64] that software can set with ECREATE. Bit 31 - 00: Reports the valid bits of SECS.ATTRIBUTES[127:96] that software can set with ECREATE. EAX EBX ECX EDX
Intel SGX EPC Enumeration Leaf, sub-leaves (EAX = 12H, ECX = 2 or higher)
12H NOTES: Leaf 12H sub-leaf 2 or higher (ECX >= 2) is supported if CPUID.(EAX=07H, ECX=0H):EBX[SGX] = 1. For sub-leaves (ECX = 2 or higher), definition of EDX,ECX,EBX,EAX[31:4] depends on the sub-leaf type listed below. EAX Bit 03 - 00: Sub-leaf Type 0000b: Indicates this sub-leaf is invalid. 0001b: This sub-leaf enumerates an EPC section. EBX:EAX and EDX:ECX provide information on the Enclave Page Cache (EPC) section. All other type encodings are reserved. Type 0000b. This sub-leaf is invalid. EDX:ECX:EBX:EAX return 0.

Table 3-8. Information Returned by CPUID Instruction (Contd.)

Initial EAX Value Information Provided about the Processor
Type 0001b. This sub-leaf enumerates an EPC sections with EDX:ECX, EBX:EAX defined as follows. EAX[11:04]: Reserved (enumerate 0). EAX[31:12]: Bits 31:12 of the physical address of the base of the EPC section. EBX[19:00]: Bits 51:32 of the physical address of the base of the EPC section. EBX[31:20]: Reserved. ECX[03:00]: EPC section property encoding defined as follows: If EAX[3:0] 0000b, then all bits of the EDX:ECX pair are enumerated as 0. If EAX[3:0] 0001b, then this section has confidentiality and integrity protection. All other encodings are reserved. ECX[11:04]: Reserved (enumerate 0). ECX[31:12]: Bits 31:12 of the size of the corresponding EPC section within the Processor Reserved Memory. EDX[19:00]: Bits 51:32 of the size of the corresponding EPC section within the Processor Reserved Memory. EDX[31:20]: Reserved.
Intel Processor Trace Enumeration Main Leaf (EAX = 14H, ECX = 0)
14H NOTES: Leaf 14H main leaf (ECX = 0). Bits 31 - 00: Reports the maximum sub-leaf supported in leaf 14H. Bit 00: If 1, indicates that IA32_RTIT_CTL.CR3Filter can be set to 1, and that IA32_RTIT_CR3_MATCH MSR can be accessed. Bit 01: If 1, indicates support of Configurable PSB and Cycle-Accurate Mode. Bit 02: If 1, indicates support of IP Filtering, TraceStop filtering, and preservation of Intel PT MSRs across warm reset. Bit 03: If 1, indicates support of MTC timing packet and suppression of COFI-based packets. Bit 04: If 1, indicates support of PTWRITE. Writes can set IA32_RTIT_CTL[12] (PTWEn) and IA32_RTIT_CTL[5] (FUPonPTW), and PTWRITE can generate packets. Bit 05: If 1, indicates support of Power Event Trace. Writes can set IA32_RTIT_CTL[4] (PwrEvtEn), enabling Power Event Trace packet generation. Bit 31 - 06: Reserved. Bit 00: If 1, Tracing can be enabled with IA32_RTIT_CTL.ToPA = 1, hence utilizing the ToPA output scheme; IA32_RTIT_OUTPUT_BASE and IA32_RTIT_OUTPUT_MASK_PTRS MSRs can be accessed. Bit 01: If 1, ToPA tables can hold any number of output entries, up to the maximum allowed by the Mas- kOrTableOffset field of IA32_RTIT_OUTPUT_MASK_PTRS. Bit 02: If 1, indicates support of Single-Range Output scheme. Bit 03: If 1, indicates support of output to Trace Transport subsystem. Bit 30 - 04: Reserved. Bit 31: If 1, generated packets which contain IP payloads have LIP values, which include the CS base com- ponent. Bits 31 - 00: Reserved. EAX EBX ECX EDX
Intel Processor Trace Enumeration Sub-leaf (EAX = 14H, ECX = 1)
14H EBX ECX EAX Bits 02 - 00: Number of configurable Address Ranges for filtering. Bits 15 - 03: Reserved. Bits 31 - 16: Bitmap of supported MTC period encodings. Bits 15 - 00: Bitmap of supported Cycle Threshold value encodings. Bit 31 - 16: Bitmap of supported Configurable PSB frequency encodings. Bits 31 - 00: Reserved.

Table 3-8. Information Returned by CPUID Instruction (Contd.)

Initial EAX Value Information Provided about the Processor
Bits 31 - 00: Reserved. EDX
Time Stamp Counter and Nominal Core Crystal Clock Information Leaf
15H NOTES: If EBX[31:0] is 0, the TSC/”core crystal clock” ratio is not enumerated. EBX[31:0]/EAX[31:0] indicates the ratio of the TSC frequency and the core crystal clock frequency. If ECX is 0, the nominal core crystal clock frequency is not enumerated. “TSC frequency” = “core crystal clock frequency” * EBX/EAX. The core crystal clock may differ from the reference clock, bus clock, or core clock frequencies. Bits 31 - 00: An unsigned integer which is the denominator of the TSC/”core crystal clock” ratio. EAX Bits 31 - 00: An unsigned integer which is the numerator of the TSC/”core crystal clock” ratio. EBX Bits 31 - 00: An unsigned integer which is the nominal frequency of the core crystal clock in Hz. ECX Bits 31 - 00: Reserved = 0. EDX
Processor Frequency Information Leaf
16H EAX Bits 15 - 00: Processor Base Frequency (in MHz). Bits 31 - 16: Reserved =0. Bits 15 - 00: Maximum Frequency (in MHz). Bits 31 - 16: Reserved = 0. Bits 15 - 00: Bus (Reference) Frequency (in MHz). Bits 31 - 16: Reserved = 0. Reserved. NOTES: * Data is returned from this interface in accordance with the processor's specification and does not reflect actual values. Suitable use of this data includes the display of processor information in like manner to the processor brand string and for determining the appropriate range to use when displaying processor information e.g. frequency history graphs. The returned information should not be used for any other purpose as the returned information does not accurately correlate to information / counters returned by other processor interfaces. EBX ECX EDX While a processor may support the Processor Frequency Information leaf, fields that return a value of zero are not supported.
System-On-Chip Vendor Attribute Enumeration Main Leaf (EAX = 17H, ECX = 0)
17H NOTES: Leaf 17H main leaf (ECX = 0). Leaf 17H output depends on the initial value in ECX. Leaf 17H sub-leaves 1 through 3 reports SOC Vendor Brand String. Leaf 17H is valid if MaxSOCID_Index >= 3. Leaf 17H sub-leaves 4 and above are reserved. EAX EBX ECX EDX Bits 31 - 00: MaxSOCID_Index. Reports the maximum input value of supported sub-leaf in leaf 17H. Bits 15 - 00: SOC Vendor ID. Bit 16: IsVendorScheme. If 1, the SOC Vendor ID field is assigned via an industry standard enumeration scheme. Otherwise, the SOC Vendor ID field is assigned by Intel. Bits 31 - 17: Reserved = 0. Bits 31 - 00: Project ID. A unique number an SOC vendor assigns to its SOC projects. Bits 31 - 00: Stepping ID. A unique number within an SOC project that an SOC vendor assigns.

Table 3-8. Information Returned by CPUID Instruction (Contd.)

Initial EAX Value Information Provided about the Processor
System-On-Chip Vendor Attribute Enumeration Sub-leaf (EAX = 17H, ECX = 1..3)
17H EAX EBX ECX EDX Bit 31 - 00: SOC Vendor Brand String. UTF-8 encoded string. Bit 31 - 00: SOC Vendor Brand String. UTF-8 encoded string. Bit 31 - 00: SOC Vendor Brand String. UTF-8 encoded string. Bit 31 - 00: SOC Vendor Brand String. UTF-8 encoded string. NOTES: Leaf 17H output depends on the initial value in ECX. SOC Vendor Brand String is a UTF-8 encoded string padded with trailing bytes of 00H. The complete SOC Vendor Brand String is constructed by concatenating in ascending order of EAX:EBX:ECX:EDX and from the sub-leaf 1 fragment towards sub-leaf 3.
System-On-Chip Vendor Attribute Enumeration Sub-leaves (EAX = 17H, ECX > MaxSOCID_Index)
17H NOTES: Leaf 17H output depends on the initial value in ECX. Bits 31 - 00: Reserved = 0. Bits 31 - 00: Reserved = 0. Bits 31 - 00: Reserved = 0. Bits 31 - 00: Reserved = 0. EAX EBX ECX EDX
Deterministic Address Translation Parameters Main Leaf (EAX = 18H, ECX = 0)
18H NOTES: Each sub-leaf enumerates a different address translation structure. If ECX contains an invalid sub-leaf index, EAX/EBX/ECX/EDX return 0. Sub-leaf index n is invalid if n exceeds the value that sub-leaf 0 returns in EAX. A sub-leaf index is also invalid if EDX[4:0] returns 0. Valid sub-leaves do not need to be contiguous or in any particular order. A valid sub-leaf may be in a higher input ECX value than an invalid sub-leaf or than a valid sub-leaf of a higher or lower-level struc- ture. * Some unified TLBs will allow a single TLB entry to satisfy data read/write and instruction fetches. Others will require separate entries (e.g., one loaded on data read/write and another loaded on an instruction fetch) . Please see the Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Optimization Reference Manual for details of a particular product. ** Add one to the return value to get the result. EAX EBX ECX Bits 31 - 00: Reports the maximum input value of supported sub-leaf in leaf 18H. Bit 00: 4K page size entries supported by this structure. Bit 01: 2MB page size entries supported by this structure. Bit 02: 4MB page size entries supported by this structure. Bit 03: 1 GB page size entries supported by this structure. Bits 07 - 04: Reserved. Bits 10 - 08: Partitioning (0: Soft partitioning between the logical processors sharing this structure). Bits 15 - 11: Reserved. Bits 31 - 16: W = Ways of associativity. Bits 31 - 00: S = Number of Sets.

Table 3-8. Information Returned by CPUID Instruction (Contd.)

Initial EAX Value Information Provided about the Processor
EDX Bits 04 - 00: Translation cache type field. 00000b: Null (indicates this sub-leaf is not valid). 00001b: Data TLB. 00010b: Instruction TLB. 00011b: Unified TLB*. All other encodings are reserved. Bits 07 - 05: Translation cache level (starts at 1). Bit 08: Fully associative structure. Bits 13 - 09: Reserved. Bits 25- 14: Maximum number of addressable IDs for logical processors sharing this translation cache** Bits 31 - 26: Reserved.
Deterministic Address Translation Parameters Sub-leaf (EAX = 18H, ECX ≥ 1)
18H NOTES: Each sub-leaf enumerates a different address translation structure. If ECX contains an invalid sub-leaf index, EAX/EBX/ECX/EDX return 0. Sub-leaf index n is invalid if n exceeds the value that sub-leaf 0 returns in EAX. A sub-leaf index is also invalid if EDX[4:0] returns 0. Valid sub-leaves do not need to be contiguous or in any particular order. A valid sub-leaf may be in a higher input ECX value than an invalid sub-leaf or than a valid sub-leaf of a higher or lower-level struc- ture. * Some unified TLBs will allow a single TLB entry to satisfy data read/write and instruction fetches. Others will require separate entries (e.g., one loaded on data read/write and another loaded on an instruction fetch) . Please see the Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Optimization Reference Manual for details of a particular product. ** Add one to the return value to get the result. EAX EBX ECX EDX Bits 31 - 00: Reserved. Bit 00: 4K page size entries supported by this structure. Bit 01: 2MB page size entries supported by this structure. Bit 02: 4MB page size entries supported by this structure. Bit 03: 1 GB page size entries supported by this structure. Bits 07 - 04: Reserved. Bits 10 - 08: Partitioning (0: Soft partitioning between the logical processors sharing this structure). Bits 15 - 11: Reserved. Bits 31 - 16: W = Ways of associativity. Bits 31 - 00: S = Number of Sets. Bits 04 - 00: Translation cache type field. 0000b: Null (indicates this sub-leaf is not valid). 0001b: Data TLB. 0010b: Instruction TLB. 0011b: Unified TLB*. All other encodings are reserved. Bits 07 - 05: Translation cache level (starts at 1). Bit 08: Fully associative structure. Bits 13 - 09: Reserved. Bits 25- 14: Maximum number of addressable IDs for logical processors sharing this translation cache** Bits 31 - 26: Reserved.
Unimplemented CPUID Leaf Functions
40000000H - 4FFFFFFFH Invalid. No existing or future CPU will return processor identification or feature information if the initial EAX value is in the range 40000000H to 4FFFFFFFH.

Table 3-8. Information Returned by CPUID Instruction (Contd.)

Initial EAX Value Information Provided about the Processor
Extended Function CPUID Information
80000000H EAX EBX ECX EDX Maximum Input Value for Extended Function CPUID Information. Reserved. Reserved. Reserved.
80000001H EAX EBX ECX EDX Extended Processor Signature and Feature Bits. Reserved. Bit 00: LAHF/SAHF available in 64-bit mode. Bits 04 - 01: Reserved. Bit 05: LZCNT. Bits 07 - 06: Reserved. Bit 08: PREFETCHW. Bits 31 - 09: Reserved. Bits 10 - 00: Reserved. Bit 11: SYSCALL/SYSRET available in 64-bit mode. Bits 19 - 12: Reserved = 0. Bit 20: Execute Disable Bit available. Bits 25 - 21: Reserved = 0. Bit 26: 1-GByte pages are available if 1. Bit 27: RDTSCP and IA32_TSC_AUX are available if 1. Bit 28: Reserved = 0. Bit 29: Intel® 64 Architecture available if 1. Bits 31 - 30: Reserved = 0.
80000002H EAX EBX ECX EDX Processor Brand String. Processor Brand String Continued. Processor Brand String Continued. Processor Brand String Continued.
80000003H EAX EBX ECX EDX Processor Brand String Continued. Processor Brand String Continued. Processor Brand String Continued. Processor Brand String Continued.
80000004H EAX EBX ECX EDX Processor Brand String Continued. Processor Brand String Continued. Processor Brand String Continued. Processor Brand String Continued.
80000005H EAX EBX ECX EDX Reserved = 0. Reserved = 0. Reserved = 0. Reserved = 0.
80000006H EAX EBX ECX EDX Reserved = 0. Reserved = 0. Bits 07 - 00: Cache Line size in bytes. Bits 11 - 08: Reserved. Bits 15 - 12: L2 Associativity field *. Bits 31 - 16: Cache size in 1K units. Reserved = 0.

Table 3-8. Information Returned by CPUID Instruction (Contd.)

Initial EAX Value Information Provided about the Processor
NOTES: * L2 associativity field encodings: 00H - Disabled. 01H - Direct mapped. 02H - 2-way. 04H - 4-way. 06H - 8-way. 08H - 16-way. 0FH - Fully associative.
80000007H EAX Reserved = 0. Reserved = 0. Reserved = 0. Bits 07 - 00: Reserved = 0. Bit 08: Invariant TSC available if 1. Bits 31 - 09: Reserved = 0. EBX ECX EDX
80000008H EAX Linear/Physical Address size. Bits 07 - 00: #Physical Address Bits*. Bits 15 - 08: #Linear Address Bits. Bits 31 - 16: Reserved = 0. Reserved = 0. Reserved = 0. Reserved = 0. EBX ECX EDX NOTES: * If CPUID.80000008H:EAX[7:0] is supported, the maximum physical address number supported should come from this field.

INPUT EAX = 0: Returns CPUID’s Highest Value for Basic Processor Information and the Vendor Identification String When CPUID executes with EAX set to 0, the processor returns the highest value the CPUID recognizes for returning basic processor information. The value is returned in the EAX register and is processor specific.

A vendor identification string is also returned in EBX, EDX, and ECX. For Intel processors, the string is “Genuin- eIntel” and is expressed: EBX ← 756e6547h (* “Genu”, with G in the low eight bits of BL *) EDX ← 49656e69h (* “ineI”, with i in the low eight bits of DL *) ECX ← 6c65746eh (* “ntel”, with n in the low eight bits of CL *)

INPUT EAX = 80000000H: Returns CPUID’s Highest Value for Extended Processor Information

When CPUID executes with EAX set to 80000000H, the processor returns the highest value the processor recog- nizes for returning extended processor information. The value is returned in the EAX register and is processor specific.

IA32_BIOS_SIGN_ID Returns Microcode Update Signature

For processors that support the microcode update facility, the IA32_BIOS_SIGN_ID MSR is loaded with the update signature whenever CPUID executes. The signature is returned in the upper DWORD. For details, see Chapter 9 in the Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer’s Manual, Volume 3A. INPUT EAX = 01H: Returns Model, Family, Stepping Information When CPUID executes with EAX set to 01H, version information is returned in EAX (see Figure 3-6). For example: model, family, and processor type for the Intel Xeon processor 5100 series is as follows:

  • Model — 1111B

  • Family — 0101B

  • Processor Type — 00B

See Table 3-9 for available processor type values. Stepping IDs are provided as needed.

31 28 27 20 19 16 15 14 13 12 11 78 34 0 EAX Extended Family ID Extended Model ID Family ID Model Stepping ID Extended Family ID (0) Extended Model ID (0) Processor Type Family (0FH for the Pentium 4 Processor Family) Model Reserved OM16525

Figure 3-6. Version Information Returned by CPUID in EAX

Table 3-9. Processor Type Field

Type Encoding
Original OEM Processor 00B
Intel OverDrive® Processor 01B
Dual processor (not applicable to Intel486 processors) 10B
Intel reserved 11B

NOTE

See Chapter 19 in the Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer’s Manual, Volume 1, for information on identifying earlier IA-32 processors. The Extended Family ID needs to be examined only when the Family ID is 0FH. Integrate the fields into a display using the following rule:

IF Family_ID ≠ 0FH

THEN DisplayFamily = Family_ID; ELSE DisplayFamily = Extended_Family_ID + Family_ID; (* Right justify and zero-extend 4-bit field. *) FI; (* Show DisplayFamily as HEX field. *) The Extended Model ID needs to be examined only when the Family ID is 06H or 0FH. Integrate the field into a display using the following rule:

IF (Family_ID = 06H or Family_ID = 0FH) THEN DisplayModel = (Extended_Model_ID « 4) + Model_ID; (* Right justify and zero-extend 4-bit field; display Model_ID as HEX field.*) ELSE DisplayModel = Model_ID; FI; (* Show DisplayModel as HEX field. *)

INPUT EAX = 01H: Returns Additional Information in EBX

When CPUID executes with EAX set to 01H, additional information is returned to the EBX register:

  • Brand index (low byte of EBX) — this number provides an entry into a brand string table that contains brand

strings for IA-32 processors. More information about this field is provided later in this section.

  • CLFLUSH instruction cache line size (second byte of EBX) — this number indicates the size of the cache line

flushed by the CLFLUSH and CLFLUSHOPT instructions in 8-byte increments. This field was introduced in the Pentium 4 processor.

  • Local APIC ID (high byte of EBX) — this number is the 8-bit ID that is assigned to the local APIC on the processor during power up. This field was introduced in the Pentium 4 processor.

INPUT EAX = 01H: Returns Feature Information in ECX and EDX When CPUID executes with EAX set to 01H, feature information is returned in ECX and EDX.

  • Figure 3-7 and Table 3-10 show encodings for ECX.

  • Figure 3-8 and Table 3-11 show encodings for EDX.

For all feature flags, a 1 indicates that the feature is supported. Use Intel to properly interpret feature flags.

NOTE

Software must confirm that a processor feature is present using feature flags returned by CPUID prior to using the feature. Software should not depend on future offerings retaining all features.

31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 456789 123 0 ECX 0 RDRAND F16C AVX OSXSAVE XSAVE AES TSC-Deadline POPCNT MOVBE x2APIC SSE4_2 — SSE4.2 SSE4_1 — SSE4.1 DCA — Direct Cache Access PCID — Process-context Identifiers PDCM — Perf/Debug Capability MSR xTPR Update Control CMPXCHG16B FMA — Fused Multiply Add SDBG CNXT-ID — L1 Context ID SSSE3 — SSSE3 Extensions TM2 — Thermal Monitor 2 EIST — Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology SMX — Safer Mode Extensions VMX — Virtual Machine Extensions DS-CPL — CPL Qualified Debug Store MONITOR — MONITOR/MWAIT DTES64 — 64-bit DS Area PCLMULQDQ — Carryless Multiplication SSE3 — SSE3 Extensions Reserved OM16524b

Figure 3-7. Feature Information Returned in the ECX Register

Table 3-10. Feature Information Returned in the ECX Register

Bit # Mnemonic Description
0 SSE3 Streaming SIMD Extensions 3 (SSE3). A value of 1 indicates the processor supports this technology.
1 PCLMULQDQ PCLMULQDQ. A value of 1 indicates the processor supports the PCLMULQDQ instruction.
2 DTES64 64-bit DS Area. A value of 1 indicates the processor supports DS area using 64-bit layout.
3 MONITOR MONITOR/MWAIT. A value of 1 indicates the processor supports this feature.
4 DS-CPL CPL Qualified Debug Store. A value of 1 indicates the processor supports the extensions to the Debug Store feature to allow for branch message storage qualified by CPL.
5 VMX Virtual Machine Extensions. A value of 1 indicates that the processor supports this technology.
6 SMX Safer Mode Extensions. A value of 1 indicates that the processor supports this technology. See Chapter 6, “Safer Mode Extensions Reference”.
7 EIST Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology. A value of 1 indicates that the processor supports this technology.
8 TM2 Thermal Monitor 2. A value of 1 indicates whether the processor supports this technology.
9 SSSE3 A value of 1 indicates the presence of the Supplemental Streaming SIMD Extensions 3 (SSSE3). A value of 0 indicates the instruction extensions are not present in the processor.

Table 3-10. Feature Information Returned in the ECX Register (Contd.)

Bit # Mnemonic Description
10 CNXT-ID L1 Context ID. A value of 1 indicates the L1 data cache mode can be set to either adaptive mode or shared mode. A value of 0 indicates this feature is not supported. See definition of the IA32_MISC_ENABLE MSR Bit 24 (L1 Data Cache Context Mode) for details.
11 SDBG A value of 1 indicates the processor supports IA32_DEBUG_INTERFACE MSR for silicon debug.
12 FMA A value of 1 indicates the processor supports FMA extensions using YMM state.
13 CMPXCHG16B CMPXCHG16B Available. A value of 1 indicates that the feature is available. See the “CMPXCHG8B/CMPXCHG16B—Compare and Exchange Bytes” section in this chapter for a description.
14 xTPR Update Control xTPR Update Control. A value of 1 indicates that the processor supports changing IA32_MISC_ENABLE[bit 23].
15 PDCM Perfmon and Debug Capability: A value of 1 indicates the processor supports the performance and debug feature indication MSR IA32_PERF_CAPABILITIES.
16 Reserved Reserved
17 PCID Process-context identifiers. A value of 1 indicates that the processor supports PCIDs and that software may set CR4.PCIDE to 1.
18 DCA A value of 1 indicates the processor supports the ability to prefetch data from a memory mapped device.
19 SSE4.1 A value of 1 indicates that the processor supports SSE4.1.
20 SSE4.2 A value of 1 indicates that the processor supports SSE4.2.
21 x2APIC A value of 1 indicates that the processor supports x2APIC feature.
22 MOVBE A value of 1 indicates that the processor supports MOVBE instruction.
23 POPCNT A value of 1 indicates that the processor supports the POPCNT instruction.
24 TSC-Deadline A value of 1 indicates that the processor’s local APIC timer supports one-shot operation using a TSC deadline value.
25 AESNI A value of 1 indicates that the processor supports the AESNI instruction extensions.
26 XSAVE A value of 1 indicates that the processor supports the XSAVE/XRSTOR processor extended states feature, the XSETBV/XGETBV instructions, and XCR0.
27 OSXSAVE A value of 1 indicates that the OS has set CR4.OSXSAVE[bit 18] to enable XSETBV/XGETBV instructions to access XCR0 and to support processor extended state management using XSAVE/XRSTOR.
28 AVX A value of 1 indicates the processor supports the AVX instruction extensions.
29 F16C A value of 1 indicates that processor supports 16-bit floating-point conversion instructions.
30 RDRAND A value of 1 indicates that processor supports RDRAND instruction.
31 Not Used Always returns 0.
31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 12345678910 0 EDX PBE–Pend. Brk. EN. TM–Therm. Monitor HTT–Multi-threading SS–Self Snoop SSE2–SSE2 Extensions SSE–SSE Extensions FXSR–FXSAVE/FXRSTOR MMX–MMX Technology ACPI–Thermal Monitor and Clock Ctrl DS–Debug Store CLFSH–CLFLUSH instruction PSN–Processor Serial Number PSE-36 – Page Size Extension PAT–Page Attribute Table CMOV–Conditional Move/Compare Instruction MCA–Machine Check Architecture PGE–PTE Global Bit MTRR–Memory Type Range Registers SEP–SYSENTER and SYSEXIT APIC–APIC on Chip CX8–CMPXCHG8B Inst. MCE–Machine Check Exception PAE–Physical Address Extensions MSR–RDMSR and WRMSR Support TSC–Time Stamp Counter PSE–Page Size Extensions DE–Debugging Extensions VME–Virtual-8086 Mode Enhancement FPU–x87 FPU on Chip Reserved OM16523

Figure 3-8. Feature Information Returned in the EDX Register Table 3-11. More on Feature Information Returned in the EDX Register

Bit # Mnemonic Description
0 FPU Floating Point Unit On-Chip. The processor contains an x87 FPU.
1 VME Virtual 8086 Mode Enhancements. Virtual 8086 mode enhancements, including CR4.VME for controlling the feature, CR4.PVI for protected mode virtual interrupts, software interrupt indirection, expansion of the TSS with the software indirection bitmap, and EFLAGS.VIF and EFLAGS.VIP flags.
2 DE Debugging Extensions. Support for I/O breakpoints, including CR4.DE for controlling the feature, and optional trapping of accesses to DR4 and DR5.
3 PSE Page Size Extension. Large pages of size 4 MByte are supported, including CR4.PSE for controlling the feature, the defined dirty bit in PDE (Page Directory Entries), optional reserved bit trapping in CR3, PDEs, and PTEs.
4 TSC Time Stamp Counter. The RDTSC instruction is supported, including CR4.TSD for controlling privilege.
5 MSR Model Specific Registers RDMSR and WRMSR Instructions. The RDMSR and WRMSR instructions are supported. Some of the MSRs are implementation dependent.
6 PAE Physical Address Extension. Physical addresses greater than 32 bits are supported: extended page table entry formats, an extra level in the page translation tables is defined, 2-MByte pages are supported instead of 4 Mbyte pages if PAE bit is 1.
7 MCE Machine Check Exception. Exception 18 is defined for Machine Checks, including CR4.MCE for controlling the feature. This feature does not define the model-specific implementations of machine-check error logging, reporting, and processor shutdowns. Machine Check exception handlers may have to depend on processor version to do model specific processing of the exception, or test for the presence of the Machine Check feature.
8 CX8 CMPXCHG8B Instruction. The compare-and-exchange 8 bytes (64 bits) instruction is supported (implicitly locked and atomic).
9 APIC APIC On-Chip. The processor contains an Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (APIC), responding to memory mapped commands in the physical address range FFFE0000H to FFFE0FFFH (by default - some processors permit the APIC to be relocated).
10 Reserved Reserved
11 SEP SYSENTER and SYSEXIT Instructions. The SYSENTER and SYSEXIT and associated MSRs are supported.
12 MTRR Memory Type Range Registers. MTRRs are supported. The MTRRcap MSR contains feature bits that describe what memory types are supported, how many variable MTRRs are supported, and whether fixed MTRRs are supported.
13 PGE Page Global Bit. The global bit is supported in paging-structure entries that map a page, indicating TLB entries that are common to different processes and need not be flushed. The CR4.PGE bit controls this feature.
14 MCA Machine Check Architecture. A value of 1 indicates the Machine Check Architecture of reporting machine errors is supported. The MCG_CAP MSR contains feature bits describing how many banks of error reporting MSRs are supported.
15 CMOV Conditional Move Instructions. The conditional move instruction CMOV is supported. In addition, if x87 FPU is present as indicated by the CPUID.FPU feature bit, then the FCOMI and FCMOV instructions are supported
16 PAT Page Attribute Table. Page Attribute Table is supported. This feature augments the Memory Type Range Registers (MTRRs), allowing an operating system to specify attributes of memory accessed through a linear address on a 4KB granularity.
17 PSE-36 36-Bit Page Size Extension. 4-MByte pages addressing physical memory beyond 4 GBytes are supported with 32-bit paging. This feature indicates that upper bits of the physical address of a 4-MByte page are encoded in bits 20:13 of the page-directory entry. Such physical addresses are limited by MAXPHYADDR and may be up to 40 bits in size.
18 PSN Processor Serial Number. The processor supports the 96-bit processor identification number feature and the feature is enabled.
19 CLFSH CLFLUSH Instruction. CLFLUSH Instruction is supported.
20 Reserved Reserved

Table 3-11. More on Feature Information Returned in the EDX Register (Contd.)

Bit # Mnemonic Description
21 DS Debug Store. The processor supports the ability to write debug information into a memory resident buffer. This feature is used by the branch trace store (BTS) and processor event-based sampling (PEBS) facilities (see Chapter 23, “Introduction to Virtual-Machine Extensions,” in the Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer’s Manual, Volume 3C).
22 ACPI Thermal Monitor and Software Controlled Clock Facilities. The processor implements internal MSRs that allow processor temperature to be monitored and processor performance to be modulated in predefined duty cycles under software control.
23 MMX Intel MMX Technology. The processor supports the Intel MMX technology.
24 FXSR FXSAVE and FXRSTOR Instructions. The FXSAVE and FXRSTOR instructions are supported for fast save and restore of the floating point context. Presence of this bit also indicates that CR4.OSFXSR is available for an operating system to indicate that it supports the FXSAVE and FXRSTOR instructions.
25 SSE SSE. The processor supports the SSE extensions.
26 SSE2 SSE2. The processor supports the SSE2 extensions.
27 SS Self Snoop. The processor supports the management of conflicting memory types by performing a snoop of its own cache structure for transactions issued to the bus.
28 HTT Max APIC IDs reserved field is Valid. A value of 0 for HTT indicates there is only a single logical processor in the package and software should assume only a single APIC ID is reserved. A value of 1 for HTT indicates the value in CPUID.1.EBX[23:16] (the Maximum number of addressable IDs for logical processors in this package) is valid for the package.
29 TM Thermal Monitor. The processor implements the thermal monitor automatic thermal control circuitry (TCC).
30 Reserved Reserved
31 PBE Pending Break Enable. The processor supports the use of the FERR#/PBE# pin when the processor is in the stop-clock state (STPCLK# is asserted) to signal the processor that an interrupt is pending and that the processor should return to normal operation to handle the interrupt. Bit 10 (PBE enable) in the IA32_MISC_ENABLE MSR enables this capability.

INPUT EAX = 02H: TLB/Cache/Prefetch Information Returned in EAX, EBX, ECX, EDX

When CPUID executes with EAX set to 02H, the processor returns information about the processor’s internal TLBs, cache and prefetch hardware in the EAX, EBX, ECX, and EDX registers. The information is reported in encoded form and fall into the following categories:

  • The least-significant byte in register EAX (register AL) will always return 01H. Software should ignore this value and not interpret it as an informational descriptor.

  • The most significant bit (bit 31) of each register indicates whether the register contains valid information (set to 0) or is reserved (set to 1).

  • If a register contains valid information, the information is contained in 1 byte descriptors. There are four types of encoding values for the byte descriptor, the encoding type is noted in the second column of Table 3-12. Table 3-12 lists the encoding of these descriptors. Note that the order of descriptors in the EAX, EBX, ECX, and EDX registers is not defined; that is, specific bytes are not designated to contain descriptors for specific cache, prefetch, or TLB types. The descriptors may appear in any order. Note also a processor may report a general descriptor type (FFH) and not report any byte descriptor of “cache type” via CPUID leaf 2. Table 3-12. Encoding of CPUID Leaf 2 Descriptors

Value Type Description
00H General Null descriptor, this byte contains no information
01H TLB Instruction TLB: 4 KByte pages, 4-way set associative, 32 entries
02H TLB Instruction TLB: 4 MByte pages, fully associative, 2 entries
03H TLB Data TLB: 4 KByte pages, 4-way set associative, 64 entries
04H TLB Data TLB: 4 MByte pages, 4-way set associative, 8 entries
05H TLB Data TLB1: 4 MByte pages, 4-way set associative, 32 entries
06H Cache 1st-level instruction cache: 8 KBytes, 4-way set associative, 32 byte line size
08H Cache 1st-level instruction cache: 16 KBytes, 4-way set associative, 32 byte line size
09H Cache 1st-level instruction cache: 32KBytes, 4-way set associative, 64 byte line size
0AH Cache 1st-level data cache: 8 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 32 byte line size
0BH TLB Instruction TLB: 4 MByte pages, 4-way set associative, 4 entries
0CH Cache 1st-level data cache: 16 KBytes, 4-way set associative, 32 byte line size
0DH Cache 1st-level data cache: 16 KBytes, 4-way set associative, 64 byte line size
0EH Cache 1st-level data cache: 24 KBytes, 6-way set associative, 64 byte line size
1DH Cache 2nd-level cache: 128 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64 byte line size
21H Cache 2nd-level cache: 256 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64 byte line size
22H Cache 3rd-level cache: 512 KBytes, 4-way set associative, 64 byte line size, 2 lines per sector
23H Cache 3rd-level cache: 1 MBytes, 8-way set associative, 64 byte line size, 2 lines per sector
24H Cache 2nd-level cache: 1 MBytes, 16-way set associative, 64 byte line size
25H Cache 3rd-level cache: 2 MBytes, 8-way set associative, 64 byte line size, 2 lines per sector
29H Cache 3rd-level cache: 4 MBytes, 8-way set associative, 64 byte line size, 2 lines per sector
2CH Cache 1st-level data cache: 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64 byte line size
30H Cache 1st-level instruction cache: 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64 byte line size
40H Cache No 2nd-level cache or, if processor contains a valid 2nd-level cache, no 3rd-level cache
41H Cache 2nd-level cache: 128 KBytes, 4-way set associative, 32 byte line size
42H Cache 2nd-level cache: 256 KBytes, 4-way set associative, 32 byte line size
43H Cache 2nd-level cache: 512 KBytes, 4-way set associative, 32 byte line size
44H Cache 2nd-level cache: 1 MByte, 4-way set associative, 32 byte line size
45H Cache 2nd-level cache: 2 MByte, 4-way set associative, 32 byte line size
46H Cache 3rd-level cache: 4 MByte, 4-way set associative, 64 byte line size
47H Cache 3rd-level cache: 8 MByte, 8-way set associative, 64 byte line size
48H Cache 2nd-level cache: 3MByte, 12-way set associative, 64 byte line size
49H Cache 3rd-level cache: 4MB, 16-way set associative, 64-byte line size (Intel Xeon processor MP, Family 0FH, Model 06H); 2nd-level cache: 4 MByte, 16-way set associative, 64 byte line size
4AH Cache 3rd-level cache: 6MByte, 12-way set associative, 64 byte line size
4BH Cache 3rd-level cache: 8MByte, 16-way set associative, 64 byte line size
4CH Cache 3rd-level cache: 12MByte, 12-way set associative, 64 byte line size
4DH Cache 3rd-level cache: 16MByte, 16-way set associative, 64 byte line size
4EH Cache 2nd-level cache: 6MByte, 24-way set associative, 64 byte line size
4FH TLB Instruction TLB: 4 KByte pages, 32 entries

Table 3-12. Encoding of CPUID Leaf 2 Descriptors (Contd.)

Value Type Description
50H TLB Instruction TLB: 4 KByte and 2-MByte or 4-MByte pages, 64 entries
51H TLB Instruction TLB: 4 KByte and 2-MByte or 4-MByte pages, 128 entries
52H TLB Instruction TLB: 4 KByte and 2-MByte or 4-MByte pages, 256 entries
55H TLB Instruction TLB: 2-MByte or 4-MByte pages, fully associative, 7 entries
56H TLB Data TLB0: 4 MByte pages, 4-way set associative, 16 entries
57H TLB Data TLB0: 4 KByte pages, 4-way associative, 16 entries
59H TLB Data TLB0: 4 KByte pages, fully associative, 16 entries
5AH TLB Data TLB0: 2 MByte or 4 MByte pages, 4-way set associative, 32 entries
5BH TLB Data TLB: 4 KByte and 4 MByte pages, 64 entries
5CH TLB Data TLB: 4 KByte and 4 MByte pages,128 entries
5DH TLB Data TLB: 4 KByte and 4 MByte pages,256 entries
60H Cache 1st-level data cache: 16 KByte, 8-way set associative, 64 byte line size
61H TLB Instruction TLB: 4 KByte pages, fully associative, 48 entries
63H TLB Data TLB: 2 MByte or 4 MByte pages, 4-way set associative, 32 entries and a separate array with 1 GByte pages, 4-way set associative, 4 entries
64H TLB Data TLB: 4 KByte pages, 4-way set associative, 512 entries
66H Cache 1st-level data cache: 8 KByte, 4-way set associative, 64 byte line size
67H Cache 1st-level data cache: 16 KByte, 4-way set associative, 64 byte line size
68H Cache 1st-level data cache: 32 KByte, 4-way set associative, 64 byte line size
6AH Cache uTLB: 4 KByte pages, 8-way set associative, 64 entries
6BH Cache DTLB: 4 KByte pages, 8-way set associative, 256 entries
6CH Cache DTLB: 2M/4M pages, 8-way set associative, 128 entries
6DH Cache DTLB: 1 GByte pages, fully associative, 16 entries
70H Cache Trace cache: 12 K-μop, 8-way set associative
71H Cache Trace cache: 16 K-μop, 8-way set associative
72H Cache Trace cache: 32 K-μop, 8-way set associative
76H TLB Instruction TLB: 2M/4M pages, fully associative, 8 entries
78H Cache 2nd-level cache: 1 MByte, 4-way set associative, 64byte line size
79H Cache 2nd-level cache: 128 KByte, 8-way set associative, 64 byte line size, 2 lines per sector
7AH Cache 2nd-level cache: 256 KByte, 8-way set associative, 64 byte line size, 2 lines per sector
7BH Cache 2nd-level cache: 512 KByte, 8-way set associative, 64 byte line size, 2 lines per sector
7CH Cache 2nd-level cache: 1 MByte, 8-way set associative, 64 byte line size, 2 lines per sector
7DH Cache 2nd-level cache: 2 MByte, 8-way set associative, 64byte line size
7FH Cache 2nd-level cache: 512 KByte, 2-way set associative, 64-byte line size
80H Cache 2nd-level cache: 512 KByte, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
82H Cache 2nd-level cache: 256 KByte, 8-way set associative, 32 byte line size
83H Cache 2nd-level cache: 512 KByte, 8-way set associative, 32 byte line size
84H Cache 2nd-level cache: 1 MByte, 8-way set associative, 32 byte line size
85H Cache 2nd-level cache: 2 MByte, 8-way set associative, 32 byte line size
86H Cache 2nd-level cache: 512 KByte, 4-way set associative, 64 byte line size
87H Cache 2nd-level cache: 1 MByte, 8-way set associative, 64 byte line size

Table 3-12. Encoding of CPUID Leaf 2 Descriptors (Contd.)

Value Type Description
A0H DTLB DTLB: 4k pages, fully associative, 32 entries
B0H TLB Instruction TLB: 4 KByte pages, 4-way set associative, 128 entries
B1H TLB Instruction TLB: 2M pages, 4-way, 8 entries or 4M pages, 4-way, 4 entries
B2H TLB Instruction TLB: 4KByte pages, 4-way set associative, 64 entries
B3H TLB Data TLB: 4 KByte pages, 4-way set associative, 128 entries
B4H TLB Data TLB1: 4 KByte pages, 4-way associative, 256 entries
B5H TLB Instruction TLB: 4KByte pages, 8-way set associative, 64 entries
B6H TLB Instruction TLB: 4KByte pages, 8-way set associative, 128 entries
BAH TLB Data TLB1: 4 KByte pages, 4-way associative, 64 entries
C0H TLB Data TLB: 4 KByte and 4 MByte pages, 4-way associative, 8 entries
C1H STLB Shared 2nd-Level TLB: 4 KByte/2MByte pages, 8-way associative, 1024 entries
C2H DTLB DTLB: 4 KByte/2 MByte pages, 4-way associative, 16 entries
C3H STLB Shared 2nd-Level TLB: 4 KByte /2 MByte pages, 6-way associative, 1536 entries. Also 1GBbyte pages, 4-way, 16 entries.
C4H DTLB DTLB: 2M/4M Byte pages, 4-way associative, 32 entries
CAH STLB Shared 2nd-Level TLB: 4 KByte pages, 4-way associative, 512 entries
D0H Cache 3rd-level cache: 512 KByte, 4-way set associative, 64 byte line size
D1H Cache 3rd-level cache: 1 MByte, 4-way set associative, 64 byte line size
D2H Cache 3rd-level cache: 2 MByte, 4-way set associative, 64 byte line size
D6H Cache 3rd-level cache: 1 MByte, 8-way set associative, 64 byte line size
D7H Cache 3rd-level cache: 2 MByte, 8-way set associative, 64 byte line size
D8H Cache 3rd-level cache: 4 MByte, 8-way set associative, 64 byte line size
DCH Cache 3rd-level cache: 1.5 MByte, 12-way set associative, 64 byte line size
DDH Cache 3rd-level cache: 3 MByte, 12-way set associative, 64 byte line size
DEH Cache 3rd-level cache: 6 MByte, 12-way set associative, 64 byte line size
E2H Cache 3rd-level cache: 2 MByte, 16-way set associative, 64 byte line size
E3H Cache 3rd-level cache: 4 MByte, 16-way set associative, 64 byte line size
E4H Cache 3rd-level cache: 8 MByte, 16-way set associative, 64 byte line size
EAH Cache 3rd-level cache: 12MByte, 24-way set associative, 64 byte line size
EBH Cache 3rd-level cache: 18MByte, 24-way set associative, 64 byte line size
ECH Cache 3rd-level cache: 24MByte, 24-way set associative, 64 byte line size
F0H Prefetch 64-Byte prefetching
F1H Prefetch 128-Byte prefetching
FEH General CPUID leaf 2 does not report TLB descriptor information; use CPUID leaf 18H to query TLB and other address translation parameters.
FFH General CPUID leaf 2 does not report cache descriptor information, use CPUID leaf 4 to query cache parameters

Example 3-1. Example of Cache and TLB Interpretation

The first member of the family of Pentium 4 processors returns the following information about caches and TLBs when the CPUID executes with an input value of 2:

EAX 66 5B 50 01H EBX 0H ECX 0H EDX 00 7A 70 00H Which means:

  • The least-significant byte (byte 0) of register EAX is set to 01H. This value should be ignored.

  • The most-significant bit of all four registers (EAX, EBX, ECX, and EDX) is set to 0, indicating that each register contains valid 1-byte descriptors.

  • Bytes 1, 2, and 3 of register EAX indicate that the processor has:

— 50H - a 64-entry instruction TLB, for mapping 4-KByte and 2-MByte or 4-MByte pages.

— 5BH - a 64-entry data TLB, for mapping 4-KByte and 4-MByte pages.

— 66H - an 8-KByte 1st level data cache, 4-way set associative, with a 64-Byte cache line size.

  • The descriptors in registers EBX and ECX are valid, but contain NULL descriptors.

  • Bytes 0, 1, 2, and 3 of register EDX indicate that the processor has:

— 00H - NULL descriptor. — 70H - Trace cache: 12 K-μop, 8-way set associative.

— 7AH - a 256-KByte 2nd level cache, 8-way set associative, with a sectored, 64-byte cache line size.

— 00H - NULL descriptor.

INPUT EAX = 04H: Returns Deterministic Cache Parameters for Each Level

When CPUID executes with EAX set to 04H and ECX contains an index value, the processor returns encoded data that describe a set of deterministic cache parameters (for the cache level associated with the input in ECX). Valid index values start from 0.

Software can enumerate the deterministic cache parameters for each level of the cache hierarchy starting with an index value of 0, until the parameters report the value associated with the cache type field is 0. The architecturally defined fields reported by deterministic cache parameters are documented in Table 3-8.

This Cache Size in Bytes

= (Ways + 1) * (Partitions + 1) * (Line_Size + 1) * (Sets + 1)

= (EBX[31:22] + 1) * (EBX[21:12] + 1) * (EBX[11:0] + 1) * (ECX + 1)

The CPUID leaf 04H also reports data that can be used to derive the topology of processor cores in a physical package. This information is constant for all valid index values. Software can query the raw data reported by executing CPUID with EAX=04H and ECX=0 and use it as part of the topology enumeration algorithm described in Chapter 8, “Multiple-Processor Management,” in the Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer’s Manual, Volume 3A.

INPUT EAX = 05H: Returns MONITOR and MWAIT Features When CPUID executes with EAX set to 05H, the processor returns information about features available to MONITOR/MWAIT instructions. The MONITOR instruction is used for address-range monitoring in conjunction with MWAIT instruction. The MWAIT instruction optionally provides additional extensions for advanced power manage- ment. See Table 3-8.

INPUT EAX = 06H: Returns Thermal and Power Management Features When CPUID executes with EAX set to 06H, the processor returns information about thermal and power manage- ment features. See Table 3-8. INPUT EAX = 07H: Returns Structured Extended Feature Enumeration Information When CPUID executes with EAX set to 07H and ECX = 0, the processor returns information about the maximum input value for sub-leaves that contain extended feature flags. See Table 3-8.

When CPUID executes with EAX set to 07H and the input value of ECX is invalid (see leaf 07H entry in Table 3-8), the processor returns 0 in EAX/EBX/ECX/EDX. In subleaf 0, EAX returns the maximum input value of the highest leaf 7 sub-leaf, and EBX, ECX & EDX contain information of extended feature flags.

INPUT EAX = 09H: Returns Direct Cache Access Information When CPUID executes with EAX set to 09H, the processor returns information about Direct Cache Access capabili- ties. See Table 3-8.

INPUT EAX = 0AH: Returns Architectural Performance Monitoring Features When CPUID executes with EAX set to 0AH, the processor returns information about support for architectural performance monitoring capabilities. Architectural performance monitoring is supported if the version ID (see Table 3-8) is greater than Pn 0. See Table 3-8.

For each version of architectural performance monitoring capability, software must enumerate this leaf to discover the programming facilities and the architectural performance events available in the processor. The details are described in Chapter 23, “Introduction to Virtual-Machine Extensions,” in the Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer’s Manual, Volume 3C.

INPUT EAX = 0BH: Returns Extended Topology Information

When CPUID executes with EAX set to 0BH, the processor returns information about extended topology enumera- tion data. Software must detect the presence of CPUID leaf 0BH by verifying (a) the highest leaf index supported by CPUID is >= 0BH, and (b) CPUID.0BH:EBX[15:0] reports a non-zero value. See Table 3-8.

INPUT EAX = 0DH: Returns Processor Extended States Enumeration Information

When CPUID executes with EAX set to 0DH and ECX = 0, the processor returns information about the bit-vector representation of all processor state extensions that are supported in the processor and storage size requirements of the XSAVE/XRSTOR area. See Table 3-8.

When CPUID executes with EAX set to 0DH and ECX = n (n > 1, and is a valid sub-leaf index), the processor returns information about the size and offset of each processor extended state save area within the XSAVE/XRSTOR area. See Table 3-8. Software can use the forward-extendable technique depicted below to query the valid sub-leaves and obtain size and offset information for each processor extended state save area:

For i = 2 to 62 // sub-leaf 1 is reserved IF (CPUID.(EAX=0DH, ECX=0):VECTOR[i] = 1 ) // VECTOR is the 64-bit value of EDX:EAX Execute CPUID.(EAX=0DH, ECX = i) to examine size and offset for sub-leaf i; FI;

INPUT EAX = 0FH: Returns Intel Resource Director Technology (Intel RDT) Monitoring Enumeration Information When CPUID executes with EAX set to 0FH and ECX = 0, the processor returns information about the bit-vector representation of QoS monitoring resource types that are supported in the processor and maximum range of RMID values the processor can use to monitor of any supported resource types. Each bit, starting from bit 1, corresponds to a specific resource type if the bit is set. The bit position corresponds to the sub-leaf index (or ResID) that soft- ware must use to query QoS monitoring capability available for that type. See Table 3-8.

When CPUID executes with EAX set to 0FH and ECX = n (n >= 1, and is a valid ResID), the processor returns information software can use to program IA32_PQR_ASSOC, IA32_QM_EVTSEL MSRs before reading QoS data from the IA32_QM_CTR MSR.

INPUT EAX = 10H: Returns Intel Resource Director Technology (Intel RDT) Allocation Enumeration Information When CPUID executes with EAX set to 10H and ECX = 0, the processor returns information about the bit-vector representation of QoS Enforcement resource types that are supported in the processor. Each bit, starting from bit 1, corresponds to a specific resource type if the bit is set. The bit position corresponds to the sub-leaf index (or ResID) that software must use to query QoS enforcement capability available for that type. See Table 3-8.

When CPUID executes with EAX set to 10H and ECX = n (n >= 1, and is a valid ResID), the processor returns information about available classes of service and range of QoS mask MSRs that software can use to configure each class of services using capability bit masks in the QoS Mask registers, IA32_resourceType_Mask_n.

INPUT EAX = 12H: Returns Intel SGX Enumeration Information When CPUID executes with EAX set to 12H and ECX = 0H, the processor returns information about Intel SGX capa- bilities. See Table 3-8.

When CPUID executes with EAX set to 12H and ECX = 1H, the processor returns information about Intel SGX attri- butes. See Table 3-8.

When CPUID executes with EAX set to 12H and ECX = n (n > 1), the processor returns information about Intel SGX Enclave Page Cache. See Table 3-8.

INPUT EAX = 14H: Returns Intel Processor Trace Enumeration Information

When CPUID executes with EAX set to 14H and ECX = 0H, the processor returns information about Intel Processor Trace extensions. See Table 3-8.

When CPUID executes with EAX set to 14H and ECX = n (n > 0 and less than the number of non-zero bits in CPUID.(EAX=14H, ECX= 0H).EAX), the processor returns information about packet generation in Intel Processor Trace. See Table 3-8.

INPUT EAX = 15H: Returns Time Stamp Counter and Nominal Core Crystal Clock Information

When CPUID executes with EAX set to 15H and ECX = 0H, the processor returns information about Time Stamp Counter and Core Crystal Clock. See Table 3-8.

INPUT EAX = 16H: Returns Processor Frequency Information

When CPUID executes with EAX set to 16H, the processor returns information about Processor Frequency Informa- tion. See Table 3-8.

INPUT EAX = 17H: Returns System-On-Chip Information When CPUID executes with EAX set to 17H, the processor returns information about the System-On-Chip Vendor Attribute Enumeration. See Table 3-8.

INPUT EAX = 18H: Returns Deterministic Address Translation Parameters Information

When CPUID executes with EAX set to 18H, the processor returns information about the Deterministic Address Translation Parameters. See Table 3-8.

METHODS FOR RETURNING BRANDING INFORMATION

Use the following techniques to access branding information:

  1. Processor brand string method.

  2. Processor brand index; this method uses a software supplied brand string table.

These two methods are discussed in the following sections. For methods that are available in early processors, see Section: “Identification of Earlier IA-32 Processors” in Chapter 19 of the Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Soft- ware Developer’s Manual, Volume 1.

The Processor Brand String Method

Figure 3-9 describes the algorithm used for detection of the brand string. Processor brand identification software should execute this algorithm on all Intel 64 and IA-32 processors.

This method (introduced with Pentium 4 processors) returns an ASCII brand identification string and the Processor Base frequency of the processor to the EAX, EBX, ECX, and EDX registers.

Input: EAX= 0x80000000 CPUID IF (EAX & 0x80000000) False Processor Brand String Not Supported CPUID Function Supported True ≥ Extended EAX Return Value = Max. Extended CPUID Function Index IF (EAX Return Value ≥ 0x80000004) True Processor Brand String Supported OM15194

Figure 3-9. Determination of Support for the Processor Brand String

How Brand Strings Work To use the brand string method, execute CPUID with EAX input of 8000002H through 80000004H. For each input value, CPUID returns 16 ASCII characters using EAX, EBX, ECX, and EDX. The returned string will be NULL-termi- nated. Table 3-13 shows the brand string that is returned by the first processor in the Pentium 4 processor family.

Table 3-13. Processor Brand String Returned with Pentium 4 Processor

EAX Input Value Return Values ASCII Equivalent
80000002H EAX = 20202020H EBX = 20202020H ECX = 20202020H EDX = 6E492020H ” “ ” “ “ ” “nI ”
80000003H EAX = 286C6574H EBX = 50202952H ECX = 69746E65H EDX = 52286D75H “(let” “P )R” “itne” “R(mu”
80000004H EAX = 20342029H EBX = 20555043H ECX = 30303531H EDX = 007A484DH “ 4 )” “ UPC” “0051” “\0zHM”

Extracting the Processor Frequency from Brand Strings

Figure 3-10 provides an algorithm which software can use to extract the Processor Base frequency from the processor brand string.

Scan "Brand String" in Reverse Byte Order "zHM", or "zHG", or "zHT" Match Substring IF Substring Matched False Report Error Determine "Freq" and "Multiplier" True Determine "Multiplier" If "zHM" If "zHG" If "zHT" Determine "Freq" Scan Digits Until Blank In Reverse Order Multiplier = 1 x 106 Multiplier = 1 x 109 Multiplier = 1 x 1012 Reverse Digits To Decimal Value Processor Base Frequency = "Freq" x "Multiplier" "Freq" = X.YZ if Digits = "ZY.X" OM15195

Figure 3-10. Algorithm for Extracting Processor Frequency The Processor Brand Index Method The brand index method (introduced with Pentium® III Xeon® processors) provides an entry point into a brand identification table that is maintained in memory by system software and is accessible from system- and user-level code. In this table, each brand index is associate with an ASCII brand identification string that identifies the official Intel family and model number of a processor.

When CPUID executes with EAX set to 1, the processor returns a brand index to the low byte in EBX. Software can then use this index to locate the brand identification string for the processor in the brand identification table. The first entry (brand index 0) in this table is reserved, allowing for backward compatibility with processors that do not support the brand identification feature. Starting with processor signature family ID = 0FH, model = 03H, brand index method is no longer supported. Use brand string method instead.

Table 3-14 shows brand indices that have identification strings associated with them.

Table 3-14. Mapping of Brand Indices; and Intel 64 and IA-32 Processor Brand Strings

Brand Index Brand String
00H This processor does not support the brand identification feature
01H Intel(R) Celeron(R) processor1
02H Intel(R) Pentium(R) III processor1
03H Intel(R) Pentium(R) III Xeon(R) processor; If processor signature = 000006B1h, then Intel(R) Celeron(R) processor
04H Intel(R) Pentium(R) III processor
06H Mobile Intel(R) Pentium(R) III processor-M
07H Mobile Intel(R) Celeron(R) processor1
08H Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 processor
09H Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 processor
0AH Intel(R) Celeron(R) processor1
0BH Intel(R) Xeon(R) processor; If processor signature = 00000F13h, then Intel(R) Xeon(R) processor MP
0CH Intel(R) Xeon(R) processor MP
0EH Mobile Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 processor-M; If processor signature = 00000F13h, then Intel(R) Xeon(R) processor
0FH Mobile Intel(R) Celeron(R) processor1
11H Mobile Genuine Intel(R) processor
12H Intel(R) Celeron(R) M processor
13H Mobile Intel(R) Celeron(R) processor1
14H Intel(R) Celeron(R) processor
15H Mobile Genuine Intel(R) processor
16H Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor
17H Mobile Intel(R) Celeron(R) processor1
18H – 0FFH RESERVED

NOTES:

  1. Indicates versions of these processors that were introduced after the Pentium III

IA-32 Architecture Compatibility

CPUID is not supported in early models of the Intel486 processor or in any IA-32 processor earlier than the Intel486 processor.

Operation

IA32_BIOS_SIGN_ID MSRUpdate with installed microcode revision number;
CASE (EAX) OF
    EAX = 0:
        EAXHighest basic function input value understood by CPUID;
        EBXVendor identification string;
        EDXVendor identification string;
        ECXVendor identification string;
    BREAK;
    EAX = 1H:
        EAX[3:0] ← Stepping ID; 
        EAX[7:4] ← Model; 
        EAX[11:8] ← Family; 
        EAX[13:12] ← Processor type; 
        EAX[15:14] ← Reserved;
        EAX[19:16] ← Extended Model;
        EAX[27:20] ← Extended Family;
        EAX[31:28] ← Reserved;
        EBX[7:0] ← Brand Index; (* Reserved if the value is zero. *)
        EBX[15:8] ← CLFLUSH Line Size;
        EBX[16:23] ← Reserved; (* Number of threads enabled = 2 if MT enable fuse set. *)
        EBX[24:31] ← Initial APIC ID;
        ECXFeature flags; (* See Figure 3-7. *)
        EDXFeature flags; (* See Figure 3-8. *)
    BREAK;
    EAX = 2H:
        EAXCache and TLB information; 
        EBXCache and TLB information; 
 
        ECXCache and TLB information; 
 
        EDXCache and TLB information; 
    BREAK;
    EAX = 3H:
        EAXReserved; 
        EBXReserved; 
 
        ECXProcessorSerialNumber[31:0]; 
 
        (* Pentium III processors only, otherwise reserved. *)
        EDXProcessorSerialNumber[63:32]; 
        (* Pentium III processors only, otherwise reserved. *
    BREAK
    EAX = 4H:
        EAXDeterministic Cache Parameters Leaf; (* See Table 3-8. *)
        EBXDeterministic Cache Parameters Leaf; 
        ECXDeterministic Cache Parameters Leaf; 
 
        EDXDeterministic Cache Parameters Leaf; 
    BREAK;
    EAX = 5H:
        EAXMONITOR/MWAIT Leaf; (* See Table 3-8. *)
        EBXMONITOR/MWAIT Leaf; 
 
        ECXMONITOR/MWAIT Leaf; 
 
        EDXMONITOR/MWAIT Leaf; 
    BREAK;
    EAX = 6H:
        EAXThermal and Power Management Leaf; (* See Table 3-8. *)
        EBXThermal and Power Management Leaf; 
 
        ECXThermal and Power Management Leaf; 
 
        EDXThermal and Power Management Leaf; 
    BREAK;
    EAX = 7H:
        EAXStructured Extended Feature Flags Enumeration Leaf; (* See Table 3-8. *)
        EBXStructured Extended Feature Flags Enumeration Leaf; 
        ECXStructured Extended Feature Flags Enumeration Leaf; 
 
        EDXStructured Extended Feature Flags Enumeration Leaf; 
    BREAK;
    EAX = 8H:
        EAXReserved = 0;
        EBXReserved = 0; 
 
        ECXReserved = 0; 
 
        EDXReserved = 0; 
    BREAK;
    EAX = 9H:
        EAXDirect Cache Access Information Leaf; (* See Table 3-8. *)
        EBXDirect Cache Access Information Leaf; 
 
        ECXDirect Cache Access Information Leaf; 
 
        EDXDirect Cache Access Information Leaf; 
    BREAK;
    EAX = AH:
        EAXArchitectural Performance Monitoring Leaf; (* See Table 3-8. *)
        EBXArchitectural Performance Monitoring Leaf; 
 
        ECXArchitectural Performance Monitoring Leaf; 
 
        EDXArchitectural Performance Monitoring Leaf; 
        BREAK
    EAX = BH:
        EAXExtended Topology Enumeration Leaf; (* See Table 3-8. *)
        EBXExtended Topology Enumeration Leaf; 
        ECXExtended Topology Enumeration Leaf; 
 
        EDXExtended Topology Enumeration Leaf; 
    BREAK;
    EAX = CH:
        EAXReserved = 0;
        EBXReserved = 0; 
 
        ECXReserved = 0; 
 
        EDXReserved = 0; 
    BREAK;
    EAX = DH:
        EAXProcessor Extended State Enumeration Leaf; (* See Table 3-8. *)
        EBXProcessor Extended State Enumeration Leaf; 
 
        ECXProcessor Extended State Enumeration Leaf; 
 
        EDXProcessor Extended State Enumeration Leaf; 
    BREAK;
    EAX = EH:
        EAXReserved = 0;
        EBXReserved = 0; 
 
        ECXReserved = 0; 
 
        EDXReserved = 0; 
    BREAK;
    EAX = FH:
        EAXIntel Resource Director Technology Monitoring Enumeration Leaf; (* See Table 3-8. *)
        EBXIntel Resource Director Technology Monitoring Enumeration Leaf; 
 
        ECXIntel Resource Director Technology Monitoring Enumeration Leaf; 
 
        EDXIntel Resource Director Technology Monitoring Enumeration Leaf; 
    BREAK;
    EAX = 10H:
        EAXIntel Resource Director Technology Allocation Enumeration Leaf; (* See Table 3-8. *)
        EBXIntel Resource Director Technology Allocation Enumeration Leaf; 
 
        ECXIntel Resource Director Technology Allocation Enumeration Leaf; 
 
        EDXIntel Resource Director Technology Allocation Enumeration Leaf; 
    BREAK;
        EAX = 12H:
        EAXIntel SGX Enumeration Leaf; (* See Table 3-8. *)
        EBXIntel SGX Enumeration Leaf; 
 
        ECXIntel SGX Enumeration Leaf; 
 
        EDXIntel SGX Enumeration Leaf; 
    BREAK;
    EAX = 14H:
        EAXIntel Processor Trace Enumeration Leaf; (* See Table 3-8. *)
        EBXIntel Processor Trace Enumeration Leaf; 
 
        ECXIntel Processor Trace Enumeration Leaf; 
 
        EDXIntel Processor Trace Enumeration Leaf; 
    BREAK;
    EAX = 15H:
        EAXTime Stamp Counter and Nominal Core Crystal Clock Information Leaf; (* See Table 3-8. *)
        EBXTime Stamp Counter and Nominal Core Crystal Clock Information Leaf; 
 
        ECXTime Stamp Counter and Nominal Core Crystal Clock Information Leaf; 
 
        EDXTime Stamp Counter and Nominal Core Crystal Clock Information Leaf; 
    BREAK;
    EAX = 16H:
        EAXProcessor Frequency Information Enumeration Leaf; (* See Table 3-8. *)
        EBXProcessor Frequency Information Enumeration Leaf; 
 
        ECXProcessor Frequency Information Enumeration Leaf; 
 
        EDXProcessor Frequency Information Enumeration Leaf; 
    BREAK;
    EAX = 17H:
        EAXSystem-On-Chip Vendor Attribute Enumeration Leaf; (* See Table 3-8. *)
        EBXSystem-On-Chip Vendor Attribute Enumeration Leaf; 
 
        ECXSystem-On-Chip Vendor Attribute Enumeration Leaf; 
 
        EDXSystem-On-Chip Vendor Attribute Enumeration Leaf; 
    BREAK;
        EAX = 18H:
        EAXDeterministic Address Translation Parameters Enumeration Leaf; (* See Table 3-8. *)
        EBXDeterministic Address Translation Parameters Enumeration Leaf; 
 
        ECXDeterministic Address Translation Parameters Enumeration Leaf; 
 
        EDXDeterministic Address Translation Parameters Enumeration Leaf; 
    BREAK;
    EAX = 80000000H:
        EAXHighest extended function input value understood by CPUID;
        EBXReserved; 
        ECXReserved; 
        EDXReserved; 
    BREAK;
    EAX = 80000001H:
        EAXReserved; 
        EBXReserved; 
        ECXExtended Feature Bits (* See Table 3-8.*); 
        EDXExtended Feature Bits (* See Table 3-8. *); 
    BREAK;
    EAX = 80000002H:
        EAXProcessor Brand String; 
        EBXProcessor Brand String, continued;
        ECXProcessor Brand String, continued; 
        EDXProcessor Brand String, continued; 
    BREAK;
    EAX = 80000003H:
        EAXProcessor Brand String, continued; 
        EBXProcessor Brand String, continued; 
        ECXProcessor Brand String, continued; 
        EDXProcessor Brand String, continued; 
    BREAK;
    EAX = 80000004H:
        EAXProcessor Brand String, continued; 
        EBXProcessor Brand String, continued; 
        ECXProcessor Brand String, continued; 
        EDXProcessor Brand String, continued;
    BREAK;
    EAX = 80000005H:
        EAXReserved = 0; 
        EBXReserved = 0; 
        ECXReserved = 0; 
        EDXReserved = 0; 
    BREAK;
    EAX = 80000006H:
        EAXReserved = 0; 
        EBXReserved = 0; 
        ECXCache information; 
        EDXReserved = 0; 
    BREAK;
    EAX = 80000007H:
        EAXReserved = 0; 
        EBXReserved = 0; 
        ECXReserved = 0; 
        EDXReserved = Misc Feature Flags; 
    BREAK;
    EAX = 80000008H:
        EAXReserved = Physical Address Size Information; 
        EBXReserved = Virtual Address Size Information; 
        ECXReserved = 0; 
        EDXReserved = 0; 
    BREAK;
    EAX >= 40000000H and EAX <= 4FFFFFFFH:
    DEFAULT: (* EAX = Value outside of recognized range for CPUID. *)
        (* If the highest basic information leaf data depend on ECX input value, ECX is honored.*)
        EAXReserved; (* Information returned for highest basic information leaf. *)
        EBXReserved; (* Information returned for highest basic information leaf. *)
        ECXReserved; (* Information returned for highest basic information leaf. *)
        EDXReserved; (* Information returned for highest basic information leaf. *)
    BREAK;
ESAC;

Flags Affected

None.

Exceptions (All Operating Modes)

#UD If the LOCK prefix is used. In earlier IA-32 processors that do not support the CPUID instruction, execution of the instruction results in an invalid opcode (

#UD) exception being generated.


Source: Intel® Architecture Software Developer's Manual (May 2018)
Generated: 5-6-2018

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