diff --git a/BitFaster.Caching.Benchmarks/Lfu/SketchFrequency.cs b/BitFaster.Caching.Benchmarks/Lfu/SketchFrequency.cs
index cd6fef90..e3f84544 100644
--- a/BitFaster.Caching.Benchmarks/Lfu/SketchFrequency.cs
+++ b/BitFaster.Caching.Benchmarks/Lfu/SketchFrequency.cs
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ namespace BitFaster.Caching.Benchmarks.Lfu
     public class SketchFrequency
     {
         const int iterations = 512;
-        private static CmSketch<int, DisableAvx2> std = new CmSketch<int, DisableAvx2>(10, EqualityComparer<int>.Default);
-        private static CmSketch<int, DetectAvx2> avx = new CmSketch<int, DetectAvx2>(10, EqualityComparer<int>.Default);
+        private static CmSketch<int, DisableHardwareIntrinsics> std = new CmSketch<int, DisableHardwareIntrinsics>(10, EqualityComparer<int>.Default);
+        private static CmSketch<int, DetectIsa> avx = new CmSketch<int, DetectIsa>(10, EqualityComparer<int>.Default);
 
         [GlobalSetup]
         public void Setup()
diff --git a/BitFaster.Caching.Benchmarks/Lfu/SketchIncrement.cs b/BitFaster.Caching.Benchmarks/Lfu/SketchIncrement.cs
index c1c38732..33aba15a 100644
--- a/BitFaster.Caching.Benchmarks/Lfu/SketchIncrement.cs
+++ b/BitFaster.Caching.Benchmarks/Lfu/SketchIncrement.cs
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ namespace BitFaster.Caching.Benchmarks.Lfu
     public class SketchIncrement
     {
         const int iterations = 1024;
-        private static CmSketch<int, DisableAvx2> std = new CmSketch<int, DisableAvx2>(10, EqualityComparer<int>.Default);
-        private static CmSketch<int, DetectAvx2> avx = new CmSketch<int, DetectAvx2>(10, EqualityComparer<int>.Default);
+        private static CmSketch<int, DisableHardwareIntrinsics> std = new CmSketch<int, DisableHardwareIntrinsics>(10, EqualityComparer<int>.Default);
+        private static CmSketch<int, DetectIsa> avx = new CmSketch<int, DetectIsa>(10, EqualityComparer<int>.Default);
 
         [Benchmark(Baseline = true)]
         public void Inc()
diff --git a/BitFaster.Caching.UnitTests/Lfu/CmSketchTests.cs b/BitFaster.Caching.UnitTests/Lfu/CmSketchTests.cs
index f04c5813..54e29b6c 100644
--- a/BitFaster.Caching.UnitTests/Lfu/CmSketchTests.cs
+++ b/BitFaster.Caching.UnitTests/Lfu/CmSketchTests.cs
@@ -8,18 +8,18 @@
 namespace BitFaster.Caching.UnitTests.Lfu
 {
     // Test with AVX2 if it is supported
-    public class CMSketchAvx2Tests : CmSketchTestBase<DetectAvx2>
+    public class CMSketchAvx2Tests : CmSketchTestBase<DetectIsa>
     {
     }
 
     // Test with AVX2 disabled
-    public class CmSketchTests : CmSketchTestBase<DisableAvx2>
+    public class CmSketchTests : CmSketchTestBase<DisableHardwareIntrinsics>
     {
     }
 
-    public abstract class CmSketchTestBase<AVX2> where AVX2 : struct, IAvx2
+    public abstract class CmSketchTestBase<I> where I : struct, IsaProbe
     {
-        private CmSketch<int, AVX2> sketch = new CmSketch<int, AVX2>(512, EqualityComparer<int>.Default);
+        private CmSketch<int, I> sketch = new CmSketch<int, I>(512, EqualityComparer<int>.Default);
 
         public CmSketchTestBase()
         {
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public CmSketchTestBase()
         [SkippableFact]
         public void WhenCapacityIsZeroDefaultsSelected()
         {
-            sketch = new CmSketch<int, AVX2>(0, EqualityComparer<int>.Default);
+            sketch = new CmSketch<int, I>(0, EqualityComparer<int>.Default);
 
             sketch.ResetSampleSize.Should().Be(10);
         }
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public void WhenSampleSizeExceededCountIsReset()
         {
             bool reset = false;
 
-            sketch = new CmSketch<int, AVX2>(64, EqualityComparer<int>.Default);
+            sketch = new CmSketch<int, I>(64, EqualityComparer<int>.Default);
 
             for (int i = 1; i < 20 * 64; i++)
             {
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ public void WhenClearedCountIsReset()
         private static void SkipAvxIfNotSupported()
         {
             // when we are trying to test Avx2, skip the test if it's not supported
-            Skip.If(typeof(AVX2) == typeof(DetectAvx2) && !Avx2.IsSupported);
+            Skip.If(typeof(I) == typeof(DetectIsa) && !Avx2.IsSupported);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/BitFaster.Caching/Intrinsics.cs b/BitFaster.Caching/Intrinsics.cs
index 4c487ecc..8a1bd29a 100644
--- a/BitFaster.Caching/Intrinsics.cs
+++ b/BitFaster.Caching/Intrinsics.cs
@@ -5,36 +5,36 @@
 namespace BitFaster.Caching
 {
     /// <summary>
-    /// Represents a marker interface to enable AVX2 specific optimization.
+    /// Represents a marker interface to enable instruction set hardware intrinsics.
     /// </summary>
-    public interface IAvx2
+    public interface IsaProbe
     {
         /// <summary>
-        /// Gets a value indicating whether Avx2 is supported
+        /// Gets a value indicating whether AVX2 is supported.
         /// </summary>
-        bool IsSupported { get; }
+        bool IsAvx2Supported { get; }
     }
 
     /// <summary>
-    /// Detect AVX2 support and enable if available.
+    /// Detect support for hardware instructions via intrinsics.
     /// </summary>
-    public struct DetectAvx2 : IAvx2
+    public readonly struct DetectIsa : IsaProbe
     {
 #if NETSTANDARD2_0
         /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public bool IsSupported => false;
+        public bool IsAvx2Supported => false;
 #else
         /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public bool IsSupported => Avx2.IsSupported;
+        public bool IsAvx2Supported => Avx2.IsSupported;
 #endif
     }
 
     /// <summary>
-    /// Force disable AVX2.
+    /// Force disable hardware instructions via intrinsics.
     /// </summary>
-    public struct DisableAvx2 : IAvx2
+    public readonly struct DisableHardwareIntrinsics : IsaProbe
     {
         /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public bool IsSupported => false;
+        public bool IsAvx2Supported => false;
     }
 }
diff --git a/BitFaster.Caching/Lfu/CmSketch.cs b/BitFaster.Caching/Lfu/CmSketch.cs
index 73e744fe..f0ea491d 100644
--- a/BitFaster.Caching/Lfu/CmSketch.cs
+++ b/BitFaster.Caching/Lfu/CmSketch.cs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ namespace BitFaster.Caching.Lfu
     /// </summary>
     /// This is a direct C# translation of FrequencySketch in the Caffeine library by ben.manes@gmail.com (Ben Manes).
     /// https://github.com/ben-manes/caffeine
-    public sealed class CmSketch<T, AVX2> where AVX2 : struct, IAvx2
+    public sealed class CmSketch<T, I> where I : struct, IsaProbe
     {
         // A mixture of seeds from FNV-1a, CityHash, and Murmur3
         private static readonly ulong[] Seed = { 0xc3a5c85c97cb3127L, 0xb492b66fbe98f273L, 0x9ae16a3b2f90404fL, 0xcbf29ce484222325L};
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ public int EstimateFrequency(T value)
             return EstimateFrequencyStd(value);
 #else
             
-            AVX2 avx2 = default;
+            I isa = default;
 
-            if (avx2.IsSupported)
+            if (isa.IsAvx2Supported)
             {
                 return EstimateFrequencyAvx(value);
             }
@@ -84,9 +84,9 @@ public void Increment(T value)
             IncrementStd(value);
 #else
 
-            AVX2 avx2 = default;
+            I isa = default;
 
-            if (avx2.IsSupported)
+            if (isa.IsAvx2Supported)
             {
                 IncrementAvx(value);
             }
diff --git a/BitFaster.Caching/Lfu/ConcurrentLfu.cs b/BitFaster.Caching/Lfu/ConcurrentLfu.cs
index d3410891..949f4ea9 100644
--- a/BitFaster.Caching/Lfu/ConcurrentLfu.cs
+++ b/BitFaster.Caching/Lfu/ConcurrentLfu.cs
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public sealed class ConcurrentLfu<K, V> : ICache<K, V>, IAsyncCache<K, V>, IBoun
 
         private readonly CacheMetrics metrics = new CacheMetrics();
 
-        private readonly CmSketch<K, DetectAvx2> cmSketch;
+        private readonly CmSketch<K, DetectIsa> cmSketch;
 
         private readonly LfuNodeList<K, V> windowLru;
         private readonly LfuNodeList<K, V> probationLru;
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ public ConcurrentLfu(int concurrencyLevel, int capacity, IScheduler scheduler, I
             int writeBufferSize = Math.Min(BitOps.CeilingPowerOfTwo(capacity), 128);
             this.writeBuffer = new MpscBoundedBuffer<LfuNode<K, V>>(writeBufferSize);
 
-            this.cmSketch = new CmSketch<K, DetectAvx2>(capacity, comparer);
+            this.cmSketch = new CmSketch<K, DetectIsa>(capacity, comparer);
             this.windowLru = new LfuNodeList<K, V>();
             this.probationLru = new LfuNodeList<K, V>();
             this.protectedLru = new LfuNodeList<K, V>();
@@ -617,11 +617,11 @@ private LfuNode<K, V> EvictFromWindow()
 
         private ref struct EvictIterator
         {
-            private readonly CmSketch<K, DetectAvx2> sketch;
+            private readonly CmSketch<K, DetectIsa> sketch;
             public LfuNode<K, V> node;
             public int freq;
 
-            public EvictIterator(CmSketch<K, DetectAvx2> sketch, LfuNode<K, V> node)
+            public EvictIterator(CmSketch<K, DetectIsa> sketch, LfuNode<K, V> node)
             {
                 this.sketch = sketch;
                 this.node = node;