Conflict Free Conflict free means products that do not contain conflict minerals (tin, tantalum, tungsten, and/or gold) that directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) or adjoining countries. This definition is in accordance with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rules. Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) builds upon the existing support for IA-32 (VT-x) and Itanium processor (VT-i) virtualization by adding new support for I/O-device virtualization. This technology can help improve security and reliability of systems, as well as enhance performance of I/O devices in virtualized environments. Intel TSX-NI Intel Transactional Synchronization Extensions New Instructions (Intel TSX-NI) is a set of instructions designed to improve multi-threaded performance scaling. By providing better control of locks in software, this technology can make parallel operations more efficient. Intel 64 Intel 64 architecture enables 64-bit computing on server, workstation, desktop, and mobile platforms when combined with supporting software. This architecture allows systems to address more than 4 GB of both virtual and physical memory, resulting in improved performance.