hardware system

Physical components that make up a computer system.

Silicon chip containing processor circuitry.

Motherboard socket receiving a compatible processor.

Physical package containing one or more processor dies.

Intel's implementation of simultaneous multithreading.

Simultaneous multithreading technology allowing multiple logical threads per core.

Logical execution context supported by a processor.

Independent processing unit within a processor.

Pipeline uncertainty caused by branching instructions.

Pipeline conflict caused by unavailable hardware resources.