Support coming with Windows 10 OS November update
While Intel's Skylake CPU architecture did not offer impressive leap in clock for clock performance gain, it does bring plenty of improvements that combined with new technologies provide a complete package, including the Speed Shift feature which was recently examined by Anandtech.com.
As a new feature with Intel Skylake CPUs, Speed Shift was previously unavailable due to lack of operating system support, which will be available on Windows 10 via November update. The Speed Shift technology will allow the OS to give the control of the frequency and voltage back to the processor, allowing the CPU to set the most optimium performance level for a given task. In this case, processor will be able not only to complete the task faster but also reduced power consumption.
Previously available processors were also able to adjust both frequency and voltage depending on the workload, but that task was handled by the operating system, requesting certain level of performance from the CPU, known as the Performance State or P-State, of the processor. This feature, known as Intel Speed Step technology, significantly increased efficiency.
With the new Intel 6th generation Core Skylake CPUs, Intel introduced the new Speed Shift technology, which allows OS to give CPU an ability to set both frequency and voltage for certain tasks, which gave it a bit more control and provide both performance improvements and more power efficiency.
While previously unavailable due to the lack of support, the technology should be enabled with the November Windows 10 OS update, bringing even more performance improvement and greater power efficiency for Intel Skylake CPUs. To be precise, and according to the report from Anandtech.com, the Speed Shift can change the frequency in 1ms, while earlier available Speed Step needed well over 100ms. This brings better overal responsivenes of the system, especially in web browsing and office work.
According to Anandtech, there are significant performance and power efficiency improvements in burst workloads, providing the maximum performance of the CPU at much shorter amount of time.
You can check ut more details at Anandtech via link below.
Source: Anandtech.com.
As a new feature with Intel Skylake CPUs, Speed Shift was previously unavailable due to lack of operating system support, which will be available on Windows 10 via November update. The Speed Shift technology will allow the OS to give the control of the frequency and voltage back to the processor, allowing the CPU to set the most optimium performance level for a given task. In this case, processor will be able not only to complete the task faster but also reduced power consumption.
Previously available processors were also able to adjust both frequency and voltage depending on the workload, but that task was handled by the operating system, requesting certain level of performance from the CPU, known as the Performance State or P-State, of the processor. This feature, known as Intel Speed Step technology, significantly increased efficiency.
With the new Intel 6th generation Core Skylake CPUs, Intel introduced the new Speed Shift technology, which allows OS to give CPU an ability to set both frequency and voltage for certain tasks, which gave it a bit more control and provide both performance improvements and more power efficiency.
While previously unavailable due to the lack of support, the technology should be enabled with the November Windows 10 OS update, bringing even more performance improvement and greater power efficiency for Intel Skylake CPUs. To be precise, and according to the report from Anandtech.com, the Speed Shift can change the frequency in 1ms, while earlier available Speed Step needed well over 100ms. This brings better overal responsivenes of the system, especially in web browsing and office work.
According to Anandtech, there are significant performance and power efficiency improvements in burst workloads, providing the maximum performance of the CPU at much shorter amount of time.
You can check ut more details at Anandtech via link below.
Source: Anandtech.com.
News by Luca Rocchi and Marc Büchel - German Translation by Paul Görnhardt - Italian Translation by Francesco Daghini
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