You are performing an exhaustive CPU (processor) profile of the system. ## Your Task Generate a comprehensive CPU analysis covering all aspects of processor hardware, configuration, features, and performance. ### 1. CPU Hardware Identification - **Vendor**: Intel, AMD, ARM, or other - **Model name**: Full processor name - **Microarchitecture**: Zen 4, Raptor Lake, etc. - **Family**: CPU family number - **Model**: CPU model number - **Stepping**: CPU stepping/revision - **CPU ID**: CPUID signature - **Manufacturing process**: Node size (5nm, 7nm, etc.) ### 2. Core and Thread Configuration - **Physical cores**: Actual CPU cores - **Logical processors**: Total threads (with SMT/HT) - **Threads per core**: 1 or 2 (SMT/Hyper-Threading) - **Cores per socket**: Core count per CPU - **Sockets**: Number of CPU sockets - **NUMA nodes**: Non-uniform memory access nodes - **Core layout**: Physical topology and placement ### 3. Frequency and Clock Information - **Base frequency**: Guaranteed base clock - **Maximum boost frequency**: Single-core turbo - **All-core boost**: Multi-core sustained boost - **Current frequencies**: Per-core current clocks - **Frequency scaling**: Available scaling governors - **Turbo mode**: Status and configuration - **C-states**: Power saving states available - **P-states**: Performance states ### 4. Cache Hierarchy - **L1 data cache**: Per-core L1D size - **L1 instruction cache**: Per-core L1I size - **L2 cache**: Per-core or shared L2 size - **L3 cache**: Shared last-level cache size - **L4 cache**: If present (rare) - **Cache line size**: Typical 64 bytes - **Cache associativity**: Set-associative configuration - **Total cache**: Sum of all cache levels ### 5. CPU Features and Extensions - **Instruction sets**: SSE, AVX, AVX2, AVX-512 - **Virtualization**: VT-x, AMD-V, VT-d, AMD-Vi - **Security features**: SGX, SEV, TDX, etc. - **AES-NI**: Hardware AES acceleration - **SHA extensions**: Hardware SHA acceleration - **FMA**: Fused multiply-add - **BMI/BMI2**: Bit manipulation instructions - **TSX**: Transactional synchronization - **Hardware monitoring**: PMU, performance counters ### 6. Virtualization Capabilities - **Virtualization enabled**: VT-x/AMD-V status - **IOMMU**: VT-d/AMD-Vi for device passthrough - **Nested paging**: EPT/RVI support - **Nested virtualization**: Capability - **Hardware isolation**: SGX, SEV, TDX - **Virtual machine extensions**: Available features ### 7. Security Features - **CPU vulnerabilities**: Spectre, Meltdown, etc. - **Mitigations**: Enabled security mitigations - **Performance impact**: Mitigation overhead - **Secure boot**: Support status - **Memory encryption**: SME, SEV support - **Control-flow enforcement**: CET, IBT - **Branch prediction**: IBRS, STIBP status ### 8. Thermal and Power Management - **TDP**: Thermal design power - **Maximum temperature**: Tjunction max - **Current temperature**: Per-core temps - **Thermal throttling**: Status and history - **Power consumption**: Current package power - **Power limits**: PL1, PL2 settings - **Voltage**: Core voltage - **Power states**: C-states and P-states usage ### 9. Performance Characteristics - **BogoMIPS**: Rough performance indicator - **CPU benchmark**: If available (sysbench, etc.) - **Context switch rate**: Scheduler efficiency - **Interrupts**: Interrupt rate per second - **Load average**: 1, 5, 15 minute averages - **CPU utilization**: Per-core usage - **Performance counters**: PMU data if accessible ### 10. Memory Controller and Architecture - **Memory controller**: Integrated or discrete - **Memory channels**: Number of channels - **Maximum memory**: Supported RAM capacity - **Memory types**: Supported DDR generations - **Memory speed**: Maximum supported speed - **ECC support**: Error-correcting code capability - **Prefetchers**: Hardware prefetch engines ### 11. Interconnect and Topology - **CPU interconnect**: QPI, UPI, Infinity Fabric - **Interconnect speed**: GT/s or MHz - **NUMA configuration**: Node topology - **Core-to-core latency**: Inter-core communication - **Socket topology**: Multi-socket layout - **L3 slicing**: Cache slice distribution ### 12. Microcode and Firmware - **Microcode version**: Current CPU microcode - **Microcode date**: Release date - **Update available**: Check for updates - **Speculative execution**: Firmware mitigations ## Commands to Use **Basic CPU information:** - `lscpu` - `cat /proc/cpuinfo` - `lscpu -e` - Extended CPU list - `sudo dmidecode -t processor` **Detailed specifications:** - `lscpu -J` - JSON output for parsing - `sudo lshw -class processor` - `cpuid` (if installed) - `x86info` (if installed, x86 systems) **Frequency information:** - `lscpu | grep MHz` - `cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep MHz` - `cpufreq-info` (if installed) - `cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_cur_freq` - `cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/cpuinfo_max_freq` - `cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_governor` **Cache information:** - `lscpu -C` - `getconf -a | grep CACHE` - `cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cache/index*/size` **CPU features:** - `cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep flags | head -1` - `lscpu | grep -i flag` **Virtualization:** - `lscpu | grep -i virtualization` - `cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep -E '(vmx|svm)'` - `dmesg | grep -i "vt-d\|amd-vi"` **Security and vulnerabilities:** - `lscpu | grep -i vulnerab` - `cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/*` - `spectre-meltdown-checker` (if installed) **Thermal and power:** - `sensors` (if lm-sensors installed) - `cat /sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone*/temp` - `cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_cur_freq` - `sudo turbostat --quiet --show Package,Core,CPU,Avg_MHz,Busy%,Bzy_MHz,PkgTmp --interval 1` (if available) - `sudo powertop --time=10` (if installed) **Performance monitoring:** - `top -bn1 | grep "Cpu(s)"` - `mpstat -P ALL 1 5` (if sysstat installed) - `vmstat 1 5` - `uptime` - `cat /proc/loadavg` **Microcode:** - `cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep microcode | head -1` - `dmesg | grep microcode` **NUMA topology:** - `numactl --hardware` - `lscpu | grep NUMA` - `cat /sys/devices/system/node/node*/cpulist` **Benchmarking (optional):** - `sysbench cpu --threads=$(nproc) run` (if installed) - `7z b` (7-zip benchmark if installed) ## Output Format ### Executive Summary ``` CPU: [manufacturer] [model name] Architecture: [microarchitecture] ([process node]) Cores/Threads: [physical cores] cores / [logical threads] threads Base/Boost: [base GHz] / [boost GHz] Cache: [L1] + [L2] + [L3 MB] Features: [key features like AVX-512, virtualization] ``` ### Detailed CPU Profile **Hardware Identification:** - Vendor: [Intel/AMD/ARM] - Model Name: [full processor name] - Microarchitecture: [architecture name] - Family: [hex family] - Model: [hex model] - Stepping: [stepping number] - CPU ID: [cpuid signature] - Manufacturing: [nm process] **Core Configuration:** - Physical Cores: [count] - Logical Processors: [count] - Threads per Core: [1/2] - Sockets: [count] - NUMA Nodes: [count] - Topology: [description] **Frequency Information:** - Base Frequency: [GHz] - Maximum Turbo: [GHz] (single-core) - All-Core Turbo: [GHz] - Current Frequencies: - CPU 0: [MHz] - CPU 1: [MHz] - ... - Scaling Governor: [powersave/performance/schedutil] - Turbo Boost: [Enabled/Disabled] **Cache Hierarchy:** - L1 Data Cache: [KB] per core ([total KB]) - L1 Instruction Cache: [KB] per core ([total KB]) - L2 Cache: [KB/MB] per core ([total MB]) - L3 Cache: [MB] shared ([MB] total) - Cache Line Size: [bytes] - Total Cache: [MB] **Instruction Set Extensions:** - Base: [x86-64-v2/v3/v4] - SIMD: [SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, AVX-512, etc.] - Virtualization: [VT-x/AMD-V, VT-d/AMD-Vi] - Security: [AES-NI, SHA, SGX, SEV] - Other: [FMA, BMI, BMI2, TSX, etc.] **Feature Flags (Key):** ``` [vmx/svm, aes, avx, avx2, avx512f, sha_ni, fma, bmi1, bmi2, etc.] ``` **Virtualization Capabilities:** - VT-x/AMD-V: [Enabled/Disabled] - VT-d/AMD-Vi (IOMMU): [Enabled/Disabled] - EPT/RVI: [Supported] - Nested Virtualization: [Supported/Not Supported] - Hardware Isolation: [SGX/SEV/TDX support] **Security Status:** - Vulnerabilities: - Spectre v1: [mitigated/vulnerable] - Spectre v2: [mitigated/vulnerable] - Meltdown: [mitigated/vulnerable] - [other vulnerabilities...] - Active Mitigations: [list] - Performance Impact: [estimated %] **Thermal and Power:** - TDP: [W] - Maximum Temperature: [°C] - Current Temperature: - Package: [°C] - Core 0: [°C] - Core 1: [°C] - ... - Power Consumption: [W] - Power Limits: PL1=[W], PL2=[W] - Throttling Status: [None/Active] **Memory Controller:** - Controller: [Integrated] - Memory Channels: [count] - Maximum Memory: [GB] - Supported Types: [DDR4, DDR5] - Maximum Speed: [MT/s] - ECC Support: [Yes/No] **Current Performance:** - CPU Utilization: [%] average - Per-Core Usage: - CPU 0: [%] - CPU 1: [%] - ... - Load Average: [1min], [5min], [15min] - Context Switches: [/sec] - Interrupts: [/sec] - BogoMIPS: [value] **NUMA Topology (if applicable):** - NUMA Nodes: [count] - Node 0 CPUs: [list] - Node 1 CPUs: [list] - Node 0 Memory: [GB] - Node 1 Memory: [GB] **Microcode:** - Version: [hex version] - Date: [date if available] - Update Status: [check if current] ### Performance Assessment **Performance Tier:** - Consumer: Entry/Mainstream/High-end/Enthusiast - Server: Entry/Mid-range/High-end - Generation: [relative age] **Bottleneck Analysis:** - Core count: [adequate/limited for workload] - Clock speed: [competitive/dated] - Cache size: [generous/adequate/limited] - Memory channels: [optimal/bottleneck] **Optimization Recommendations:** - Frequency scaling: [suggestions] - Power management: [tuning options] - NUMA configuration: [if applicable] - Security mitigation tuning: [performance vs. security] ### AI-Readable JSON ```json { "hardware": { "vendor": "intel|amd|arm", "model_name": "", "microarchitecture": "", "family": "", "model": "", "stepping": 0, "process_nm": 0 }, "cores": { "physical_cores": 0, "logical_processors": 0, "threads_per_core": 0, "sockets": 0, "numa_nodes": 0 }, "frequency": { "base_ghz": 0.0, "max_turbo_ghz": 0.0, "all_core_turbo_ghz": 0.0, "scaling_governor": "" }, "cache": { "l1d_kb_per_core": 0, "l1i_kb_per_core": 0, "l2_kb_per_core": 0, "l3_mb_total": 0, "total_cache_mb": 0 }, "features": { "instruction_sets": [], "virtualization": { "vmx_svm": false, "iommu": false }, "security": { "aes_ni": false, "sha_extensions": false, "sgx": false } }, "thermal_power": { "tdp_watts": 0, "max_temp_celsius": 0, "current_temp_celsius": 0, "current_power_watts": 0 }, "memory_controller": { "channels": 0, "max_memory_gb": 0, "supported_types": [], "ecc_support": false }, "vulnerabilities": { "spectre_v1": "", "spectre_v2": "", "meltdown": "" }, "microcode": { "version": "", "date": "" } } ``` ## Execution Guidelines 1. **Gather comprehensive data**: Use multiple commands to cross-verify 2. **Parse carefully**: Extract specific values from verbose output 3. **Check all cores**: Get per-core data where applicable 4. **Monitor dynamic state**: Capture current frequencies and temps 5. **Assess features**: Identify valuable CPU capabilities 6. **Security review**: Check vulnerabilities and mitigations 7. **Performance context**: Relate specs to real-world capability 8. **NUMA awareness**: Handle multi-socket systems properly 9. **Format clearly**: Present technical data accessibly 10. **Provide insights**: Don't just list specs, interpret them ## Important Notes - Some commands require root privileges (dmidecode, turbostat) - Install lm-sensors and run sensors-detect for thermal monitoring - sysstat package needed for mpstat - cpuid and x86info provide additional details if installed - Virtualization features require BIOS enablement - Security mitigations can impact performance significantly - Microcode updates are critical for security - NUMA topology only relevant for multi-socket systems - Thermal data accuracy varies by motherboard - Governor settings affect performance and power consumption Be extremely thorough - capture every detail about the CPU subsystem.