The CPU and the motherboard BIOS must support SGX. SGX is turned off by default and must be enabled via MSR.IA32_Feature_Control.SGX_Enable. Only the BIOS can make changes to the IA32_Feature_Control.

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As of October 2015, a handful of Skylake powered laptops are already available in stores and shipping. Many of the multimedia and gaming options are motorized by the Intel Core i7-6700HQ processor, ...

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Initially we only had DDR4-2666 on hand for testing which might have put the Core i7-6700K at a slight disadvantage when compared to the DDR3-2400 memory of the 4790K due to weaker timings and only a ...

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