Intel Dynamic Acceleration (IDA) sometimes called Dynamic Acceleration Technology (DAT) is a
technology
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created by
Intel Corp.
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in certain
multi-core
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Intel microprocessors. It increases the
clock rate
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of a single core for every two cores above its base operating frequency if the other cores are idle. It is designed for
single threaded program
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s to run faster on multi-core Intel microprocessors. Intel later released a version of IDA called enhanced Dynamic Acceleration Technology (eDAT) for its
quad core processors that boosts the performance of 2 cores when only 2 cores are being utilized.
History
Intel Dynamic Acceleration was first released with the
Core 2 Duo
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mobile processor
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line, as new
microprocessor
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lines were released, Intel changed the technology and naming scheme slightly.
Dual Dynamic Acceleration
With the introduction of quad core processors, Intel modified IDA and released ''Dual Dynamic Acceleration'' (''DDA'').
Intel Turbo Boost
The later released
Nehalem microarchitecture
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of Intel microprocessors made additional changes to the original IDA and released an improved version called ''Intel Turbo Boost''.
See also
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Overclocking
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Dynamic frequency scaling
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References
Intel Core 2 Quad Mobile Processorsin the Intel Technology Journal
Intel microprocessors
X86 architecture
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