What does SMM stand for?

System Management Mode

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Information technology (IT) and computers

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Samples in periodicals archive:

In a paper describing the exploit, they claimed that the attack, involving cache poisoning in a CPU operation mode called System Management Mode (SMM), was the third their team had found affecting Intel-based systems within the last 10 months.

Intel CPU exploit threatens PCs worldwide

lt;p>Rutkowska and Wojtczuk said the problems with TXT stem primarily from Intel's implementation of an especially critical software component known as System Management Mode (SMM) Memory.

Researchers detail Intel TXT hacks at Black Hat

Instead of hiding a rootkit in the virtualisation layer, Shawn Embleton and Sherri Sparks of Clear Hat Consulting have discovered an approach for smuggling rootkit technology into System Management Mode (SMM), an isolated memory and execution environment supported in Intel chips that's designed to handle problems such as memory errors and the like.

United Kingdom: Researchers dig into x86 chips for stealthier rootkits

Aggressive power management features, which include system management mode (SMM), conserve power within the processor as well as power flowing to system peripherals.

Cyrix Unveils M1sc as 5x86 Processor Family; Customer Demand ...

Enhanced Am486 Product Features The new clock-tripled, Microsoft Windows-compatible processors feature writeback cache memory and 2-pin, industry-standard System Management Mode (SMM).

AMD announces world's fastest 486 device -- 120 MHz; enhanced 486 ...

Cyrix has also included the same System Management Mode (SMM) used across its entire line of processors.

Cyrix reveals product details on M1; fastest 586 design available in ...