Add Skylake info, generalize turbo boost

Author: laurenhughes

articles/virtual-machines/dv2-dsv2-series-memory.md

@@ -11,15 +11,17 @@
 
 # Memory optimized Dv2 and Dsv2-series
 
-Dv2 and Dsv2-series, a follow-on to the original D-series, features a more powerful CPU. The Dv2-series CPU is about 35% faster than the D-series CPU. It is based on the latest generation 2.4 GHz Intel Xeon® E5-2673 v3 2.4 GHz (Haswell) or E5-2673 v4 2.3 GHz (Broadwell) processors, and with the Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0, can go up to 3.1 GHz. The Dv2-series has the same memory and disk configurations as the D-series.
+Dv2 and Dsv2-series, a follow-on to the original D-series, features a more powerful CPU. DSv2-series sizes run on the Intel® Xeon® 8171M 2.1 GHz (Skylake) or the Intel® Xeon® E5-2673 v4 2.3 GHz (Broadwell) or the Intel® Xeon® E5-2673 v3 2.4 GHz (Haswell) processors. The Dv2-series has the same memory and disk configurations as the D-series.
 
 ## Dv2-series 11-15
 
+Dv2-series sizes run on the Intel® Xeon® 8171M 2.1 GHz (Skylake) or the Intel® Xeon® E5-2673 v4 2.3 GHz (Broadwell) or the Intel® Xeon® E5-2673 v3 2.4 GHz (Haswell) processors.
+
 ACU: 210 - 250
 
-Premium Storage:  Not Supported
+Premium Storage: Not Supported
 
-Premium Storage caching:  Not Supported
+Premium Storage caching: Not Supported
 
 | Size | vCPU | Memory: GiB | Temp storage (SSD) GiB | Max temp storage throughput: IOPS/Read MBps/Write MBps | Max data disks/throughput: IOPS | Max NICs/Expected network bandwidth (Mbps) |
 |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
@@ -34,6 +36,8 @@ Premium Storage caching:  Not Supported
 
 ## DSv2-series 11-15
 
+DSv2-series sizes run on the Intel® Xeon® 8171M 2.1 GHz (Skylake) or the Intel® Xeon® E5-2673 v4 2.3 GHz (Broadwell) or the Intel® Xeon® E5-2673 v3 2.4 GHz (Haswell) processors.
+
 ACU: 210 - 250 <sup>1</sup>
 
 Premium Storage:  Supported

articles/virtual-machines/dv2-dsv2-series.md

@@ -9,12 +9,14 @@
  ms.author: lahugh
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-# Dv2 and Dsv2-series
+# Dv2 and DSv2-series
 
-The Dv2 and Dsv2-series, a follow-on to the original D-series, features a more powerful CPU. The Dv2-series CPU is about 35% faster than the D-series CPU. It is based on the latest generation 2.4 GHz Intel Xeon® E5-2673 v3 2.4 GHz (Haswell) or E5-2673 v4 2.3 GHz (Broadwell) processors, and with the Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0, can go up to 3.1 GHz. The Dv2-series has the same memory and disk configurations as the D-series.
+The Dv2 and Dsv2-series, a follow-on to the original D-series, feature a more powerful CPU and optimal CPU-to-memory configuration making them suitable for most production workloads. The Dv2-series is about 35% faster than the D-series. Dv2-series runs on the Intel® Xeon® 8171M 2.1GHz (Skylake), Intel® Xeon® E5-2673 v4 2.3 GHz (Broadwell), or the Intel® Xeon® E5-2673 v3 2.4 GHz (Haswell) processors with the Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0. The Dv2-series has the same memory and disk configurations as the D-series.
 
 ## Dv2-series
 
+Dv2-series sizes run on the Intel® Xeon® 8171M 2.1GHz (Skylake) or the the Intel® Xeon® E5-2673 v4 2.3 GHz (Broadwell) or the Intel® Xeon® E5-2673 v3 2.4 GHz (Haswell) processors with Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0.
+
 ACU: 210-250
 
 Premium Storage:  Not Supported
@@ -29,7 +31,9 @@ Premium Storage caching:  Not Supported
 | Standard_D4_v2 | 8  | 28  | 400 | 24000/375/187 | 32 | 32x500 | 8/6000  |
 | Standard_D5_v2 | 16 | 56  | 800 | 48000/750/375 | 64 | 64x500 | 8/12000 |
 
-## Dsv2-series
+## DSv2-series
+
+DSv2-series sizes run on the Intel® Xeon® 8171M 2.1GHz (Skylake) or the the Intel® Xeon® E5-2673 v4 2.3 GHz (Broadwell) or the Intel® Xeon® E5-2673 v3 2.4 GHz (Haswell) processors with Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0.
 
 ACU: 210-250
 

articles/virtual-machines/dv3-dsv3-series.md

@@ -11,14 +11,18 @@
 
 # Dv3 and Dsv3-series
 
-Dv3 and Dsv3-series, a follow-on to the original D-series, features a more powerful CPU and optimal CPU-to-memory configuration making them suitable for most production workloads.  Memory has been expanded (from ~3.5 GiB/vCPU to 4 GiB/vCPU) while disk and network limits have been adjusted on a per core basis to align with the move to hyperthreading. The Dv3 and Dsv3-series no longer has the high memory VM sizes of the D/Dv2 families, those have been moved to the new Ev3 family. Example use cases include enterprise-grade applications, relational databases, in-memory caching, and analytics.
+The Dv3-series runs on the Intel® Xeon® 8171M 2.1GHz (Skylake), Intel® Xeon® E5-2673 v4 2.3 GHz (Broadwell), or the Intel® Xeon® E5-2673 v3 2.4 GHz (Haswell) processors in a hyper-threaded configuration, providing a better value proposition for most general purpose workloads. Memory has been expanded (from ~3.5 GiB/vCPU to 4 GiB/vCPU) while disk and network limits have been adjusted on a per core basis to align with the move to hyperthreading. The Dv3-series no longer has the high memory VM sizes of the D/Dv2-series, those have been moved to the memory optimized [Ev3 and Esv3-series](ev3-esv3-series.md).
+
+Example D-series use cases include enterprise-grade applications, relational databases, in-memory caching, and analytics.
 
 ## Dv3-series
 
-Dv3-series sizes are based on the 2.4 GHz Intel Xeon® E5-2673 v3 (Haswell) processor or 2.3 GHz Intel XEON ® E5-2673 v4 (Broadwell) processor that can achieve 3.5GHz with Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 and also utilize Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology. The Dv3-series sizes offer a combination of vCPU, memory, and temporary storage for most production workloads.
+Dv3-series sizes run on the Intel® Xeon® 8171M 2.1GHz (Skylake), Intel® Xeon® E5-2673 v4 2.3 GHz (Broadwell), or the Intel® Xeon® E5-2673 v3 2.4 GHz (Haswell) processors with Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0. The Dv3-series sizes offer a combination of vCPU, memory, and temporary storage for most production workloads.
 
 Data disk storage is billed separately from virtual machines. To use premium storage disks, use the Dsv3 sizes. The pricing and billing meters for Dsv3 sizes are the same as Dv3-series.
 
+Dv3-series VMs feature Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology.
+
 ACU: 160-190
 
 Premium Storage:  Not Supported
@@ -37,7 +41,9 @@ Premium Storage caching:  Not Supported
 
 ## Dsv3-series
 
-Dsv3-series sizes are based on the 2.4 GHz Intel Xeon® E5-2673 v3 (Haswell) processor or the latest 2.3 GHz Intel XEON ® E5-2673 v4 (Broadwell) processor that can achieve 3.5GHz with Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0, use premium storage, and also utilize Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology. The Dsv3-series sizes offer a combination of vCPU, memory, and temporary storage for most production workloads.
+Dsv3-series sizes run on the Intel® Xeon® 8171M 2.1GHz (Skylake), Intel® Xeon® E5-2673 v4 2.3 GHz (Broadwell), or the Intel® Xeon® E5-2673 v3 2.4 GHz (Haswell) processors with Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 and use premium storage. The Dsv3-series sizes offer a combination of vCPU, memory, and temporary storage for most production workloads.
+
+Dsv3-series VMs feature Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology.
 
 ACU: 160-190
 

articles/virtual-machines/ev3-esv3-series.md

@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@
 
 # Ev3 and Esv3-series
 
-The Ev3 and Esv3-series feature the E5-2673 v4 2.3 GHz (Broadwell) processor in a hyper-threaded configuration, providing a better value proposition for most general purpose workloads, and bringing the Ev3 into alignment with the general purpose VMs of most other clouds.  Memory has been expanded (from 7 GiB/vCPU to 8 GiB/vCPU) while disk and network limits have been adjusted on a per core basis to align with the move to hyperthreading. The Ev3 is the follow up to the high memory VM sizes of the D/Dv2 families.
+The Ev3 and Esv3-series feature the Intel® Xeon® 8171M 2.1 GHz (Skylake) or the Intel® Xeon® E5-2673 v4 2.3 GHz (Broadwell) processor in a hyper-threaded configuration, providing a better value proposition for most general purpose workloads, and bringing the Ev3 into alignment with the general purpose VMs of most other clouds.  Memory has been expanded (from 7 GiB/vCPU to 8 GiB/vCPU) while disk and network limits have been adjusted on a per core basis to align with the move to hyperthreading. The Ev3 is the follow up to the high memory VM sizes of the D/Dv2 families.
 
 ## Ev3-series
 
-Ev3-series instances are based on the 2.3 GHz Intel XEON® E5-2673 v4 (Broadwell) processor and can achieve 3.5GHz with Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0. Ev3-series instances are ideal for memory-intensive enterprise applications.
+Ev3-series instances are based on feature the Intel® Xeon® 8171M 2.1 GHz (Skylake) or the Intel® Xeon® E5-2673 v4 2.3 GHz (Broadwell) processor and Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0. Ev3-series instances are ideal for memory-intensive enterprise applications.
 
 ACU: 160 - 190 <sup>1</sup>
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Data disk storage is billed separately from virtual machines. To use premium sto
 
 ## Esv3-series
 
-Esv3-series instances are based on the 2.3 GHz Intel XEON® E5-2673 v4 (Broadwell) processor and can achieve 3.5GHz with Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 and use premium storage. Esv3-series instances are ideal for memory-intensive enterprise applications.
+Esv3-series instances are based on feature the Intel® Xeon® 8171M 2.1 GHz (Skylake) or the Intel® Xeon® E5-2673 v4 2.3 GHz (Broadwell) processor, Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0, and use premium storage. Esv3-series instances are ideal for memory-intensive enterprise applications.
 
 ACU: 160-190 <sup>1</sup>
 

articles/virtual-machines/sizes-general.md

@@ -25,9 +25,11 @@ The [DC-series](dc-series.md) is a family of virtual machines in Azure that help
 
 The [Av2-series](av2-series.md) VMs can be deployed on a variety of hardware types and processors. A-series VMs have CPU performance and memory configurations best suited for entry level workloads like development and test. The size is throttled, based upon the hardware, to offer consistent processor performance for the running instance, regardless of the hardware it is deployed on. To determine the physical hardware on which this size is deployed, query the virtual hardware from within the Virtual Machine. Example use cases include development and test servers, low traffic web servers, small to medium databases, proof-of-concepts, and code repositories.
 
-[Dv2 and Dsv2-series](dv2-dsv2-series.md) VMs, a follow-on to the original D-series, features a more powerful CPU and optimal CPU-to-memory configuration making them suitable for most production workloads. The Dv2-series CPU is about 35% faster than the D-series CPU. It is based on the latest generation Intel Xeon® E5-2673 v3 2.4 GHz (Haswell) or E5-2673 v4 2.3 GHz (Broadwell) processors, and with the Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0, can go up to 3.1 GHz. The Dv2-series has the same memory and disk configurations as the D-series.
+[Dv2 and Dsv2-series](dv2-dsv2-series.md) VMs, a follow-on to the original D-series, features a more powerful CPU and optimal CPU-to-memory configuration making them suitable for most production workloads. The Dv2-series is about 35% faster than the D-series. Dv2-series runs on the Intel® Xeon® 8171M 2.1GHz (Skylake), Intel® Xeon® E5-2673 v4 2.3 GHz (Broadwell), or the Intel® Xeon® E5-2673 v3 2.4 GHz (Haswell) processors with the Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0. The Dv2-series has the same memory and disk configurations as the D-series.
 
-[Dv3 and Dsv3-series](dv3-dsv3-series.md) VMs feature the 2.4 GHz Intel Xeon® E5-2673 v3 (Haswell) processor or the latest 2.3 GHz Intel XEON ® E5-2673 v4 (Broadwell) processor in a hyper-threaded configuration, providing a better value proposition for most general purpose workloads.  Memory has been expanded (from ~3.5 GiB/vCPU to 4 GiB/vCPU) while disk and network limits have been adjusted on a per core basis to align with the move to hyperthreading. The Dv3 no longer has the high memory VM sizes of the D/Dv2 families, those have been moved to the new Ev3 family. Example use cases include enterprise-grade applications, relational databases, in-memory caching, and analytics.
+[Dv3 and Dsv3-series](dv3-dsv3-series.md) VMs run on the Intel® Xeon® 8171M 2.1GHz (Skylake), Intel® Xeon® E5-2673 v4 2.3 GHz (Broadwell), or the Intel® Xeon® E5-2673 v3 2.4 GHz (Haswell) processors in a hyper-threaded configuration, providing a better value proposition for most general purpose workloads. Memory has been expanded (from ~3.5 GiB/vCPU to 4 GiB/vCPU) while disk and network limits have been adjusted on a per core basis to align with the move to hyperthreading. The Dv3-series no longer has the high memory VM sizes of the D/Dv2-series, those have been moved to the memory optimized [Ev3 and Esv3-series](ev3-esv3-series.md).
+
+Example D-series use cases include enterprise-grade applications, relational databases, in-memory caching, and analytics.
 
 [Dav4 and Dasv4-series](dav4-dasv4-series.md) are new sizes utilizing AMD’s 2.35Ghz EPYC<sup>TM</sup> 7452 processor in a multi-threaded configuration with up to 256 MB L3 cache dedicating 8 GB of that L3 cache to every 8 cores increasing customer options for running their general purpose workloads. The Dav4-series and Dasv4-series have the same memory and disk configurations as the D & Dsv3-series.
 

articles/virtual-machines/sizes-memory.md

@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ Memory optimized VM sizes offer a high memory-to-CPU ratio that are great for re
 
 Azure Compute offers virtual machine sizes that are Isolated to a specific hardware type and dedicated to a single customer. These virtual machine sizes are best suited for workloads that require a high degree of isolation from other customers for workloads involving elements like compliance and regulatory requirements. Customers can also choose to further subdivide the resources of these Isolated virtual machines by using [Azure support for nested virtual machines](https://azure.microsoft.com/blog/nested-virtualization-in-azure/). See the pages for virtual machine families below for your isolated VM options.
 
-- [Dv2 and Dsv2-series](dv2-dsv2-series-memory.md), a follow-on to the original D-series, features a more powerful CPU. The Dv2-series CPU is about 35% faster than the D-series CPU. It is based on the latest generation 2.4 GHz Intel Xeon® E5-2673 v3 2.4 GHz (Haswell) or E5-2673 v4 2.3 GHz (Broadwell) processors, and with the Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0, can go up to 3.1 GHz. The Dv2-series has the same memory and disk configurations as the D-series.
+- [Dv2 and Dsv2-series](dv2-dsv2-series.md), a follow-on to the original D-series, features a more powerful CPU. The Dv2-series is about 35% faster than the D-series. It runs on the Intel® Xeon® 8171M 2.1 GHz (Skylake) or the Intel® Xeon® E5-2673 v4 2.3 GHz (Broadwell) or the Intel® Xeon® E5-2673 v3 2.4 GHz (Haswell) processors, and with the Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0. The Dv2-series has the same memory and disk configurations as the D-series.
 
 - The [Eav4 and Easv4-series](eav4-easv4-series.md) utilize AMD’s 2.35Ghz EPYC<sup>TM</sup> 7452 processor in a multi-threaded configuration with up to 256MB L3 cache, increasing options for running most memory optimized workloads. The Eav4-series and Easv4-series have the same memory and disk configurations as the Ev3 & Esv3-series.
 
-- The [Ev3 and Esv3-series](ev3-esv3-series.md) features the E5-2673 v4 2.3 GHz (Broadwell) processor in a hyper-threaded configuration, providing a better value proposition for most general purpose workloads, and bringing the Ev3 into alignment with the general purpose VMs of most other clouds.  Memory has been expanded (from 7 GiB/vCPU to 8 GiB/vCPU) while disk and network limits have been adjusted on a per core basis to align with the move to hyper-threading. The Ev3 is the follow up to the high memory VM sizes of the D/Dv2 families.
+- The [Ev3 and Esv3-series](ev3-esv3-series.md) Intel® Xeon® 8171M 2.1 GHz (Skylake) or the Intel® Xeon® E5-2673 v4 2.3 GHz (Broadwell)  processor in a hyper-threaded configuration, providing a better value proposition for most general purpose workloads, and bringing the Ev3 into alignment with the general purpose VMs of most other clouds. Memory has been expanded (from 7 GiB/vCPU to 8 GiB/vCPU) while disk and network limits have been adjusted on a per core basis to align with the move to hyper-threading. The Ev3 is the follow up to the high memory VM sizes of the D/Dv2 families.
 
 - The [M-series](m-series.md) offers a high vCPU count (up to 128 vCPUs) and a large amount of memory (up to 3.8 TiB). It’s also ideal for extremely large databases or other applications that benefit from high vCPU counts and large amounts of memory.