# Hardware Requirements

## qat_hw Requirements

This Intel&reg; QAT OpenSSL\* Engine supports crypto Hardware acceleration to the following
acceleration devices:

* [Intel&reg; Xeon&reg; with Intel&reg; C62X Series Chipset][1]
* [Intel&reg; Atom&trade; Processor C3000][2]
* [Intel&reg; Communications Chipset 8925 to 8955 Series][3]

[1]:https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/design/products-and-solutions/processors-and-chipsets/purley/intel-xeon-scalable-processors.html
[2]:https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/design/products-and-solutions/processors-and-chipsets/denverton/ns/atom-processor-c3000-series.html
[3]:https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ethernet-products/gigabit-server-adapters/quickassist-adapter-8950-brief.html

## qat_sw Requirements

The [qat_sw features](features.md#qat_sw-features) are only supported in the platforms starting with [3rd Generation Intel&reg; Xeon&reg; Scalable Processors family][4]

[4]:https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/docs/processors/xeon/3rd-gen-xeon-scalable-processors-brief.html
