# Hardware Requirements

## qat_hw Requirements

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

* [Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processor family with Intel® QAT Gen4/Gen4m][1]
* [Intel® QuickAssist Adapter 8970][2]
* [Intel® QuickAssist Adapter 8960][3]
* [Intel® QuickAssist Adapter 8950][4]
* [Intel&reg; Atom&trade; Processor C3000][5]

## 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][6] and later.

[1]:https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/docs/processors/xeon-accelerated/4th-gen-xeon-scalable-processors.html
[2]:https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/125200/intel-quickassist-adapter-8970/downloads.html
[3]:https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/125199/intel-quickassist-adapter-8960/downloads.html
[4]:https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/80371/intel-communications-chipset-8950/specifications.html
[5]:https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/design/products-and-solutions/processors-and-chipsets/denverton/ns/atom-processor-c3000-series.html
[5]:https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/docs/processors/xeon/3rd-gen-xeon-scalable-processors-brief.html
