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Dmidecode

Dmidecode gives you infos on the components installed on your motherboard, often avoiding the need to open up the case or, more annoying, a laptop.

Here a table of convertion provided by the man page, you can ask ifos with dmidecode -t #

Another nice tool is lscpu, for more detailed infos on the CPU

Type   Information
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0    BIOS
1    System
2    Baseboard
3    Chassis
4    Processor
5    Memory Controller
6    Memory Module
7    Cache
8    Port Connector
9    System Slots
10   On Board Devices
11   OEM Strings
12   System Configuration Options
13   BIOS Language
14   Group Associations
15   System Event Log
16   Physical Memory Array
17   Memory Device
18   32-bit Memory Error
19   Memory Array Mapped Address
20   Memory Device Mapped Address
21   Built-in Pointing Device
22   Portable Battery
23   System Reset
24   Hardware Security
25   System Power Controls
26   Voltage Probe
27   Cooling Device
28   Temperature Probe
29   Electrical Current Probe
30   Out-of-band Remote Access
31   Boot Integrity Services

32   System Boot
33   64-bit Memory Error
34   Management Device
35   Management Device Component
36   Management Device Threshold Data
37   Memory Channel
38   IPMI Device
39   Power Supply
40   Additional Information
41   Onboard Devices Extended Information
42   Management Controller Host Interface
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