lshw: lshw - is a Hardware Lister lshw: lshw: lshw (Hardware Lister) is a small tool to provide detailed information lshw: on the hardware configuration of the machine. It can report exact memory lshw: configuration, firmware version, mainboard configuration, CPU version lshw: and speed, cache configuration, bus speed, etc. on DMI-capable x86 or EFI lshw: (IA-64) systems and on some PowerPC machines (​PowerMac G4 is known to lshw: work lshw: lshw: lshw: