User`s manual

User’s Manual

1.6.2 AMD Geode GX3 & CS5536

The AMD Geode™ GX3 processors are integrated x86 processors specifically designed to

power embedded devices for entertainment, education, and business. Serving the needs of

consumers and business professionals alike, it’s an excellent solution for embedded

applications, such as thin clients, interactive set-top boxes, single board computers, and

mobile computing devices.

LX Processor General Features:

• 0.13 micron process

• 481-Terminal BGU (Ball Grid Array Cavity Up) with internal heatspreader

• x86/x87-compatible CPU core

• Processor frequency: up to 500 MHz

• Dhrystone 2.1 MIPs: 150 to 450

• Split I/D cache/TLB (Translation Look-aside Buffer):

 64 KB I-cache/64 KB D-cache

 128 KB L2 cache configurable as I-cache, D-cache, or both

• Efficient pre-fetch and branch prediction

• Integrated FPU that supports the MMX® and

• AMD 3DNow!™ instruction sets

• Fully pipelined single precision FPU hardware with microcode support for higher

precisions

• JTAG interface:

 ATPG, Full Scan, BIST on all arrays

 1149.1 Boundary Scan compliant

• ICE (in-circuit emulator) interface

• Reset and clock control

• Designed for improved software debug methods and performance analysis

• Power Management:

 Thermal Design Power (TDP) 2.4W, 1.6W typical @ 500 MHz max power

(projected)

 GeodeLink active hardware power management

 Hardware support for standard ACPI software power management

 I/O companion SUSP/SUSPA power controls

 Lower power I/O

 Wakeup on SMI/INTR