User Guide

FIRST INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER,

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10Base-T (Ethernet) - A networking standard that supports data transfer rates up to 10Mbps (10

megabits per second).

100Base-T (Fast Ethernet) - A relatively new networking standard that supports data transfer rates

up to 100Mbps.

ACPI - Advanced Configuration and Power Management Interface, a power management

specification developed by Intel, Microsoft, and Toshiba.

CardBus - The 32-bit version of the PCMCIA PC Card standard. In addition to supporting a wider

bus (32 bits instead of 16 bits), CardBus also supports bus mastering and operation speeds up to

33MHz.

Clock Throttling – South bridge function that allows the CPU clock to be stopped and started at a

known duty cycle using the STPCLK# pin to enter and exit Stop Grant mode. Clock throttling is used

for power saving, thermal management, and reducing the processing speed.

DIMM (SODIMM) - Dual In-line Memory Module, a small circuit board that holds memory chips.

A Single In-line Memory Module (SIMM) has a 32-bit path to the memory chips whereas a DIMM

has 64-bit path. Because the processor requires a 64-bit path to memory, you need to install SIMMs

two at a time. With DIMMs, you can install one DIMM at a time. SODIMM is Small Outline Dual

In-line Memory Module used in notebook computers.

DMI - Desktop Management Interface, an API to enable software to collect information about a

computer environment about a computer environment. For example, using DMI a program can

determine what hardware and expansion boards are installed on a computer.

GPI - General Purpose Input.

GPO - General Purpose Output.

Lid Switch - A switch that indicates the notebook LCD Panel has been closed and it can be turned

off.

MPEG-2 - Moving Picture Experts Group, a working group of ISO. The term also refers to the

family of digital video compression standards developed by the group. There are two major MPEG

standards : MPEG-1 and MPEG-2. The most common implementations of the MPEG-1 standard

provide a video resolution 352x240 at 30 frames per second(fps). A newer standard, MPEG-2, offers

resolution of 720x480 and 1280x720 at 60 fps, with full CD-quality audio.

North Bridge - The CPU to PCI interface, also contains the memory and cache controllers.

South Bridge - The PCI to ISA interface, also contains many legacy devices.

SMM - System Management Mode, Mode of operation while an SMI is active.

SMI - System Management Interrupt, non-maskable interrupt that causes the system to enter

SMM. SMM functions include power management, USB legacy keyboard control, security, hot keys,

and thermal monitoring.

SMB - System Management Bus, that is used for managing smart batteries, reading SDRAM

configuration information, and other miscel1aneous system function.

TBD -To Be Discussed. The mentioned specification is not final that should be discussed with

related engineers.

Ultra DMA-33 - A protocol developed by Quantum Corporation and Intel that supports burst mode

data transfer rates of 33.3 MBps.

USB - A new external bus standard that supports data transfer rates of 12 MBps. A single USB

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