Datasheet
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Datasheet 3
Contents
1
Introduction .......................................................................................................................19
1.1
Terminology..........................................................................................................19
1.2
Reference Documents.......................................................................................... 21
2
Intel
®
855GM/855GME Chipset GMCH Overview ............................................................ 23
2.1
System Architecture .............................................................................................23
2.1.1
Intel
®
855GM Chipset GMCH ...............................................................23
2.1.2
Intel
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855GME Chipset GMCH.............................................................23
2.2
Processor Host Interface...................................................................................... 24
2.3
GMCH System Memory Interface ........................................................................24
2.4
Graphics Features................................................................................................25
2.5
Display Features ..................................................................................................26
2.5.1
GMCH Analog Display Port ..................................................................26
2.5.2
GMCH Integrated LVDS Port................................................................26
2.5.3
GMCH Integrated DVO Ports ............................................................... 26
2.6
Intel
®
855GME GMCH AGP Interface..................................................................26
2.7
Hub Interface........................................................................................................27
2.8
Address Decode Policies .....................................................................................27
2.9
GMCH Clocking....................................................................................................27
2.10
System Interrupts .................................................................................................28
3
Signal Descriptions ........................................................................................................... 29
3.1
Host Interface Signals ..........................................................................................30
3.2
DDR SDRAM Interface.........................................................................................32
3.3
AGP Interface Signals .......................................................................................... 34
3.3.1
AGP Addressing Signals ...................................................................... 34
3.3.2
AGP Flow Control Signals ....................................................................35
3.3.3
AGP Status Signals .............................................................................. 35
3.3.4
AGP Strobes.........................................................................................36
3.3.5
AGP/PCI Signals-Semantics ................................................................36
3.4
Hub Interface Signals...........................................................................................39
3.5
Clocks...................................................................................................................39
3.6
Internal Graphics Display Signals ........................................................................41
3.6.1
Dedicated LVDS LCD Flat Panel Interface...........................................41
3.6.2
Digital Video Output B (DVOB) Port .....................................................42
3.6.3
Intel
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855GME GMCH DVO/I
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C to AGP Pin Mapping .........................42
3.6.4
Digital Video Output C (DVOC) Port..................................................... 44
3.6.5
Analog CRT Display .............................................................................45
3.6.6
General Purpose Input/Output Signals.................................................46
3.7
Voltage References, PLL Power .......................................................................... 48
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Register Description..........................................................................................................51