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6 Datasheet
4.11.21
PMCS – Power Management Control/Status Register (Device #2)...121
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Intel
®
855GM/GME GMCH System Address Map ..........................................................123
5.1
System Memory Address Ranges...................................................................... 123
5.2
DOS Compatibility Area .....................................................................................125
5.3
Extended System Memory Area......................................................................... 127
5.4
Main System Memory Address Range (0010_0000h to Top of Main Memory). 128
5.4.1
15-MB – 16-MB Window..................................................................... 128
5.4.2
Pre-allocated System Memory............................................................128
5.4.2.1
Extended SMRAM Address Range (HSEG and TSEG) ...129
5.4.2.2
HSEG ................................................................................129
5.4.2.3
TSEG.................................................................................129
5.4.2.4
Dynamic Video Memory Technology (DVMT)...................129
5.4.2.5
PCI Memory Address Range (Top of Main System Memory
to 4 GB) .............................................................................129
5.4.2.6
APIC Configuration Space (FEC0_0000h -FECF_FFFFh,
FEE0_0000h- FEEF_FFFFh)............................................130
5.4.2.7
High BIOS Area (FFE0_0000h -FFFF_FFFFh).................130
5.4.3
System Management Mode (SMM) Memory Range ..........................130
5.4.3.1
SMM Space Restrictions...................................................131
5.4.3.2
SMM Space Definition.......................................................131
5.4.4
System Memory Shadowing...............................................................132
5.4.5
I/O Address Space..............................................................................132
5.4.5.1
AGP/PCI I/O Address Mapping.........................................132
5.4.6
GMCH Decode Rules and Cross-Bridge Address Mapping...............133
5.4.7
Hub Interface Decode Rules...............................................................133
5.4.7.1
Hub Interface Accesses to GMCH that Cross Device
Boundaries ........................................................................ 133
5.4.7.2
AGP Interface Decode Rules ............................................134
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Functional Description ....................................................................................................137
6.1
Host Interface Overview .....................................................................................137
6.2
Dynamic Bus Inversion.......................................................................................137
6.2.1
System Bus Interrupt Delivery ............................................................137
6.2.2
Upstream Interrupt Messages ............................................................138
6.3
System Memory Interface ..................................................................................138
6.3.1
DDR SDRAM Interface Overview.......................................................138
6.3.2
System Memory Organization and Configuration...............................139
6.3.2.1
Configuration Mechanism for SO-DIMMs .........................139
6.3.2.2
System Memory Register Programming ...........................139
6.3.3
DDR SDRAM Performance Description ............................................. 140
6.3.3.1
Data Integrity (ECC) .......................................................... 140
6.4
Integrated Graphics Overview............................................................................140
6.4.1
3D/2D Instruction Processing ............................................................. 141
6.4.2
3D Engine ...........................................................................................141
6.4.2.1
Bi-Cubic Filtering (Intel
®
855GME GMCH)........................ 142
6.4.2.2
Video Mixer Rendering (Intel
®
855GME GMCH) ..............142
6.4.2.3
Setup Engine.....................................................................142
6.4.2.4
Viewport Transform and Perspective Divide.....................142
6.4.2.5
3D Primitives and Data Formats Support..........................143
6.4.2.6
Pixel Accurate Fast Scissoring and Clipping Operation....143
6.4.2.7
Backface Culling................................................................143