Intel Xeon Processor and Intel E7500/E7501Chipset Compatible Platform Design Guide

Introduction
26 Intel
®
Xeon™ Processor and Intel
®
E7500/E7501 Chipset Compatible Platform Design Guide
1.3.3 Peak Bandwidth Summary
Table 1-5 describes the clock maximum speed, sample rate, and peak bandwidth for each of the
interfaces in the E7500/E7501 chipset based platform.
1.3.4 System Configurations
Figure 1-1 illustrates an example E7500/E7501 chipset-based system configuration for server
platforms using Intel Xeon processors.
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Table 1-5. Platform Peak Bandwidth Summary
Interface
Clock Speed
(MHz)
Samples per
Clock
Data Width
(Bytes)
Peak Bandwidth
(MB/s)
System Bus (Data) 100 / 133 4 8 3200 / 4270
DDR Interface 100 / 133 2 16 3200 / 4270
Hub Interface_A 66 4 1 266
Hub Interface_B,C,D 66 8 2 1066
PCI-X 133 1 8 1066
Figure 1-1. Example Intel
®
E7500/E7501 Chipset-Based System Configuration
Intel
®
ICH3-S
MCH
USB 1.1, 6 Ports
AC '97
Codec(s)
AC'97 2.1
1–4 FWHs
10/100 LAN
Controller
4 IDE Devices
UltraATA/100
System Memory
GPIOs
ProcessorProcessor
SMBus 2.0
SMBus
Devices
LPC I/F
Super I/O
PCI Bus
PCI
Slots
PCI
Agent
Inte
P64H2
PCI / PCI-X
PCI / PCI-X
Hot Plug
16-bit
HI 2.0
P64H2
PCI / PCI-X
PCI / PCI-X
Hot Plug
16-bit
HI 2.0
DDR-200 or
DDR-266
DDR-200 or
DDR-266
P64H2
PCI / PCI-X
PCI / PCI-X
Hot Plug
16-bit
HI 2.0
8-bit
HI 1.5