INTEL 82845G

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Intel 82845G Integrated Circuit, Graphics and Memory Controller Hub (GMCH)
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82845G
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Features
- AGP Interface
- Analog Display Support
- Digital Display Channels
- GMCH Package
- Host Interface Support
- Hub Interface
- Integrated Graphics
- System Memory Controller (SDR and DDR)
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Intel 845G/845GL/845GV Chipset
Datasheet
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Intel 82845G/82845GL/82845GV Graphics and Memory Controller
Hub (GMCH)
October 2002
Document Number: 290746-002
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Contents
1 Introduction...........................................................................................................13
1.1 Terminology ...................................................................................................13
1.2 Related Documents .......................................................................................14
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1.3 Intel 845G Chipset System Overview ..........................................................15
1.4 Intel® 82845G GMCH Overview....................................................................17
1.4.1 Host Interface....................................................................................17
1.4.2 System Memory Interface .................................................................17
1.4.3 Hub Interface ....................................................................................17
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1.4.4 Multiplexed AGP and Intel DVO Port Interface...............................18
1.4.5 Graphics Overview............................................................................18
1.4.6 Display Interfaces .............................................................................19
2 Signal Description ..............................................................................................21
2.1 Host Interface Signals....................................................................................23
2.2 Memory Interface...........................................................................................25
2.2.1 DDR SDRAM Interface .....................................................................25
2.2.2 SDR SDRAM Interface .....................................................................26
2.3 Hub Interface .................................................................................................28
2.4 AGP Interface Signals....................................................................................29
2.4.1 AGP Addressing Signals...................................................................29
2.4.2 AGP Flow Control Signals ................................................................29
2.4.3 AGP Status Signals ..........................................................................30
2.4.4 AGP Strobes.....................................................................................30
2.4.5 PCI Signals–AGP Semantics............................................................31
2.4.6 PCI Pins during PCI Transactions on AGP Interface........................32
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2.5 Multiplexed Intel DVO Device Signal Interfaces ..........................................32
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2.5.1 Intel DVO Signal Name to AGP Signal Name Pin Mapping............34
2.6 Analog Display...............................................................................................35
2.7 Clocks, Reset, and Miscellaneous Signals ....................................................36
2.8 RCOMP, VREF, VSWING Signals.................................................................36
2.9 Power and Ground Signals............................................................................37
2.10 Functional Straps...........................................................................................38
2.11 GMCH Sequencing Requirements.................................................................38
2.12 Reset States ..................................................................................................39
2.12.1 Full and Warm Reset States .............................................................39
3 Register Description..........................................................................................41
3.1 Register Terminology.....................................................................................41
3.2 Platform Configuration ...................................................................................42
3.3 Routing Configuration Accesses....................................................................43
3.3.1 Standard PCI Bus Configuration Mechanism ...................................44
3.3.2 PCI Bus #0 Configuration Mechanism ..............................................44
3.3.3 Primary PCI and Downstream Configuration Mechanism.................44
3.3.4 AGP/PCI_B Bus Configuration Mechanism ......................................44
3.4 I/O Mapped Registers....................................................................................46
3.4.1 CONFIG_ADDRESS—Configuration Address Register ...................46
3.4.2 CONFIG_DATA—Configuration Data Register ................................47
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3.5 Intel GMCH Internal Device Registers.........................................................48
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3.5.1 DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface Device Registers (Device 0)..48
3.5.1.1 VID—Vendor Identification Register (Device 0) ................50
3.5.1.2 DID—Device Identification Register (Device 0).................50
3.5.1.3 PCICMD—PCI Command Register (Device 0) .................51
3.5.1.4 PCISTS—PCI Status Register (Device 0).........................52
3.5.1.5 RID—Revision Identification Register (Device 0)..............53
3.5.1.6 SUBC—Sub-Class Code Register (Device 0)...................53
3.5.1.7 BCC—Base Class Code Register (Device 0)....................53
3.5.1.8 MLT—Master Latency Timer Register (Device 0) .............54
3.5.1.9 HDR—Header Type Register (Device 0) ..........................54
3.5.1.10 APBASE—Aperture Base Configuration Register
(Device 0).............................................................................55
3.5.1.11 SVID—Subsystem Vendor Identification Register
(Device 0).............................................................................56
3.5.1.12 SID—Subsystem Identification Register (Device 0) ..........56
3.5.1.13 CAPPTR—Capabilities Pointer Register (Device 0) .........56
3.5.1.14 AGPM—AGP Miscellaneous Configuration Register
(Device 0).............................................................................57
3.5.1.15 GC—Graphics Control Register (Device 0).......................58
3.5.1.16 DRB[0:3]—DRAM Row Boundary Register (Device 0) .....60
3.5.1.17 DRA—DRAM Row Attribute Register (Device 0) ..............61
3.5.1.18 DRT—DRAM Timing Register (Device 0) .........................62
3.5.1.19 DRC—DRAM Controller Mode Register (Device 0) ..........63
3.5.1.20 PAM[0:6]—Programmable Attribute Map Registers
(Device 0).............................................................................64
3.5.1.21 FDHC—Fixed SDRAM Hole Control Register (Device 0) .67
3.5.1.22 SMRAM—System Management RAM Control Register
(Device 0).............................................................................67
3.5.1.23 ESMRAMC—Extended System Management RAM Control
Register (Device 0) ..............................................................68
3.5.1.24 ACAPID—AGP Capability Identifier Register (Device 0) ..69
3.5.1.25 AGPSTAT—AGP Status Register (Device 0) ...................69
3.5.1.26 AGPCMD—AGP Command Register (Device 0) ..............70
3.5.1.27 AGPCTRL—AGP Control Register (Device 0)..................70
3.5.1.28 APSIZE—Aperture Size Register (Device 0) ....................71
3.5.1.29 ATTBASE—Aperture Translation Table Register
Device 0)..............................................................................71
3.5.1.30 AMTT—AGP MTT Control Register (Device 0).................72
3.5.1.31 LPTT—AGP Low Priority Transaction Timer Register
(Device 0).............................................................................72
3.5.1.32 GMCHCFG—GMCH Configuration Register (Device 0) ...73
3.5.1.33 ERRSTS—Error Status Register (Device 0) .....................74
3.5.1.34 ERRCMD—Error Command Register (Device 0)..............75
3.5.1.35 SMICMD—SMI Command Register (Device 0) ................76
3.5.1.36 SCICMD—SCI Command Register (Device 0) .................76
3.5.1.37 SKPD—Scratchpad Data Register (Device 0) ..................76
3.5.1.38 CAPREG—Capability Identification Register (Device 0)...77
3.5.2 Host-to-AGP Bridge Registers (Device 1).........................................78
3.5.2.1 VID1—Vendor Identification Register (Device 1) ..............79
3.5.2.2 DID1—Device Identification Register (Device 1)...............79
3.5.2.3 PCICMD1—PCI Command Register (Device 1) ...............80
3.5.2.4 PCISTS1—PCI Status Register (Device 1).......................81
3.5.2.5 RID1—Revision Identification Register (Device 1)............82
3.5.2.6 SUBC1—Sub-Class Code Register (Device 1).................82
3.5.2.7 BCC1—Base Class Code Register (Device 1)..................82
3.5.2.8 MLT1—Master Latency Timer Register (Device 1) ...........83
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3.5.2.9 HDR1—Header Type Register (Device 1).........................83
3.5.2.10 PBUSN1—Primary Bus Number Register (Device 1) .......83
3.5.2.11 SBUSN1—Secondary Bus Number Register (Device 1)...84
3.5.2.12 SUBUSN1—Subordinate Bus Number Register (Device 1)..
84
3.5.2.13 SMLT1—Secondary Bus Master Latency Timer Register
(Device 1).............................................................................84
3.5.2.14 IOBASE1—I/O Base Address Register (Device 1)............85
3.5.2.15 IOLIMIT1—I/O Limit Address Register (Device 1).............85
3.5.2.16 SSTS1—Secondary Status Register (Device 1) ...............86
3.5.2.17 MBASE1—Memory Base Address Register (Device 1) ....87
3.5.2.18 MLIMIT1—Memory Limit Address Register (Device 1) .....88
3.5.2.19 PMBASE1—Prefetchable Memory Base Address Register
(Device 1).............................................................................89
3.5.2.20 PMLIMIT1—Prefetchable Memory Limit Address Register
(Device 1).............................................................................89
3.5.2.21 BCTRL1—Bridge Control Register (Device 1) ..................90
3.5.2.22 ERRCMD1—Error Command Register (Device 1)............91
3.5.3 Integrated Graphics Device Registers (Device 2).............................92
3.5.3.1 VID2—Vendor Identification Register (Device 2) ..............93
3.5.3.2 DID2—Device Identification Register (Device 2)...............93
3.5.3.3 PCICMD2—PCI Command Register (Device 2) ...............94
3.5.3.4 PCISTS2—PCI Status Register (Device 2).......................95
3.5.3.5 RID2—Revision Identification Register (Device 2)............95
3.5.3.6 CC—Class Code Register (Device 2) ...............................96
3.5.3.7 CLS—Cache Line Size Register (Device 2)......................96
3.5.3.8 MLT2—Master Latency Timer Register (Device 2) ...........96
3.5.3.9 HDR2—Header Type Register (Device 2).........................97
3.5.3.10 GMADR —Graphics Memory Range Address Register
(Device 2).............................................................................97
3.5.3.11 MMADR—Memory Mapped Range Address Register
(Device 2).............................................................................98
3.5.3.12 SVID2—Subsystem Vendor Identification Register
(Device 2).............................................................................98
3.5.3.13 SID2—Subsystem Identification Register (Device 2) ........98
3.5.3.14 ROMADR—Video BIOS ROM Base Address Registers
(Device 2).............................................................................99
3.5.3.15 CAPPOINT—Capabilities Pointer Register (Device 2)......99
3.5.3.16 INTRLINE—Interrupt Line Register (Device 2)..................99
3.5.3.17 INTRPIN—Interrupt Pin Register (Device 2) ...................100
3.5.3.18 MINGNT—Minimum Grant Register (Device 2) ..............100
3.5.3.19 MAXLAT—Maximum Latency Register (Device 2)..........100
3.5.3.20 PMCAPID—Power Management Capabilities ID Register
(Device 2)...........................................................................100
3.5.3.21 PMCAP—Power Management Capabilities Register
(Device 2)...........................................................................101
3.5.3.22 PMCS—Power Management Control/Status Register
(Device 2)...........................................................................101
3.5.4 Device 6 Registers..........................................................................102
3.5.4.1 DWTC—DRAM Write Throttling Control Register
(Device 6)...........................................................................102
3.5.4.2 DRTC—DRAM Read Throttling Control Register
(Device 6)...........................................................................103
4 Functional Description ...................................................................................105
4.1 Processor System Bus.................................................................................105
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4.1.1 PSB Dynamic Bus Inversion...........................................................105
4.1.2 System Bus Interrupt Delivery ........................................................106
4.1.3 Upstream Interrupt Messages.........................................................106
4.2 System Memory Controller ..........................................................................107
4.2.1 DDR SDRAM Interface Overview ...................................................107
4.2.2 SDR SDRAM Interface Overview ...................................................107
4.2.3 Memory Organization and Configuration ........................................108
4.2.3.1 Configuration Mechanism for DIMMs ..............................108
4.2.4 Memory Address Translation and Decoding...................................109
4.2.5 DRAM Performance Description.....................................................110
4.3 AGP Interface ..............................................................................................111
4.3.1 Overview.........................................................................................111
4.3.1.1 Lock Behavior..................................................................111
4.3.1.2 AGP Target Operations...................................................112
4.3.1.3 AGP Transaction Ordering ..............................................113
4.3.1.4 AGP Electrical Characteristics ........................................113
4.3.1.5 Support for PCI-66 Devices.............................................113
4.3.1.6 4X AGP Protocol .............................................................114
4.3.1.7 Fast Writes ......................................................................114
4.3.1.8 AGP 1.5 V Connector......................................................114
4.3.2 PCI Semantic Transactions on AGP...............................................115
4.3.2.1 GMCH Initiator and Target PCI Operations.....................115
4.3.2.2 GMCH Retry/Disconnect Conditions ...............................117
4.4 Integrated Graphics Device (IGD) ...............................................................119
4.4.1 3D Engine .......................................................................................120
4.4.1.1 Setup Engine...................................................................120
4.4.1.2 Scan Converter ...............................................................121
4.4.1.3 2D Functionality...............................................................121
4.4.1.4 Texture Engine ................................................................121
4.4.1.5 Raster Engine..................................................................124
4.4.1.6 2D Engine........................................................................126
4.4.1.7 GMCH VGA Registers.....................................................127
4.4.1.8 Logical 128-Bit Fixed BLT and 256-Bit Fill Engine ..........127
4.4.2 Video Engine ..................................................................................128
4.4.2.1 Hardware Motion Compensation.....................................128
4.4.2.2 Planes .............................................................................128
4.4.2.3 Cursor Plane ...................................................................128
4.4.2.4 Overlay Plane..................................................................129
4.4.3 Pipes...............................................................................................130
4.4.3.1 Clock Generator Units (DPLL).........................................130
4.4.4 Ports ...............................................................................................130
4.5 Display Interfaces ........................................................................................131
4.5.1 Analog Display Port Characteristics................................................132
4.5.2 Digital Display Interface ..................................................................133
4.5.2.1 Digital Display Channels – DVOB and DVOC.................133
4.5.2.2 Synchronous Display.......................................................135
4.6 Power and Thermal Management ...............................................................136
4.6.1 Power Management Support Overview ..........................................136
4.6.2 Processor Power State Control.......................................................136
4.6.3 Sleep State Control.........................................................................136
4.6.4 Graphics Adapter State Control......................................................136
4.6.5 Monitor State Control......................................................................137
4.7 Clocking .......................................................................................................137
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5 System Address ................................................................................................139
5.1 System Memory Address Ranges ...............................................................139
5.1.1 Compatibility Area...........................................................................141
5.1.2 Extended Memory Area ..................................................................143
5.1.2.1 15 MB–16 MB Window....................................................143
5.1.2.2 Pre-Allocated Memory.....................................................143
5.1.3 AGP Memory Address Ranges.......................................................146
6 Electrical Characteristics ..............................................................................147
6.1 Absolute Maximum Ratings .........................................................................147
6.2 Thermal Characteristics...............................................................................147
6.3 Power Characteristics..................................................................................148
6.4 Signal Groups ..............................................................................................148
6.5 DC Parameters ............................................................................................150
6.6 DAC Characteristics.....................................................................................153
6.6.1 DAC DC Characteristics .................................................................153
6.6.2 DAC Reference and Output Specifications.....................................154
6.6.3 DAC AC Characteristics..................................................................154
7 Ballout and Package Information...............................................................155
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7.1 Intel 82845G GMCH Ballout ......................................................................155
7.2 Package Information....................................................................................170
8 Testability.............................................................................................................173
8.1 XOR Test Mode Initialization .......................................................................173
8.2 XOR Chain Definition...................................................................................173
8.3 XOR Chains Excluded Pins .........................................................................180
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9.1 Processor System Bus (PSB) Frequency....................................................181
9.2 No AGP Interface.........................................................................................182
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9.3 Intel 82845G and Intel 82845GL/82845GV Signal Differences ...............182
9.3.1 Functional Straps (82845GL only) ..................................................182
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9.4 Intel 82845G and Intel 82845GL/82845GV Register Differences............183
9.4.1 DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface Device Registers (Device 0) 183
9.4.1.1 Device 0 Registers Not in 82845GL/82845GV ................183
9.4.1.2 Device 0 Register Bit Differences....................................184
9.4.2 Host-to-AGP Bridge Registers (Device 1).......................................186
9.5 Synchronous Display Differences................................................................186
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9.6 Intel 82845GL\82845GV GMCH Ballout ....................................................186
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Figures
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1-1 Intel 845G Chipset System Block Diagram..................................................16
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2-1 Intel 82845G GMCH Interface Block Diagram.............................................22
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2-2 Intel GMCH System Clock and Reset Requirements ..................................38
2-3 Full and Warm Reset Waveforms..................................................................39
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3-1 Conceptual Intel 845G Chipset Platform PCI Configuration Diagram .........43
3-2 Configuration Mechanism Type 0 Configuration Address to PCI Address
Mapping .........................................................................................................45
3-3 Configuration Mechanism Type 1 Configuration Address to PCI Address
Mapping .........................................................................................................46
3-4 PAM Register Attributes ................................................................................65
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4-1 Intel GMCH Graphics Block Diagram ........................................................119
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4-2 Intel 845G Chipset-Based System Clocking Diagram ...............................138
5-1 Memory System Address Map.....................................................................140
5-2 Detailed Memory System Address Map ......................................................140
6-1 System Bus HCLKP/N VCROSS Range .....................................................153
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7-1 Intel 82845G GMCH Ballout Footprint (Top View – Left Side) ..................156
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7-2 Intel 82845G GMCH Ballout Footprint (Top View – Right Side)................157
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7-3 Intel 82845G GMCH Package Dimensions (Top and Side Views)............170
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7-4 Intel 82845G GMCH Package Dimensions (Bottom View)........................171
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9-1 Intel 845GL/845GV Chipset System Block Diagram .................................181
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Tables
2-1 DDR-to-SDR Signal Mapping ........................................................................26
2-2 Voltage Levels and RCOMP for Various Interfaces.......................................37
3-1 DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Register Address Map (Device 0)......................48
3-2 PAM Register Attributes.................................................................................65
3-3 Host-to-AGP Register Address Map (Device 1).............................................78
3-4 VGAEN and MDAP Bit Definitions.................................................................91
3-5 Integrated Graphics Device Register Address Map (Device2) ......................92
4-1 DINV Signals vs. Data Bytes .......................................................................105
4-2 Supported DDR DIMM Configurations.........................................................108
4-3 Supported SDR DIMM Configurations.........................................................108
4-4 Data Bytes on DIMM Used for Programming DRAM Registers...................109
4-5 Address Translation and Decoding..............................................................110
4-6 AGP Commands Supported by GMCH When Acting As an AGP Target ....112
4-7 PCI Commands Supported by GMCH When Acting As a PCI Target .........115
4-8 PCI Commands Supported by GMCH When Acting As an
AGP/PCI_B Initiator .....................................................................................116
4-9 Display Port Characteristics.........................................................................131
4-10 Analog Port Characteristics .........................................................................132
5-1 Memory Segments and Their Attributes ......................................................141
5-2 Pre-allocated Memory..................................................................................144
6-1 Absolute Maximum Ratings .........................................................................147
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6-2 Intel 82845G GMCH Package Thermal Resistance ..................................147
6-3 Power Characteristics..................................................................................148
6-4 Signal Groups ..............................................................................................148
6-5 DC Operating Characteristics ......................................................................150
6-6 DC Characteristics.......................................................................................151
6-7 DAC DC Characteristics: Functional Operating Range
(VCCDAC = 1.5 V ±5%)...............................................................................153
6-8 DAC Reference and Output Specifications..................................................154
6-9 DAC AC Characteristics...............................................................................154
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7-1 Intel 82845G GMCH Ballout by Ball Number.............................................158
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7-2 Intel 82845G GMCH Ballout by Signal Name............................................164
8-1 XOR Chain Output Pins...............................................................................173
8-2 XOR Chains 0, 1, and 2 ...............................................................................174
8-3 XOR Chains 3, 4, and 5 ...............................................................................176
8-4 XOR Chains 6, 7, and 8 ...............................................................................178
8-5 XOR Chains Excluded Pins .........................................................................180
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9-1 Intel 82845GL/82845GV Ballout by Signal Name......................................187
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Revision History
Revision Changes Date
-001 Initial release May 2002
-002 Added 82845GV information (see appendix A for details) October 2002
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Intel 82845G GMCH Features
� Host Interface Support � Integrated Graphics
— Core Frequency of 200 MHz
• One processor in a mPGA478 package
— 3D Setup and Render Engine
• Hyper-Threading Technology support
- Discrete Triangles, Strips and Fans Support
• 400/533 MHz PSB (100/133 MHz bus clock)
- Indexed Vertex and Flexible Vertex Formats
- Pixel Accurate Fast Scissoring and Clipping Operation
• PSB Dynamic Bus Inversion on the data bus
- Backface Culling Support
• 32-bit addressing for access to 4 GB of memory space
- Supports D3D and OGL Pixelization Rules
- Anti-Aliased Lines Support
• 8 deep In Order Queue
- Sprite Points Support
• AGTL+ On-die Termination
— High Quality Texture Engine (see Section 1.4.5)
� System Memory Controller (SDR and DDR)
— 3D Graphics Rasterization Enhancements (see
— One, 64-bit wide SDR or DDR SDRAM data channel
Section 1.4.5)
— Bandwidth up to 1 GB/s (SDR), and 2.1 GB/s (DDR266)
— 2D Graphics (see Section 1.4.5)
— Configurable to support either a DDR board or an SDR
— Video DVD/PC-VCR (see Section 1.4.5)
board
— Video Overlay (see Section 1.4.5)
— 64-Mb, 128-Mb, 256-Mb, and 512-Mb SDRAM
� Analog Display Support
technologies
— 350 MHz Integrated 24-bit RAMDAC
— Supports only x8 and x16 SDRAM devices with four
— Up to 2048x1536 at 60 Hz refresh
banks
— Hardware Color Cursor Support
— Unbuffered, unregistered 184-pin non-ECC DDR
SDRAM DIMMs only — DDC2B Compliant Interface
— Opportunistic refresh � Digital Display Channels
— Up to 16, simultaneously open pages — Two channels multiplexed with AGP
— SPD (Serial Presence Detect) scheme for DIMM — 165 MHz dot clock on each 12-bit interface
detection
— Can combine two, 12-bit channels to form one 24-bit
— Suspend-to-RAM support using CKE interface: Supports flat panels up to 2048x1536 at 60 Hz
or dCRT/HDTV at 1920x1080 at 85 Hz
— Double Data Rate (DDR) SDRAM Configuration
- Up to 2.0 GB of 200 MHz or 266 MHz DDR SDRAM — Supports Hot Plug and Display
- Two DDR DIMMs, single-sided and/or double-sided
— Supports LVDS, TMDS transmitters or TV-out encoders
- DDR200/266 unregistered, 184-pin non-ECC DDR
— ADD card utilizes AGP connector
SDRAM DIMMs
— Three Display Control interfaces (I2C/DDC)
- JEDEC DDR DIMM specification configurations only
multiplexed on AGP
- Does not support double-sided x16 DDR DIMMs
� Hub Interface
- Selective Command-Per-Clock (selective CPC)
accesses.
— Supports Hub Interface 1.5
— Single Data Rate (SDR) SDRAM Configuration
— 266 MB/s point-to-point Hub Interface to the ICH4
- Up to 2.0 GB of 133 MHz SDR SDRAM
— 66 MHz base clock
- Up to two SDR DIMMs, single-sided and/or
— 1.5 V operation
double-sided
� GMCH Package
- PC133 unregistered 168-pin non-ECC SDR SDRAM
DIMMs — 37.5 mm x 37.5 mm FC-BGA package with 1 mm ball
- Does not support PC100
pitch
- Mixed-mode/uneven double-sided SDR DIMMs
not supported
- 3.3 V SDR DIMM configurations only
� AGP Interface
— Supports a single 1.5 V Accelerated Graphics Port
Interface, Specification 2.0-compliant device
— Supports 1X/2X/4X data transfers and 2X/4X Fast
Writes
— 32-deep AGP request queue
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— AGP signals muxed with two Intel DVO ports:
Supports ADD cards
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Introduction
Introduction 1
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This Graphics and Memory Controller Hub (GMCH) datasheet is for the Intel 82845G GMCH,
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Intel 82845GL GMCH, and Intel 82845GV GMCH. The 82845G GMCH is part of the Intel
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845G chipset, the 82845GL GMCH is part of the Intel 845GL chipset, and the 82845GV GMCH
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is part of the Intel 845GV chipset. Each chipset contains two main components: Graphics and
Memory Controller Hub (GMCH) for the host bridge and I/O Controller Hub for the I/O
subsystem. The GMCH provides the processor interface, system memory interface, hub interface,
and additional interfaces in an 845G / 845GL / 845GV chipset desktop platform. Each GMCH
contains an integrated graphics controller (IGD). The 845G chipset, 845GL chipset, and 845GV
chipset use the 82801DB ICH4 for the I/O Controller Hub.
The following are the key feature differences between the 82845G GMCH, 82845GL GMCH, and
82845GV GMCH:
• Processor System Bus (PSB) frequency
— 82845G and 82845GV support 533 MHz/400 MHz frequencies and Hyper-Threading
Technology.
— 82845GL supports 400 MHz only and does not support Hyper-Threading Technology.
• AGP Interface
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— 82845G supports AGP. The AGP interface signals are multiplexed with the Intel DVO
interface signals.
— 82845GL and 82845GV do not support AGP.
Chapter 1 through Chapter 8 describe the 82845G GMCH. The 82845GL GMCH and 82845GV
GMCH are described in Chapter 9.
1.1 Terminology
Term Description
This refers to the AGP/PCI_B interface on the GMCH. The GMCH AGP interface
supports only 1.5 V Accelerated Graphics Port Interface, Specification 2.0-compliant
Accelerated
devices using PCI (66 MHz), AGP 1X (66 MHz), 2X (133 MT/s) and 4X (266 MT/s)
Graphics Port
transfers. The GMCH does NOT support 3.3 V devices. PIPE# and SBA addressing
(AGP)
cycles and their associated data phases are generally referred to as AGP transactions.
FRAME# cycles are generally referred to as AGP/PCI transactions.
AGP/PCI AGP/PCI in the document refers to AGP/PCI_B.
Chipset Core The GMCH internal base logic.
DDR Double Data Rate SDRAM.
Full Reset A Full GMCH Reset is defined in this document when RSTIN# is asserted.
Graphics Aperture Re-Map Table. Table in memory containing the page re-map
GART
information used during AGP aperture address translations.
The Graphics and Memory Controller Hub (GMCH) component contains the processor
interface, SDRAM controller, AGP interface, and an integrated 3D/2D/display graphics
GMCH
core. It communicates with the I/O Controller Hub 4 (ICH4) over a proprietary interconnect
called the hub interface.
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Term Description
The internal graphics related logic in the GMCH. Also known as the Integrated Graphics
Graphics Core
Device (IGD).
Hub Interface. The proprietary hub interconnect that ties the GMCH to the ICH4. In this
HI document HI cycles originating from or destined for the primary PCI interface on the ICH4
are generally referred to as HI/PCI or simply HI cycles.
Host This term is used synonymously with processor or CPU.
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Intel ICH4 Fourth generation I/O Controller Hub component.
IGD Integrated Graphics Device. Graphics device integrated into the GMCH.
LVTTL Low Voltage TTL 3.3 V (SDR).
The physical PCI bus that is driven directly by the ICH4 component. Communication
Primary PCI between the PCI and the GMCH occurs over the hub interface. Note that even though the
Primary PCI bus is referred to as PCI, it is not PCI Bus #0 from a configuration standpoint.
Processor System Bus. This is the bus between the GMCH and processor (also referred
PSB
to as the Host, FSB, or processor bus).
Processor-to-GMCH interface. The Compatible Mode of the Scalable Bus is the P6 bus.
The Enhanced Mode of the Scalable Bus is the P6 Bus plus enhancements primarily
Scalable Bus
consisting of source synchronous transfers for address and data, and PSB interrupt
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delivery. The Intel Pentium 4 processor implements a subset of Enhanced Mode.
SDR Single Data Rate SDRAM.
SDRAM Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory.
The physical PCI interface that is a subset of the AGP bus driven directly by the GMCH. It
Secondary PCI supports a subset of 32-bit, 66 MHz PCI Local Bus Specification, Revision 2.1-compliant
components, but only at 1.5 V (not 3.3 V or 5 V).
SSTL_2 Stub Series Terminated Logic for 2.5 V (DDR).
1.2 Related Documents
Document Document Number/ Location
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Intel Pentium 4 Processor in 478-Pin Package and Intel 845G/845GL/
298654
82845GV Chipset Platform Design Guide
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Intel 845G/845GL/845GV Chipset Thermal Design Guide 298655
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Intel 82801DB I/O Controller Hub 4 (ICH4) Datasheet 290744
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Intel Pentium 4 Processor in the 478-Pin Package Datasheet 249887
JEDEC Double Data Rate (DDR) SDRAM Specification www.jedec.org
http://developer.intel.com/
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Intel PC SDRAM Specification technology/memory/pcsdram/
spec/index.htm
http://www.intel.com/technology/
Accelerated Graphics Port Interface Specification, Revision 2.0
agp/agp_index.htm
Digital Visual Interface (DVI) Specification, Revision 1.0
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NOTE: For additional related documents, refer to the Intel Pentium 4 Processor in 478-Pin Package and
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Intel 845G/845GL/845GV Chipset Platform Design Guide.
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1.3 Intel 845G Chipset System Overview
Figure 1-1 shows an example block diagram of an 845G chipset-based platform. The 845G chipset
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is designed for use in a desktop system based on an Intel Pentium 4 processor in a 478-pin
package. The 845G chipset supports the Pentium 4 processor with 256-KB L2 cache and the
Pentium 4 processor with 512-KB L2 cache on 0.13 micron process. The processor interface
supports the Pentium 4 processor subset of the Extended Mode of the Scalable Bus Protocol. In an
845G chipset-based platform, I/O functions are integrated onto the ICH4.
The chipset platform supports either the integrated graphics device (IGD) on the GMCH or an
external graphics device on AGP. The IGD has 3D, 2D, and video capabilities. The IGD also has
two multiplexed Intel DVO ports to support DVO devices. The GMCH’s AGP interface supports
1X/2X/4X AGP data transfers and 2X/4X AGP Fast Writes, as defined in the Accelerated Graphics
Port Interface Specification, Revision 2.0 for 1.5 V signaling.
In an 845G chipset, system memory can be either a single channel of SDR (Single Data Rate)
SDRAM or DDR (Double Data Rate) SDRAM, with a 64-bit wide data bus. The system memory
size can be up to 2 GB.
Section 1.4 provides an overview of the GMCH. The following sub-section provides an overview
of the ICH4.
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Intel 82801DB I/O Controller Hub 4 (ICH4)
The ICH4 is a highly integrated multifunctional I/O Controller Hub that provides the interface to
the PCI Bus and integrates many of the functions needed in today’s PC platforms. The GMCH and
ICH4 communicate over a dedicated hub interface. The 82801DB ICH4 functions and capabilities
include:
• PCI Rev 2.2 compliant with support for 33 MHz PCI operations
• Supports up to 6 Request/Grant pairs (PCI slots)
• Power management logic support
• Enhanced DMA controller, interrupt controller, and timer functions
• Integrated IDE controller; Ultra ATA/100/66/33
• USB host interface; 3 host controllers and supports 6 USB ports; includes a EHCI high-speed
2.0 USB controller
• Integrated LAN controller
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• System Management Bus (SMBus) compatible with most I C devices; ICH4 has both bus
master and slave capability
• AC ’97 2.3 supported for audio and telephony codecs; up to 6 channels
• Low Pin Count (LPC) interface
• FWH Interface (FWH Flash BIOS support)
• Alert on LAN* (AOL and AOL2)
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Figure 1-1. Intel 845G Chipset System Block Diagram
Processor
System Bus
400/533 MHz
VGA
845G Chipset
DDR-
1.6 / 2.1 GB/s
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Intel 82845G
Interface
Graphics and
Or
AGP 4x
Memory Controller
Hub (GMCH)
1.06 GB/s
PCI133
Or 1.06 GB/s
SDRAM
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2 Intel DVO
Hub
Ports
Interface
4 IDE Devices
PCI
UltraATA/100
Slots
PCI Bus
6 USB Ports,
3UHCI, EHCI
PCI
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Agent
Intel 82801DB
AC'97 2.3
AC '97 Codec(s)
I/O Controller Hub 4
(optional)
(ICH4)
Keyboard,
LAN Connect
LPC I/F
Super I/O Mouse, FD, PP,
SP, IR
Debug Port
SMBus
SMBus
Devices
GPIO
FWH Flash
BIOS
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1.4 Intel 82845G GMCH Overview
The GMCH provides the processor interface, SDRAM interface, AGP interface, hub interface, and
integrated graphics with several display interfaces.
1.4.1 Host Interface
The GMCH supports a single mPGA 478 processor with PSB frequencies of 400 MHz (100 MHz
HCLK) / 533 MHz (133 MHz HCLK) and it also supports Hyper-Threading Technology. The
GMCH uses a scalable PSB VTT between 1.15 V and 1.75 V and on-die termination.
The GMCH supports 32-bit host addressing (decoding up to 4 GB of the processor’s memory
address space). Host-initiated I/O cycles are decoded to the AGP/PCI_B, hub interface or GMCH
configuration space. Host-initiated memory cycles are decoded to AGP/PCI_B, the hub interface,
or system memory. All memory accesses from the host interface that hit the graphics aperture are
translated using an AGP address translation table. AGP/PCI_B device accesses to non-cacheable
system memory are not snooped on the host bus. Memory accesses initiated from AGP/PCI_B
using PCI semantics and from the hub interface to system memory are snooped on the host bus.
1.4.2 System Memory Interface
The GMCH supports either a single channel of SDR (Single Data Rate) SDRAM or DDR (Double
Data Rate) SDRAM. The channel can be either DDR 200/266 SDRAM memory or SDR PC133
SDRAM memory, with a 64-bit wide interface. Two DIMMs are supported in each configuration.
The system memory signals for DDR are multiplexed with signals for SDR. When DDR mode is
selected, the memory buffers support the SSTL_2 signal interface. When SDR mode is selected,
the memory buffers support the LVTTL signal interface. The memory controller interface is fully
configurable through a set of control registers.
The memory interface supports 64-Mb, 128-Mb, 256-Mb, and 512-Mb (megabit) SDRAM
technologies. Using 512-Mb SDRAM technology, up to 2 GB of DDR or SDR memory is
supported. The memory interface supports variable page sizes of 2 KB, 4 KB, 8 KB, and 16 KB.
Page size is individually selected by row, and up to 16 simultaneously open pages (four per row)
can be supported. Both DDR and SDR configurations support data masking, but do not support
ECC. The GMCH supports industry standard DIMMs. Only DIMM configurations defined in the
JEDEC DDR Specifications are supported for DDR. The DDR configuration supports non-
inverting selective command-per-clock (selective CPC) accesses.
1.4.3 Hub Interface
The hub interface connects the GMCH to the ICH4. Most communication between the GMCH and
the ICH4 occurs over this interface. The hub interface runs at 66 MHz/266 MB/s and is powered
with 1.5 V.
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1.4.4 Multiplexed AGP and Intel DVO Port Interface
The GMCH multiplexes an AGP interface with two DVO ports. When an external AGP device is
installed in the system, the IGD functionality is disabled.
AGP Interface
A single AGP or PCI-66 component or connector (not both) is supported by the GMCH’s AGP
interface. Support for a single PCI-66 device is limited to the subset supported by the Accelerated
Graphics Port Interface Specification, Revision 2.0. The AGP/PCI_B buffers operate only in 1.5 V
mode and support the AGP 1.5 V Connector. An external graphics accelerator is not a requirement
due to the GMCH’s integrated graphics capabilities. The BIOS will disable the IGD if an external
AGP device is detected.
The AGP/PCI_B interface supports up to 4X AGP signaling and up to 4X Fast Writes. AGP
semantic cycles to system DRAM are not snooped on the host bus. PCI semantic cycles to system
memory are snooped on the host bus. The GMCH supports PIPE# or SBA_[7:0] AGP address
mechanisms, but not both simultaneously. Either the PIPE# or the SBA_[7:0] mechanism must be
selected during system initialization. The GMCH contains a 32-deep AGP request queue. High
priority accesses are supported.
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Multiplexed Intel DVO Port Interface
The GMCH supports two multiplexed DVO ports that each drive pixel clocks up to 165 MHz.
When an AGP connector is present, the GMCH can make use of these digital display channels via
an AGP Digital Display card.
1.4.5 Graphics Overview
The GMCH provides an integrated graphics accelerator delivering 3D, 2D and video capabilities.
The GMCH contains an extensive set of instructions for 3D operations, BLT and Stretch BLT
operations, motion compensation, overlay, and display control. The GMCH’s video engines
support video conferencing and other video applications. The GMCH does not support a dedicated
local graphics memory interface, it can only be used in a UMA configuration. In addition, the
GMCH supports external graphics accelerators via AGP, but cannot work concurrently with an
external AGP graphics device.
High bandwidth access to data is provided through the system memory port. The GMCH can
access graphics data located in system memory at 1.0 GB/s (SDR PC133), 1.6 GB/s (DDR200) or
2.2 GB/s (DDR266). The GMCH uses Intel’s Direct Memory Execution model to fetch textures
from system memory. The GMCH includes a cache controller to avoid frequent memory fetches of
recently used texture data.
The GMCH also provides 2D hardware acceleration for block-level transfers of data (BLTs). The
BLT engine provides the ability to copy a source block of data to a destination and perform raster
operations on the data using a pattern, and/or another destination. Performing these common tasks
in hardware reduces processor load; thus, improving performance. The internal graphics device
must be disabled when an attached AGP device is used.
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The graphics features on the GMCH include:
• 3D Setup and Render Engine • 2D Graphics
— Discrete Triangles, Strips and Fans Support — Optimized 256-bit BLT Engine
— Indexed Vertex and Flexible Vertex Formats — GDI+* Feature Support
— Pixel Accurate Fast Scissoring and Clipping — Alpha Stretch Blitter
Operation — Anti-Aliased Lines
— Backface Culling Support — 32-bit Alpha Blended Cursor
— Supports D3D and OGL Pixelization Rules — Programmable 3-Color Transparent Cursor
— Anti-Aliased Lines Support — Color Space Conversion
— Sprite Points Support — 8-, 16- and 32-bit Color
— ROP Support
• High Quality Texture Engine
• Video DVD/PC-VCR
— Per Pixel Perspective Corrected Texture
Mapping — Dynamic Bob and Weave Support for Video
— Single Pass Texture Compositing (Multi- Streams
Textures) at rate — Synclock Display and TV-out to video source
— 12 Levels of Detail MIP Map Sizes from — Source Resolution: up to 720x480 with
1x1 to 2Kx2K 2-vertical taps
— All texture formats including 32-bit RGBA — Software DVD at 30 fps, Full Screen
— Alpha and Luminance Maps
• Video Overlay
— Texture ChromaKeying
— Single Scalable Overlay
— Bilinear, Trilinear, and Anisotropic MIP-
— Multiple Overlay Functionality provided via
Mapped Filtering
Stretch Blitter (PIP, Video Conferencing, etc.)
— Cubic Environment Reflection Mapping
— 5-tap Horizontal, 2-tap Vertical Filtered
— Embossed Bump-Mapping
Scaling
— DOT3-based Bump-Mapping
— Independent Gamma Correction
— DXTn Texture Decompression
— Independent Brightness/Contrast/Saturation
— FXT1 Texture Decompression
— Independent Tint/Hue Support
• 3D Graphics Rasterization Enhancements
— Destination Color-keying
— 200 MegaPixel/Sec Fill Rate — Source Chroma-keying
— Flat and Gouraud Shading — Maximum Source Resolution: 720x480 (576)
— Color Alpha Blending for Transparency — Maximum Overlay Display Resolution:
— Vertex and Programmable Pixel Fog and 1600x1200x32 at 60 Hz and 1280x1024x32
Atmospheric Effects at 85 Hz
— Color Specular Lighting
— Z Bias Support
— Dithering
— Anti-Aliasied Lines
— 16- and 24-bit Z Buffering
— 16- and 24-bit W Buffering
— 8-bit Stencil Buffering
— Double and Triple Render Buffer Support
— 16- and 32-bit Color
— Destination Alpha
— Maximum 3D Resolution Supported:
1600x1200x32 at 85 Hz
— Fast Clear Support
1.4.6 Display Interfaces
The GMCH provides interfaces to a progressive scan analog monitor and two DVOs (multiplexed
with AGP) that can drive an ADD card. The digital display channels can drive a variety of DVO
devices (e.g., TMDS, LVDS, and TV-Out).
• The GMCH has an integrated 350 MHz RAMDAC that can directly drive a progressive scan
analog monitor up to a resolution of 2048x1536 at 60 Hz.
• The GMCH provides two multiplexed DVOs that are can drive a 165 MHz pixel clock. The
two DVO ports can be combined to drive larger digital displays.
The GMCH is compliant with the Digital Visual Interface (DVI) Specification, Revision 1.0
(www.ddwg.org/register/download.htm). When combined with a DVI-compliant external device
and connector, the GMCH has a high-speed interface to a digital display (e.g., flat panel or digital
CRT).
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Signal Description
Signal Description 2
This section provides a detailed description of GMCH signals. The signals are arranged in
functional groups according to their associated interface.
The “#” symbol at the end of a signal name indicates that the active, or asserted state occurs when
the signal is at a low voltage level. When “#” is not present after the signal name the signal is
asserted when at the high voltage level.
The following notations are used to describe the signal type:
I Input pin
O Output pin
I/O Bi-Directional Input/Output pin
s/t/s Sustained Tri-State. This pin is driven to its inactive state prior to tri-stating.
The signal description also includes the type of buffer used for the particular signal:
AGTL+ Open Drain AGTL+ interface signal. The GMCH integrates AGTL+ termination
resistors, and supports Vtt of from 1.15 V to 1.75 V
AGP AGP interface signals. These signals are compatible with the Accelerated
Graphics Port Interface Specification, Revision 2.0 1.5 V Signaling Environment
DC and AC Specifications. The buffers are not 3.3 V tolerant.
LVTTL Low Voltage TTL 3.3 V compatible signals
SSTL_2 Stub Series Terminated Logic 2.5 V compatible signals.
CMOS CMOS buffers.
Host Interface signals that perform multiple transfers per clock cycle may be marked as either
“4X” (for signals that are “quad-pumped”) or 2X (for signals that are “double-pumped”).
Note that processor address and data bus signals are logically inverted signals. In other words, the
actual values are inverted of what appears on the processor bus. This must be taken into account
and the addresses and data bus signals must be inverted inside the GMCH host bridge. All
processor control signals follow normal convention. A 0 indicates an active level (low voltage) if
the signal is followed by # symbol and a 1 indicates an active level (high voltage) if the signal has
no # suffix.
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Signal Description
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Figure 2-1. Intel 82845G GMCH Interface Block Diagram
HA_[31:3]#
GSBA_[7:0]
HD_[63:0]#
GPIPE#
ADS#
GST_[2:0]
BNR# GRBF#
BPRI# GWBF#
DBSY# GADSTB_[1:0], GADSTB_[1:0]#
DEFER# GSBSTB, GSBSTB#
DRDY#
Processor GFRAME#
AGP
HIT#
System GIRDY#
Interface
HITM#
Bus GTRDY#
HLOCK# GSTOP#
Interface
HREQ_[4:0]# GDEVSEL#
HTRDY# GREQ#
RS_[2:0]# GGNT#
CPURST# GAD_[31:0]
BREQ0#
GC/BE_[3:0]#
DINV_[3:0]#
GPAR/ADD_DETECT
HADSTB_[1:0]#
Multiplexed
HDSTB_P[3:0]#, HDSTB_N[3:0]#
DVOB_CLK, DVOB_CLK#
Signals
DVOB_D[11:0]
DVOB_HSYNC
SCS_[3:0]#
DVOB_VSYNC
SMAA_[12:0], SMAB_[5,4,2,1]
DVOB_BLANK#
SBA_[1:0]
DVOBC_CLKINT#
SRAS# System
DVOB_FLDSTL
SCAS# Memory
DVO
DVOC_CLK, DVOC_CLK#
SWE#
Device
DVOC_D[11:0]
SDQ_[63:0] DDR
Interfaces
DVOC_HSYNC
SDM_[7:0]
SDRAM
DVOC_VSYNC
SDQS_[8:0]
Interface
DVOC_BLANK#
SCKE_[3:0]
DVOBC_INTR#
SCMDCLK_[5:0]
DVOC_FLDSTL
SCMDCLK_[5:0]#
MI2C_CLK
SRCVEN_OUT#
MI2C_DATA
SRCVEN_IN#
MDVI_CLK
MDVI_DATA
SCS_[7:0]#
MDDC_CLK
SMAA_[12:0]
MDDC_DATA
SBA_[1:0]
ADDID[7:0]
SRAS# System
SCAS# Memory
HDVREF_[2:0]
SWE#
HA_VREF
SDQ_[63:0] SDR
HCC_VREF
SDM_[7:0] SDRAM
HX_RCOMP, HY_RCOMP
SCKE_[3:0]
Interface
HX_SWING, HY_SWING
SCK_[7:0]
SM_VREF
SRDCLK_OUT
SMX_RCOMP, SMY_RCOMP
SRDCLK_IN
AGP_VREF
AGP_RCOMP
HI_VREF
HI_[10:0]
Hub Voltage
HI_RCOMP
HI_STBS
Interface Refernce,
HI_SWING
HI_STBF
RCOMP,
VCC
VSWING,
VCC
HCLKP, HCLKN
and Power
VCCAGP
GCLKIN
Clocks,
VCCA_FSB
DREFCLK
Reset, &
VTTFSB
RSTIN#
Test
VTTDECAP
PWROK
VCCA_HI
TESTIN#
VCCHL
VCCA_DPLL
HSYNC
VCCA_DAC
VSYNC
VSS
RED, RED#
VSSA_DAC
GREEN, GREEN#
Analog
VCCGPIO
BLUE, BLUE#
Display
VCCSM
REFSET
VCCA_SM
DDCA_CLK
VCCQSM
DDCA_DATA
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Signal Description
2.1 Host Interface Signals
Signal Name Type Description
ADS# I/O Address Strobe: The processor bus owner asserts ADS# to indicate the first of
AGTL+ two cycles of a request phase.
BNR# I/O Block Next Request: This signal is used to block the current request bus
AGTL+ owner from issuing a new requests. This signal is used to dynamically control
the processor bus pipeline depth.
BPRI# O Priority Agent Bus Request: The GMCH is the only Priority Agent on the
AGTL+ processor bus. It asserts this signal to obtain the ownership of the address bus.
This signal has priority over symmetric bus requests and will cause the current
symmetric owner to stop issuing new transactions unless the HLOCK# signal
was asserted.
O Bus Request 0#: The GMCH pulls the processor bus’ BREQ0# signal low
AGTL+ during CPURST#. The signal is sampled by the processor on the active-to-
inactive transition of CPURST#. The minimum setup time for this signal is
BREQ0#
4HCLKs. The minimum hold time is 2 clocks and the maximum hold time is 20
HCLKs. BREQ0# is terminated high (pulled up) after the hold time requirement
has been satisfied.
CPURST# O CPU Reset: The CPURST# pin is an output from the GMCH. The GMCH
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AGTL+ asserts CPURST# while RSTIN# (PCIRST# from Intel ICH4) is asserted and
for approximately 1 ms after RSTIN# is deasserted. The CPURST# allows the
processors to begin execution in a known state.
DBSY# I/O Data Bus Busy: This signal is used by the data bus owner to hold the data bus
AGTL+ for transfers requiring more than one cycle.
DEFER# O Defer: This signal, when asserted, indicates that the GMCH will terminate the
AGTL+ transaction currently being snooped with either a deferred response or with a
retry response.
DINV_[3:0]# I/O Dynamic Bus Inversion: These signals are driven along with the HD_[63:0]#
AGTL+ signals. They indicates if the associated signals are inverted or not.
4X DINV_[3:0]# are asserted such that the number of data bits driven electrically
low (low voltage) within the corresponding 16-bit group never exceeds 8.
DINV_[x]# Data Bits
DINV_3# HD_[63:48]#
DINV_2# HD_[47:32]#
DINV_1# HD_[31:16]#
DINV_0# HD_[15:0]#
DRDY# I/O Data Ready: DRDY# is asserted for each cycle that data is transferred.
AGTL+
HA_[31:3]# I/O Host Address Bus: HA_[31:3]# connect to the processor address bus. During
AGTL+ processor cycles, HA_[31:3]# are inputs. The GMCH drives HA_[31:3]# during
2X snoop cycles on behalf of the hub interface and AGP/Secondary PCI initiators.
HA_[31:3]# are transferred at 2X rate. Note that the address is inverted on the
processor bus.
HADSTB_[1:0]# I/O Host Address Strobe: HADSTB_[1:0]# are the source synchronous strobes
AGTL+ used to transfer HA[31:3]# and HREQ_[4:0]# at the 2X transfer rate.
2X
Strobe Address Bits
HADSTB_0# A[16:3]#, REQ[_4:0]#
HADSTB_1# A[31:17]#
HD_[63:0]# I/O Host Data: These signals are connected to the processor data bus. Data on
AGTL+ HD_[63:0]# is transferred at a 4X rate. Note that the data signals may be
4X inverted on the processor bus.
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Signal Name Type Description
HDSTB_P[3:0]# I/O Differential Host Data Strobes: HDSTB_P[3:0]# and HDSTB_N[3:0]# are the
AGTL+ differential source synchronous strobes used to transfer HD_[63:0]# and
HDSTB_N[3:0]#
DINV_[3:0]# at the 4X transfer rate.
Strobe Data Bits
HDSTB_P3#, HDSTB_N3# HD_[63:48]#, DINV_3#
HDSTB_P2#, HDSTB_N2# HD_[47:32]#, DINV_2#
HDSTB_P1#, HDSTB_N1# HD_[31:16]#, DINV_1#
HDSTB_P0#, HDSTB_N0# HD_[15:0]#, DINV_0#
HIT# I/O Hit: This signal indicates that a caching agent holds an unmodified version of
AGTL+ the requested line. Also, driven in conjunction with HITM# by the target to
extend the snoop window.
HITM# I/O Hit Modified: This signal indicates that a caching agent holds a modified
AGTL+ version of the requested line and that this agent assumes responsibility for
providing the line. HITM# is also driven in conjunction with HIT# to extend the
snoop window.
HLOCK# I Host Lock: All processor bus cycles sampled with the assertion of HLOCK#
and ADS#, until the negation of HLOCK# must be atomic (i.e., no hub interface
AGTL+
or AGP snoopable access to SDRAM are allowed when HLOCK# is asserted
by the processor).
HREQ_[4:0]# I/O Host Request Command: These signals define the attributes of the request.
AGTL+ HREQ_[4:0]# are transferred at 2X rate. They are asserted by the requesting
2X agent during both halves of Request Phase. In the first half the signals define
the transaction type to a level of detail that is sufficient to begin a snoop
request. In the second half the signals carry additional information to define the
complete transaction type.
The transactions supported by the GMCH Host Bridge are defined in
Section 4.1.
HTRDY# O Host Target Ready: This signal indicates that the target of the processor
AGTL+ transaction is able to enter the data transfer phase.
RS_[2:0]# O Response Signals: RS_[2:0]# indicate the type of response according to the
AGTL+ encoding below:
000 = Idle state
001 = Retry response
010 = Deferred response
011 = Reserved (not driven by GMCH)
100 = Hard Failure (not driven by GMCH)
101 = No data response
110 = Implicit Writeback
111 = Normal data response
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Signal Description
2.2 Memory Interface
2.2.1 DDR SDRAM Interface
Signal Name Type Description
SCMDCLK_[5:0] O Differential DDR Clock: SCMDCLK and SCMDCLK# pairs are differential
SSTL_2 clock outputs. The crossing of the positive edge of SCMDCLK and the
negative edge of SCMDCLK# is used to sample the address and control
signals on the SDRAM. There are 3 pairs to each DIMM.
SCMDCLK_[5:0]# O Complementary Differential DDR Clock: These are the complementary
SSTL_2 Differential DDR Clock signals.
SCS_[3:0]# O Chip Select: These signals select particular SDRAM components during
SSTL_2 the active state. There is one SCS# for each SDRAM row, toggled on the
positive edge of SCMDCLK.
SMAA_[12:0], O Memory Address: These signals provide the multiplexed row and column
SSTL_2 address to the SDRAM. SMAB_[5,4,2,1] signals are selective CPC signals
SMAB_[5,4,2,1]
and are identical to SMAA_[5,4,2,1].
SBA[1:0] O Bank Select (Bank Address): These signals define which banks are
SSTL_2 selected within each SDRAM row. Bank select and memory address signals
combine to address every possible location within an SDRAM device.
SRAS# O Row Address Strobe: SRAS# is used with SCAS# and SWE# (along with
SSTL_2 SCS#) to define the SDRAM commands.
SCAS# O Column Address Strobe: SCAS# is used with SRAS# and SWE# (along
SSTL_2 with SCS#) to define the SDRAM commands.
SWE# O Write Enable: SWE# is used with SCAS# and SRAS# (along with SCS#) to
SSTL_2 define the SDRAM commands.
SDQ_[63:0] I/O Data Lines: SDQ_[63:0] interface to the SDRAM data bus.
SSTL_2
SDM_[7:0] O Data Mask: When activated during writes, the corresponding data groups in
SSTL_2 the SDRAM are masked. There is one SDM for every eight data lines. SDM
can be sampled on both edges of the data strobes.
SDQS_[7:0] I/O Data Strobes: Data strobes are used for capturing data. During writes,
SSTL_2 SDQS is centered in data. During reads, SDQS is edge aligned with data.
The following list matches the data strobe with the data bytes.
SDQS_7 = SDQ_[63:56]
SDQS_6 = SDQ_[55:48]
SDQS_5 = SDQ_[47:40]
SDQS_4 = SDQ_[39:32]
SDQS_3 = SDQ_[31:24]
SDQS_2 = SDQ_[23:16]
SDQS_1 = SDQ_[15:8]
SDQS_0 = SDQ_[7:0]
SCKE_[3:0] O Clock Enable: SCKE is used to initialize DDR SDRAM during power-up and
SSTL_2 to place all SDRAM rows into and out of self-refresh during Suspend-to-
RAM. SCKE is also used to dynamically power down inactive SDRAM rows.
There is one SCKE per SDRAM row, toggled on the positive edge of
SCMD_CLK.
Receive Enable Out: This signal is a feedback testpoint signal used to
O
SRCVEN_OUT# enable the DQS input buffers during reads. This pin should be connect to
SSTL_2
SRCVEN_IN through an un-populated backside resistor site.
I Receive Enable In: This signal is a feedback testpoint signal used to
SRCVEN_IN#
SSTL_2 enable the DQS input buffers during reads.
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Signal Description
2.2.2 SDR SDRAM Interface
The SDR interface signals are multiplexed with the DDR signals. At power up the functional strap
setting on MEMSEL determines whether the memory interface is set up for DDR or SDR. The
DDR-to-SDR signal mapping is provided in Table 2-1.
Signal Name Type Description
SCK_[7:0] O LVTTL SDR System Memory Clock: These signals provide the 133 MHz SDRAM
clocks for the DIMMs. Note that there are two SCK per SDRAM row.
SCS_[7:0]# O Chip Select: These pins select the particular SDRAM components during the
LVTTL active state. Note that there are two SCS# per SDRAM row. These signals can
be toggled on every rising system memory clock edge.
SMAA_[12:0] O Memory Address: These signals provide the multiplexed row and column
LVTTL address to SDRAM.
SBA_[1:0] O Bank Select (Bank Address): The bank select signals and memory address
LVTTL signals combine to address every possible location within an SDRAM device.
SRAS# O Row Address Strobe: SRAS# is used with SCAS# and SWE# (along with
LVTTL SCS#) to define the SDRAM commands.
SCAS# O Column Address Strobe: SCAS# is used with SRAS# and SWE# (along with
LVTTL SCS#) to define the SDRAM commands.
SWE# O Write Enable: SWE# is used with SCAS# and SRAS# (along with SCS#) to
LVTTL define the SDRAM commands.
SDQ_[63:0] I/O Data Lines: SDQ_[63:0] interface to the SDRAM data bus.
LVTTL
SDM_[7:0] O LVTTL Data Mask: When activated during writes, the corresponding data groups in the
SDRAM are masked. There is one SDM for every eight data lines.
SCKE_[3:0] O Clock Enable: These signals are used for placing all SDRAM rows into and out
LVTTL of self-refresh during Suspend-to-RAM. SCKE is also used to dynamically
power down inactive SDRAM rows. There is one SCKE per SDRAM row.
SRDCLK_OUT O Read Clock Out: Feedback testpoint signal used to emulate source-synch
LVTTL clocking for reads. This pin should be connect to SRDCLK_IN through an un-
populated backside resistor site.
SRDCLK_IN I Read Clock Input: Feedback testpoint signal used to emulate source-synch
LVTTL clocking for reads.
Table 2-1. DDR-to-SDR Signal Mapping (Sheet 1 of 3)
DDR Ball Name SDR Ball Name Ball # DDR Ball Name SDR Ball Name Ball #
SMXRCOMP SMXRCOMP AF10 SWE# SCKE_3 AP29
SMYRCOMP SMYRCOMP AJ34 SDQ_5 SDQ_1 AP3
SDQ_59 SDQ_63 AJ36 SDQ_43 SDQ_54 AP30
SCKE_2 SWE# AK14 SCS_1# SCS_6# AP31
SMAA_9 SCS_4# AK16 SDQ_52 SDQ_24 AP32
SMAB_5 SCS_0# AK18 SCMDCLK_5 SCMDCLK_2 AP33
SMAA_3 SMAA_0 AK20 SDQ_54 SDQ_57 AP34
SCMDCLK_0# SMAA_5 AK22 SDQ_51 SDQ_27 AP35
SRCVEN_OUT# SRCVEN_OUT# AK24 SDQ_60 SDQ_59 AP36
SMAA_10 SBA_0 AK26 SDM_0 SDQ_2 AP4
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Signal Description
Table 2-1. DDR-to-SDR Signal Mapping (Sheet 2 of 3)
DDR Ball Name SDR Ball Name Ball # DDR Ball Name SDR Ball Name Ball #
SRAS# SCKE_0 AK28 SDQ_3 SDQ_4 AP5
SCS_2# SCS_3# AK30 SDQ_13 SDQ_6 AP6
SDQ_63 SDQ_31 AK34 SDQ_15 SDQ_39 AP8
SDQ_62 SDQ_30 AK35 SCMDCLK_4 SCMDCLK_0 AP9
SDQ_58 SDQ_62 AK36 SDQ_11 SDQ_40 AR10
SCKE_3 SCAS# AL13 SDQ_21 SDQ_42 AR12
SMAA_11 SCS_5# AL15 SDQ_22 SDQ_12 AR14
SMAA_5 SRAS# AL17 SDQ_28 SDQ_46 AR16
SMAA_4 SMAA_3 AL19 SDM_3 SDQ_15 AR18
SCMDCLK_0 SMAA_4 AL21 SDQS_0 Reserved AR2
SRCVEN_IN# SRCVEN_IN# AL23 SDQ_31 SDM_5 AR20
SMAA_0 SMAA_10 AL25 SDQ_32 SDM_2 AR22
SCS_0# SCS_2# AL29 SDQS_4 Reserved AR24
SCMDCLK_2# SCMDCLK_7 AL33 SDQ_39 SDQ_49 AR26
SDM_7 SDQ_29 AL34 SDQ_45 SDQ_51 AR28
SDQS_7 Reserved AL36 SDQ_42 SDQ_53 AR30
SM_VREF SM_VREF AM2 SDQ_48 SDQ_55 AR32
SCMDCLK_2 SCMDCLK_6 AM34 SDM_6 SDQ_25 AR34
SDQ_61 SDQ_28 AM35 SDQ_50 SDQ_58 AR36
SDQ_57 SDQ_61 AM36 SDQ_6 SDQ_3 AR4
SCMDCLK_1 SCMDCLK_4 AN11 SDQ_9 SDQ_5 AR6
SCKE_1 Reserved AN13 SDM_1 SDQ_38 AR8
SMAA_12 SCS_1# AN15 SDQ_20 SDQ_41 AT10
SMAA_8 Reserved AN17 SDQ_17 SDQ_10 AT11
SMAB_4 SMAA_2 AN19 SDQS_2 Reserved AT12
SDQ_4 SDQ_32 AN4 SDQ_18 SDQ_11 AT13
SCMDCLK_3# SMAA_7 AN21 SDQ_19 SDQ_44 AT14
SMAB_2 SMAA_9 AN23 SDQ_24 SDQ_13 AT15
SMAA_1 SMAA_11 AN25 SDQ_29 SDQ_14 AT16
SBA_0 SCKE_2 AN27 SDQS_3 Reserved AT17
SCAS# SCKE_1 AN29 SDQ_26 SDM_0 AT18
SCS_3# SCS_7# AN31 SDQ_27 SDM_1 AT19
SCMDCLK_5# SCMDCLK_3 AN34 SDQ_36 SDM_6 AT22
SDQ_56 SDQ_60 AN36 SDQ_37 SDM_7 AT23
SDQ_0 SDQ_0 AN4 SDM_4 SDQ_16 AT24
SCMDCLK_4# SCMDCLK_1 AN9 SDQ_38 SDQ_17 AT25
SDQ_16 SDQ_9 AP10 SDQ_35 SDQ_18 AT26
SCMDCLK_1# SCMDCLK_5 AP11 SDQ_44 SDQ_19 AT27
SDM_2 SDQ_43 AP12 SDQ_41 SDQ_20 AT28
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Signal Description
Table 2-1. DDR-to-SDR Signal Mapping (Sheet 3 of 3)
DDR Ball Name SDR Ball Name Ball # DDR Ball Name SDR Ball Name Ball #
SCKE_0 Reserved AP13 SDQS_5 Reserved AP29
SDQ_23 SDQ_45 AP14 SDQ_2 SDQ_34 AT3
SDQ_25 SDQ_47 AP16 SDQ_46 SDQ_21 AT30
SMAA_7 SMAA_1 AP17 SDQ_47 SDQ_22 AT31
SDQ_30 SDM_4 AP18 SDQ_49 SDQ_23 AT32
SMAA_6 Reserved AP19 SDQ_53 SDQ_56 AT33
SDQ_1 SDQ_33 AP2 SDQS_6 Reserved AT34
SCMDCLK_3 SMAA_6 AP21 SDQ_55 SDQ_26 AT35
SDQ_33 SDM_3 AP22 SDQ_7 SDQ_35 AT4
SMAA_2 SMAA_8 AP23 SDQ_8 SDQ_36 AT5
SDQ_34 SDQ_48 AP24 SDQ_12 SDQ_37 AT6
SMAB_1 SBA_1 AP25 SDQS_1 Reserved AT7
SDQ_40 SDQ_50 AP26 SDQ_14 SDQ_7 AT8
SBA_1 SMAA_12 AP27 SDQ_10 SDQ_8 AT9
SDM_5 SDQ_52 AP28
2.3 Hub Interface
Signal
Type Description
Name
I/O
HI_[10:0] Hub Interface Signals: HI[10:0] are used for the hub Interface.
sts
I/O Hub Interface Strobe: HI_STBS is one of two differential strobe signals used to
HI_STBS
sts transmit or receive packet data over the hub Interface.
I/O Hub Interface Strobe Complement: HI_STBF is one of two differential strobe
HI_STBF
sts signals used to transmit or receive packet data over the hub Interface.
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Signal Description
2.4 AGP Interface Signals
2.4.1 AGP Addressing Signals
Signal Name Type Description
Pipelined Read: This signal is asserted by the current master to indicate a full
width address is to be queued by the target. The master queues one request each
I rising clock edge while GPIPE# is asserted. When GPIPE# is deasserted, no new
GPIPE#
requests are queued across the GAD bus.
AGP
GPIPE# is a sustained tri-state signal from the master (graphics controller) and is
an input to the GMCH.
I
Sideband Address: This bus provides an additional bus to pass addresses and
GSBA[7:0]
commands to the GMCH from the AGP master.
AGP
Note: The above table contains two mechanisms to queue requests by the AGP master. Note that the
master can only use one mechanism. When PIPE# is used to queue addresses, the master is not
allowed to queue addresses using the sideband (SB) bus. During configuration time, if the master
indicates that it can use either mechanism, the configuration software indicates which mechanism
the master will use. Once this choice has been made, the master continues to use the mechanism
selected until the master is reset (and reprogrammed) to use the other mode. This change of modes
is not a dynamic mechanism but rather a static decision when the device is first being configured
after reset.
2.4.2 AGP Flow Control Signals
Signal Name Type Description
Read Buffer Full: This signal indicates if the master is ready to accept previously
requested low priority read data. When GRBF# is asserted, the GMCH is not
I allowed to return low priority read data to the AGP master. GRBF# is only
GRBF#
sampled at the beginning of a cycle.
AGP
If the AGP master is always ready to accept return read data, it is not required to
implement this signal.
Write Buffer Full: This signal indicates if the master is ready to accept fast write
data from the GMCH. When GWBF# is asserted, the GMCH is not allowed to
I drive fast write data to the AGP master. GWBF# is only sampled at the beginning
GWBF#
of a cycle.
AGP
If the AGP master is always ready to accept fast write data, it is not required to
implement this signal.
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Signal Description
2.4.3 AGP Status Signals
Signal Name Type Description
GST_[2:0] O Status: GST_[2:0] provide information from the arbiter to an AGP Master on
what it may do. GST_[2:0] only have meaning to the master when its GGNT#
AGP
is asserted. When GGNT# is deasserted, these signals have no meaning and
must be ignored. GST_[2:0] are always an output from the GMCH and an
input to the master.
000 = Previously requested low priority read data is being returned to the
master
001 = Previously requested high priority read data is being returned to the
master.
010 = The master is to provide low priority write data for a previously queued
Write command.
011 = The master is to provide high priority write data for a previously queued
Write command.
100 = Reserved
101 = Reserved
110 = Reserved
111= The master has been given permission to start a bus transaction. The
master may queue AGP requests by asserting PIPE# or start a PCI
transaction by asserting FRAME#.
2.4.4 AGP Strobes
Signal Name Type Description
GAD Bus Strobe-0: This signal provides timing for 2X and 4X clocked data on
I/O (s/t/s)
GADSTB_0 GAD_[15:0] and GC/BE_[1:0]#. The agent that is providing data drives this
AGP
signal.
I/O (s/t/s) GAD Bus Strobe-0 Complement: GADSTB_0# is the differential complement to
GADSTB_0#
AGP the GAD_STB_0 signal. It is used to provide timing for 4X clocked data.
GAD Bus Strobe-1: This signal provides timing for 2X and 4X clocked data on
I/O (s/t/s)
GADSTB_1 GAD_[31:16] and GC/BE_[3:2]#. The agent that is providing data drives this
AGP
signal.
I/O (s/t/s) GAD Bus Strobe-1 Complement: GADSTB_1# is the differential complement to
GADSTB_1#
AGP the GADSTB_1 signal. It is used to provide timing for 4X clocked data.
Sideband Strobe: This signal provides timing for 2X and 4X clocked data on the
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GSBSTB GSBA[7:0] bus. It is driven by the AGP master after the system has been
AGP
configured for 2X or 4X clocked sideband address delivery.
I
Sideband Strobe Complement: GSBSTB# is the differential complement to the
GSBSTB#
GSBSTB signal. It is used to provide timing for 4X clocked data.
AGP
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Signal Description
2.4.5 PCI Signals–AGP Semantics
PCI signals are redefined when used in AGP transactions carried using AGP protocol extension.
For transactions on the AGP interface carried using PCI protocol, these signals completely
preserve PCI Local Bus Specification, Revision 2.1 semantics. The exact roles of all PCI signals
during AGP transactions are defined below.
Signal Name Type Description
I/O s/t/s
GFRAME# Frame: GFRAME# is an output from the GMCH during Fast Writes.
AGP
Initiator Ready: GIRDY# indicates the AGP compliant master is ready to
provide all write data for the current transaction. Once GIRDY# is asserted for a
write operation, the master is not allowed to insert wait states. The assertion of
I/O s/t/s GIRDY# for reads indicates that the master is ready to transfer to a subsequent
GIRDY#
AGP block (4 clocks) of read data. The master is never allowed to insert a wait state
during the initial data transfer (first 4 clocks) of a read transaction. However, it
may insert wait states after each 4 clock block is transferred.
NOTE: There is no GFRAME# – GIRDY# relationship for AGP transactions.
Target Ready: GTRDY# indicates the AGP compliant target is ready to provide
read data for the entire transaction (when the transfer size is less than or equal
I/O s/t/s to 4 clocks) or is ready to transfer the initial or subsequent block (four clocks) of
GTRDY#
AGP data when the transfer size is greater than four clocks. The target is allowed to
insert wait-states after each block (four clocks) is transferred on both read and
write transactions.
I/O s/t/s
GSTOP# Stop: Same as PCI. Not used by AGP.
AGP
I/O s/t/s
GDEVSEL# Device Select: Same as PCI. Not used by AGP.
AGP
I
Request: Same as PCI. This signal is used to request access to the bus to
GREQ#
initiate a PCI or AGP request.
AGP
Grant: Same meaning as PCI but additional information is provided on
GST[2:0]. The additional information indicates that the selected master is the
O
GGNT# recipient of previously requested read data (high or normal priority); it is to
AGP
provide write data (high or normal priority), for a previously queued write
command or has been given permission to start a bus transaction (AGP or PCI).
GAD_[31:0] I/O AGP Address: Same as PCI.
Command/Byte Enable: These signals have a slightly different meaning for
AGP. Provides command information (different commands than PCI) when
GC/BE_[3:0]# I/O AGP
requests are being queued when using GPIPE#. Provide valid byte information
during AGP write transactions and are not used during the return of read data.
PAR: Same as PCI. Not used on AGP transactions but used during PCI
transactions as defined by the PCI Local Bus Specification, Revision 2.1.
ADD_DETECT: The 82845G GMCH multiplexes an ADD_DETECT signal with
the GPAR signal on the AGP bus. This signal acts as a strap and indicates
GPAR/
whether the interface is in AGP or DVO mode. The 82845G GMCH has an
I/O AGP
ADD_DETECT
internal pull-up on this signal that will naturally pull it high. If an ADD card is
present, the signal will be pulled low on the ADD card and the AGP/DVO
multiplex select bit in the GMCHCFG register will be set to DVO mode.
Motherboards that use this interface in a DVO down scenario (no AGP
connector) should have a pull-down resistor on ADD_DETECT.
NOTES:
1. PCIRST# from the ICH4 is connected to RSTIN# and is used to reset AGP interface logic within the GMCH.
The AGP agent will also typically use PCIRST# provided by the ICH4 as an input to reset its internal logic.
2. The LOCK# signal is not supported on the AGP Interface (even for PCI operations).
3. The PERR# and SERR# signals are not supported on the AGP interface.
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Signal Description
2.4.6 PCI Pins during PCI Transactions on AGP Interface
The PCI signals described in Section 2.4.5 behave according to PCI Local Bus Specification,
Revision 2.1, when used to perform PCI transactions on the AGP Interface.
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2.5 Multiplexed Intel DVO Device Signal Interfaces
The DVO signals, described in the following table, are multiplexed with the AGP signals.
Name Type Description
DVOB Clock Output: These signals provide a differential pair reference
clock that can run up to 165 MHz. Formerly known by:
DVOB_CLK;
O
DVOB_CLKOUT0=DVOB_CLK and DVOB_CLKOUT1=DVOB_CLK#. Care
AGP
DVOB_CLK#
should be taken to be sure that DVOB_CLK is connected to the primary clock
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receiver of the Intel DVO device.
O DVOB Data: This data bus is used to drive 12-bit pixel data on each edge of
DVOB_D[11:0]
AGP DVOB_CLK(#). This provides 24 bits of data per clock.
O Horizontal Sync: This is the HSYNC signal for the DVOB interface. The
DVOB_HSYNC
AGP active polarity of the signal is programmable.
O Vertical Sync: This is the VSYNC signal for the DVOB interface. The active
DVOB_VSYNC
AGP polarity of the signal is programmable.
Flicker Blank or Border Period Indication: DVOB_BLANK# is a
programmable output pin driven by the GMCH. When programmed as a
O
DVOB_BLANK# blank period indication, this pin indicates active pixels excluding the border.
AGP
When programmed as a border period indication, this pin indicates active
pixel including the border pixels.
DVOBC Pixel Clock Input/Interrupt: This signal may be selected as the
I reference input to the dot clock PLL (DPLL) for the multiplexed DVO devices.
DVOBC_CLKINT#
AGP This pin may also be programmed to be an interrupt input for either of the
multiplexed DVO devices.
TV Field and Flat Panel Stall Signal: This input can be programmed to be
either a TV Field input from the TV encoder or Stall input from the flat panel.
When used as a Field input, it synchronizes the overlay field with the TV
I
DVOB_FLDSTL encoder field when the overlay is displaying an interleaved source. When
AGP
used as the Stall input, it indicates that the pixel pipeline should stall one
horizontal line. The polarity is programmable for both modes and the input
may be disabled completely.
DVOC Clock Output: These pins provide a differential pair reference clock
that can run up to 165 MHz. Formerly known by:
DVOC_CLK;
O
DVOC_CLKOUT0=DVOC_CLK and DVOC_CLKOUT1=DVOC_CLK#. Care
AGP
DVOC_CLK#
should be taken to be sure that DVOC_CLK is connected to the primary
clock receiver of the DVO device.
O DVOC Data: This data bus is used to drive 12-bit pixel data on each edge of
DVOC_D[11:0]
AGP DVOC_CLK(#). This provides 24 bits of data per clock.
O Horizontal Sync: This is the HSYNC signal for the DVOC interface. The
DVOC_HSYNC
AGP active polarity of the signal is programmable.
O Vertical Sync: This is the VSYNC signal for the DVOC interface. The active
DVOC_VSYNC
AGP polarity of the signal is programmable.
Flicker Blank or Border Period Indication: DVOC_BLANK# is a
programmable output pin driven by the GMCH. When programmed as a
O
DVOC_BLANK# blank period indication, this signal indicates active pixels excluding the
AGP
border. When programmed as a border period indication, this signal indicates
active pixel including the border pixels.
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Signal Description
Name Type Description
I DVOBC Interrupt: This signal may be used as an interrupt input for either of
DVOBC_INTR#
AGP the multiplexed DVO devices.
TV Field and Flat Panel Stall Signal: This input can be programmed to be
either a TV Field input from the TV encoder or Stall input from the flat panel.
When used as a Field input, it synchronizes the overlay field with the TV
I
DVOC_FLDSTL encoder field when the overlay is displaying an interleaved source. When
AGP
used as the Stall input, it indicates that the pixel pipeline should stall one
horizontal line. The polarity is programmable for both modes and the input
may be disabled completely.
MI2C_CLK: The specific function of this signal is I2C_CLK for a multiplexed
MI2C_CLK I/O AGP
digital display. This signal is tri-stated during a hard reset.
I/O MI2C_DATA: The specific function of this signal is I2C_DATA for a
MI2C_DATA
AGP multiplexed digital display. This signal is tri-stated during a hard reset.
I/O MDVI_CLK: The specific function is DVI_CLK (DDC) for a multiplexed digital
MDVI_CLK
AGP display connector. This signal is tri-stated during a hard reset.
MDVI_DATA: The specific function of this signal is DVI_DATA (DDC) for a
I/O
MDVI_DATA multiplexed digital display connector. This signal is tri-stated during a hard
AGP
reset.
MDDC_CLK: This signal may be used as the DDC_CLK for a secondary
I/O
MDDC_CLK multiplexed digital display connector. This signal is tri-stated during a hard
AGP
reset.
MDDC_DATA: This signal may be used as the DDC_Data for a secondary
MDDC_DATA I/O AGP multiplexed digital display connector. This signal is tri-stated during a hard
reset.
ADD Card ID: These signals will be strapped on the ADD card for software
I/O
ADDID[7:0] identification purposes. These signals may need pull-up or pull-down
AGP
resistors in a DVO device down scenario.
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Signal Description
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2.5.1 Intel DVO Signal Name to AGP Signal Name Pin Mapping
The 82845G GMCH multiplexes an ADD_Detect signal with the G_PAR signal on the AGP bus.
This signal acts as a strap and indicates whether the interface is in AGP or DVO mode (See
ADD_DETECT signal description for further information). GSBA(7:0) act as straps for an
ADD_ID. When an ADD card is present, ADD_DETECT=0 (DVO mode).
DVO Signal Name AGP Signal Name DVO Signal Name AGP Signal Name
DVOB_D0 GAD_3 DVOC_D0 GAD_19
DVOB_D1 GAD_2 DVOC_D1 GAD_20
DVOB_D2 GAD_5 DVOC_D2 GAD_21
DVOB_D3 GAD_4 DVOC_D3 GAD_22
DVOB_D4 GAD_7 DVOC_D4 GAD_23
DVOB_D5 GAD_6 DVOC_D5 GC/BE_3#
DVOB_D6 GAD_8 DVOC_D6 GAD_25
DVOB_D7 GC/BE_0# DVOC_D7 GAD_24
DVOB_D8 GAD_10 DVOC_D8 GAD_27
DVOB_D9 GAD_9 DVOC_D9 GAD_26
DVOB_D10 GAD_12 DVOC_D10 GAD_29
DVOB_D11 GAD_11 DVOC_D11 GAD_28
DVOB_CLK GADSTB_0 DVOC_CLK GADSTB_1
DVOB_CLK# GADSTB_0# DVOC_CLK# GADSTB_1#
DVOB_HSYNC GAD_0 DVOC_HSYNC GAD_17
DVOB_VSYNC GAD_1 DVOC_VSYNC GAD_16
DVOB_BLANK# GC/BE_1# DVOC_BLANK# GAD_18
DVOB_CCLKINT# GAD_13 DVOBC_INTR# GAD_30
DVOB_FLDSTL GAD_14 DVOC_FLDSTL GAD_31
DVOBC_RCOMP AGP RCOMP ADDID[7:0] GSBA_[7:0]
MI2CCLK GIRDY# MDVI DATA GFRAME#
MI2CDATA GDEVSEL# MDDC CLK GAD_15
MDVI CLK GTRDY# MDDC DATA GSTOP#
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Signal Description
2.6 Analog Display
Signal Name Type Description
O
CRT Horizontal Synchronization: This signal is used as the horizontal sync
HSYNC 3.3 V
(polarity is programmable) or “sync interval”.
GPIO
O
CRT Vertical Synchronization: This signal is used as the vertical sync (polarity
VSYNC 3.3 V
is programmable).
GPIO
RED Analog Video Output: This signal is a CRT Analog video output from the
O
RED internal color palette DAC. The DAC is designed for a 37.5 Ω equivalent load on
Analog
each signal (e.g., 75 Ω resistor on the board, in parallel with a 75 Ω CRT load).
RED# Analog Output: This signal is a truly differential analog video output from
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O the internal color palette DAC. Refer to the Intel Pentium 4 Processor in 478-
RED#
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Analog Pin Package and Intel 845G/845GL/845GV Chipset Platform Design Guide for
routing recommendations. This signal is used to provide noise immunity.
GREEN Analog Video Output: This signal is a CRT Analog video output from
O the internal color palette DAC. The DAC is designed for a 37.5 Ω equivalent
GREEN
Analog load on each signal (e.g., 75 Ω resistor on the board, in parallel with a 75 Ω CRT
load).
GREEN# Analog Output: This signal is a truly differential analog video output
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from the internal color palette DAC. Refer to the Intel Pentium 4 Processor in
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GREEN# 478-Pin Package and Intel 845G/845GL/845GV Chipset Platform Design
Analog
Guide for routing recommendations. This signal is used to provide noise
immunity.
BLUE Analog Video Output: This signal is a CRT Analog video output from
O the internal color palette DAC. The DAC is designed for a 37.5 Ω equivalent
BLUE
Analog load on each signal (e.g., 75 Ω resistor on the board, in parallel with a 75 Ω CRT
load).
BLUE# Analog Output: This signal is a truly differential analog video output
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from the internal color palette DAC. Refer to the Intel Pentium 4 Processor in
O
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BLUE# 478-Pin Package and Intel 845G/845GL/845GV Chipset Platform Design
Analog
Guide for routing recommendations. This signal is used to provide noise
immunity.
I Resistor Set: Set point resistor for the internal color palette DAC. A 137 Ω, 1%
REFSET
Analog resistor is required between REFSET and GND.
2
I/O Analog DDC Clock: Clock signal for the I C style interface that connects to
DDCA_CLK 3.3 V Analog CRT Display.
GPIO NOTE: This signal may need to be level shifted to 5 V.
2
I/O Analog DDC Data: Data signal for the I C style interface that connects to
DDCA_DATA 3.3 V Analog CRT Display.
GPIO NOTE: This signal may need to be level shifted to 5 V.
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Signal Description
2.7 Clocks, Reset, and Miscellaneous Signals
Signal Name Type Description
HCLKP I Differential Host Clock In: These pins receive a low voltage differential host clock
HCLKN CMOS from the external clock synthesizer.
I 66 MHz Clock In: This pin receives a 66 MHz clock from the clock synthesizer.
GCLKIN
LVTTL This clock is used by AGP and hub interface clock domains.
I Display Clock Input: This pin provides a 48 MHz input clock to the Display PLL
DREFCLK
LVTTL that is used for 2D/Video/Flat Panel and DAC.
Reset In: When asserted, this signal asynchronously resets the GMCH logic. This
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I signal is connected to the PCIRST# output of the Intel ICH4. All AGP/PCI output
RSTIN#
LVTTL and bi-directional signals will also tri-state compliant to PCI Local Bus
Specification, Revision 2.0 and PCI Local Bus Specification, Revision 2.1.
I
Power OK: When asserted, PWROK is an indication to the GMCH that the core
PWROK 3.3 V
power and GCLKIN have been stable for at least 10 µs.
GPIO
I
TESTIN# 1.5 V Test Input: This pin is used for manufacturing and board lever test purposes.
CMOS
2.8 RCOMP, VREF, VSWING Signals
Signal Name Type Description
Host Data Reference Voltage: Reference voltage input for the data signals of the
HDVREF_[2:0] I
Host AGTL+ interface.
Host Address Reference Voltage: Reference voltage input for the address
HA_VREF I
signals of the Host AGTL+ interface.
Host Common Clock Reference Voltage: Reference voltage input for the
HCC_VREF I
common clock signals of the Host AGTL+ interface.
HX_RCOMP
I/O
Host RCOMP: These pins are used to calibrate the Host AGTL+ I/O buffers.
CMOS
HY_RCOMP
Host Voltage Swing: These pins provide a reference voltage used by the PSB
HX_SWING
I RCOMP circuit. HX_SWING is used for the signals handled by HX_RCOMP, and
HY_SWING
HY_SWING is used for the signals handled by HY_RCOMP.
Memory Reference Voltage: Reference voltage input for DQ, DQS &
SM_VREF I
SRCVEN_IN#.
SMXRCOMP
I/O
Memory RCOMP: These pins are used to calibrate the memory I/O buffers.
CMOS
SMYRCOMP
AGP_VREF I AGP Reference: The reference voltage for the AGP/DVO I/O buffers is 0.75 V.
I/O Compensation for AGP: This signal is used to calibrate the AGP/DVO buffers.
AGP_RCOMP
CMOS This signal should be connected to ground through a 40 Ω pull-down resistor.
HI_VREF I HI Reference: Reference voltage input for the hub interface.
Compensation for HI: This signal is used to calibrate the hub interface I/O
I/O
HI_RCOMP buffers. This signal should be connected to 1.5 V through a 68.1 Ω 1% pull-up
CMOS
resistor
HI Voltage Swing: This signal provides a reference voltage used by the
HI_SWING I
HI_RCOMP circuit.
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Signal Description
Table 2-2 shows the VTT/VDD, VREF, RCOMP, and VSWING levels for the various interfaces.
Table 2-2. Voltage Levels and RCOMP for Various Interfaces
VTT/VDD VREF RCOMP RCOMP Vswing
Interface
(Volts) (volts) (Ω) term (Volts)
Core 1.5 VNANA NA
(1)
AGTL+ 1.15 -1.75 V 2/3 * VTT 25 1/3*VTT
AGP/DVO 1.5 V 0.5 * VDD 40 NA
Note 2
HI1.5 1.5 V 0.35 69 0.7
DDR - SSTL_2 1.25/2.5 V 0.5 * VDD 60 NA
SDR - LVTTL 3.3 V 0.5 * VDD 20 NA
NOTE:
1. For the Pentium 4 processor with 512-KB L2 cache on 0.13 Micron Process, VTT range is 1.29 V–1.525 V.
For the Pentium 4 processor with 256-KB L2 cache, VTT range is 1.535 V– 1.75 V
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2. Refer to the Intel Pentium 4 Processor in 478-Pin Package and Intel 845G/845GL/845GV Chipset
Platform Design Guide for details.
2.9 Power and Ground Signals
Signal Name Description
VCC VCC for 1.5 V core.
VSS GND supply.
VCCAGP VCC for AGP – 1.5 V.
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Analog Vcc for the Host PLL – 1.5 V. This supply requires special filtering. Refer to the Intel
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VCCA_FSB Pentium 4 Processor in 478-Pin Package and Intel 845G/845GL/845GV Chipset Platform
Design Guide for details.
VTTFSB VTT supply for PSB, having a range of 1.15 V–1.75 V.
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VTT edge cap connection supply. Do not connect to MB VTT supply. Refer to the Intel
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VTTDECAP Pentium 4 Processor in 478-Pin Package and Intel 845G/845GL/845GV Chipset Platform
Design Guide for implementation.
VCCA_HI Analog VCC for the HI/AGP PLL – 1.5 V. Does not require special filtering.
VCCHL VCC for Hub Interface – 1.5 V.
Analog Vcc for the Display PLL – 1.5 V. This supply requires special filtering. Refer to the
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VCCA_DPLL Intel Pentium 4 Processor in 478-Pin Package and Intel 845G/845GL/845GV Chipset
Platform Design Guide for details.
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Analog Vcc for the DAC – 1.5 V. Refer to the Intel Pentium 4 Processor in 478-Pin
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VCCA_DAC Package and Intel 845G/845GL/845GV Chipset Platform Design Guide for supply
requirements.
VSSA_DAC Analog Vss for the DAC. This supply should go directly to motherboard ground.
VCCGPIO Vcc for GPIO – 3.3 V.
VCCSM Vcc for System Memory – 3.3 V for SDR, 2.5 V for DDR.
Analog VCC for System Memory DLL – 1.5 V supply requires special filtering. Refer to the
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VCCA_SM Intel Pentium 4 Processor in 478-Pin Package and Intel 845G/845GL/845GV Chipset
Platform Design Guide for details.
Quiet VCC for System Memory – 3.3 V for SDR, 2.5 V for DDR. Supply requires special
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VCCQSM filtering. Refer to the Intel Pentium 4 Processor in 478-Pin Package and Intel 845G/
845GL/845GV Chipset Platform Design Guide for details.
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Signal Description
2.10 Functional Straps
Signal Name Type Description
PSB Frequency Select: The PSBSEL is tied to the external BSEL resistor-divider
PSBSEL I circuitry. The value of the PSBSEL pin reflects the PSB frequency. The PSB runs at
400 MHz when PSBSEL is a 0 and runs at 533 MHz when PSBSEL is a 1.
Memory Configuration Select: This pin selects the SDR or DDR board
configuration. The pin should be unconnected for DDR configuration. For SDR
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MEMSEL I configuration, a pull-down resistor is required. Refer to the Intel Pentium 4
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Processor in 478-Pin Package and Intel 845G/845GL/845GV Chipset Platform
Design Guide for details.
2.11 GMCH Sequencing Requirements
Power Plane and Sequencing Requirements:
• Clock Valid Timing:
• GCLKIN must be valid at least 10 µs prior to the rising edge of PWROK.
• HCLKN/HCLKP must be valid at least 10 µs prior to the rising edge of RSTIN#.
• There is no DREFCLK timing requirements relative to reset.
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Figure 2-2. Intel GMCH System Clock and Reset Requirements
POWER
~100 ms
PWROK
~1 ms
RSTIN#
10 µs
min
valid
GCLKIN
10 µs
min
valid
HCLKN/HCLKP
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Signal Description
2.12 Reset States
2.12.1 Full and Warm Reset States
Figure 2-3. Full and Warm Reset Waveforms
ICH4 Power
ICH4 PWROK In
1 ms min Write on CF9h 1 ms min
ICH4 PCIRST# Out
1 ms min
GMCH RSTIN# In 1 ms min
GMCH CPURST# Out
GMCH Power
GMCH PWROK In
GMCH Reset State Unknown Full Reset Warm Reset Running Warm Reset Running
All register bits assume their default values during full reset. A full reset occurs when PCIRST#
(GMCH RSTIN#) is asserted and PWROK is deasserted. A warm reset occurs when PCIRST#
(GMCH RSTIN#) is asserted and PWROK is also asserted. The following table describes the reset
states.
Reset State RSTIN# PWROK
Full Reset L L
Warm Reset L H
Does Not Occur H L
Normal Operation H H
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Register Description 3
This chapter describes the platform device PCI configuration structure and register accesses
mechanisms. The chapter also provides a detailed description of the GMCH PCI configuration
registers including bit/field descriptions. The GMCH contains two sets of software accessible
registers, accessed via the host processor I/O address space:
• Control registers I/O mapped into the processor I/O space, which control access to PCI and
AGP configuration space (see section entitled I/O Mapped Registers)
• Internal configuration registers residing within the GMCH are partitioned into three logical
device register sets (“logical” since they reside within a single physical device). The first
device register set is dedicated to Host-Hub Interface Bridge functionality (controls PCI Bus 0
including DRAM configuration, other chipset operating parameters, and optional features).
The second device register set is dedicated to Host-AGP/PCI_B Bridge functions (controls
AGP/PCI_B interface configurations and operating parameters). The third device register set
is dedicated to the Integrated Graphics Device (IGD).
Note: This configuration scheme is necessary to accommodate the existing and future software
configuration model supported by Microsoft where the Host Bridge functionality will be supported
and controlled via dedicated and specific driver and “virtual” PCI-to-PCI bridge functionality will
be supported via standard PCI bus enumeration configuration software. The term “virtual” is used
to designate that no real physical embodiment of the PCI-to-PCI bridge functionality exists within
the GMCH, but that GMCH’s internal configuration register sets are organized in this particular
manner to create that impression to the standard configuration software.
The GMCH supports PCI configuration space accesses using the mechanism denoted as
Configuration Mechanism #1 in the PCI Local Bus Specification, Revision 2.1. The GMCH
internal registers (both I/O Mapped and Configuration registers) are accessible by the Host
processor. The registers can be accessed as Byte, Word (16-bit), or DWord (32-bit) quantities, with
the exception of CONFIG_ADDRESS which can only be accessed as a DWord. All multi-byte
numeric fields use “little-endian” ordering (i.e., lower addresses contain the least significant parts
of the field).
3.1 Register Terminology
Term Description
RO Read Only. In some cases, If a register is read only, writes to this register location have no effect.
Write Only. In some cases, If a register is write only, reads to this register location have no
WO
effect.
R/W Read/Write. A register with this attribute can be read and written.
Read/Write Clear. A register bit with this attribute can be read and written. However, a write of 1
R/WC
clears (sets to 0) the corresponding bit and a write of 0 has no effect.
R/W/L Read/Write/Lock. A register with this attribute can be read, written and locked.
Read/Write Once. A register (bit) with this attribute can be written only once after power up.
R/WO
After the first write, the register (bit) becomes read only.
L Lock. A register bit with this attribute becomes read only after a lock bit is set.
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Term Description
Some of the GMCH registers described in this chapter contain reserved bits. These bits are
labeled Reserved (Rsvd). Software must deal correctly with fields that are reserved. On reads,
software must use appropriate masks to extract the defined bits and not rely on reserved bits
Reserved
being any particular value. On writes, software must ensure that the values of reserved bit
Bits
positions are preserved. That is, the values of reserved bit positions must first be read, merged
with the new values for other bit positions, and then written back. Note the software does not
need to perform read, merge, and write operations for the configuration address register.
In addition to reserved bits within a register, the GMCH contains address locations in the
configuration space of the Host-Hub Interface Bridge entity that are marked either “Reserved” or
“Intel Reserved.” The GMCH responds to accesses to “Reserved” address locations by
Reserved completing the host cycle. When a “Reserved” register location is read, a zero value is returned.
Registers (“Reserved” registers can be 8-, 16-, or 32-bits in size). Writes to “Reserved” registers have no
effect on the GMCH. Registers that are marked as “Intel Reserved” must not be modified by
system software. Writes to “Intel Reserved” registers may cause system failure. Reads to “Intel
Reserved” registers may return a non-zero value.
Upon Reset, the GMCH sets all of its internal configuration registers to predetermined default
states. Some register values at reset are determined by external strapping options. The default
Default state represents the minimum functionality feature set required to successfully bring up the
Value upon system. Hence, it does not represent the optimal system configuration. It is the responsibility of
Reset the system initialization software (usually BIOS) to properly determine the DRAM configurations,
operating parameters and optional system features that are applicable, and to program the
GMCH registers accordingly.
3.2 Platform Configuration
In some previous chipsets the MCH (or GMCH) component and the I/O Controller Hub component
were physically connected by PCI bus #0. From a configuration standpoint, both components
appeared to be on PCI bus #0 which was also the system’s primary PCI expansion bus. The north
bridge contained two PCI devices while the south bridge was considered one PCI device with
multiple functions.
In the 845G chipset the configuration structure is significantly different. The GMCH and the ICH4
are physically connected by the hub interface; thus, from a configuration standpoint, the hub
interface is logically PCI bus #0. As a result, all devices internal to the GMCH and ICH4 appear to
be on PCI bus #0. The system’s primary PCI expansion bus is physically attached to the ICH4 and,
from a configuration perspective, appears to be a hierarchical PCI bus behind a PCI-to-PCI bridge
and therefore has a programmable PCI Bus number. The AGP appears to system software to be a
real PCI bus behind PCI-to-PCI bridges resident as devices on PCI bus #0.
Note: The primary PCI bus is referred to as PCI_A in this document and is not PCI bus #0 from a
configuration standpoint.
The GMCH contains the following PCI devices within a single physical component. The
configuration registers for the devices are mapped as devices residing on PCI bus #0.
• Device 0: Host-HI Bridge/DRAM controller. Logically this appears as a PCI device residing
on PCI bus #0. Physically Device 0 contains the standard PCI registers, DRAM registers, AGP
capabilities registers, the Graphics Aperture controller, and other GMCH specific registers.
• Device 1: Host-AGP Bridge. Logically this appears as a “virtual” PCI-to-PCI bridge residing
on PCI bus #0. Physically Device 1 contains the standard PCI-to-PCI bridge registers and the
standard AGP/PCI configuration registers (including the AGP I/O and memory address
mapping).
• Device 2: Integrated Graphics controller. Logically this appears as a PCI device residing on
PCI bus #0. Physically Device 2 contains the configuration registers for 3D, 2D and display
functions.
• Device 6: Intel Reserved.
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Logically, the ICH4 appears as multiple PCI devices within a single physical component also
residing on PCI bus #0. One of the ICH4 devices is a PCI-to-PCI bridge. Logically, the primary
side of the bridge resides on PCI #0 while the secondary side is the standard PCI expansion bus.
Note: A physical PCI bus #0 does not exist and that the hub interface and the internal devices in the
GMCH and ICH4 logically constitute PCI Bus #0 to configuration software.
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Figure 3-1. Conceptual Intel 845G Chipset Platform PCI Configuration Diagram
Processor
PCI Configuration Window
in I/O Space
Integrated
Graphics Device;
Bus #0,
Device 2
Host-to-AGP
Bridge; Bus #0,
Device 1
DRAM Control/Hub
Interface Device;
Bus #0,
Device 0
GMCH
Hub
Interface
Intel® ICH4
3.3 Routing Configuration Accesses
The GMCH supports two bus interfaces: Hub interface and AGP/PCI. PCI configuration cycles are
selectively routed to one of these interfaces. The GMCH is responsible for routing PCI
configuration cycles to the proper interface. PCI configuration cycles to ICH4 internal devices and
Primary PCI (including downstream devices) are routed to the ICH4 via the hub interface. AGP/
PCI_B configuration cycles are routed to AGP. The AGP/PCI_B interface is treated as a separate
PCI bus from the configuration point of view. Routing of configuration accesses to AGP/PCI_B is
controlled via the standard PCI-to-PCI bridge mechanism using information contained within the
Primary Bus Number, the Secondary Bus Number, and the Subordinate Bus Number registers of
the corresponding PCI-to-PCI bridge device.
A detailed description of the mechanism for translating processor I/O bus cycles to configuration
cycles on one of the two buses is described in the following sections.
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Register Description
3.3.1 Standard PCI Bus Configuration Mechanism
The PCI Local Bus Specification, Revision 2.1 defines a slot based “configuration space” that
allows each device to contain up to eight functions with each function containing up to 256, 8-bit
configuration registers. The PCI Local Bus Specification, Revision 2.1 defines two bus cycles to
access the PCI configuration space: Configuration Read and Configuration Write. Memory and I/O
spaces are supported directly by the processor. Configuration space is supported by a mapping
mechanism implemented within the GMCH. The PCI Local Bus Specification, Revision 2.2 defines
the Configuration Mechanism to access configuration space.
The configuration access mechanism makes use of the CONFIG_ADDRESS Register (at I/O
address 0CF8h though 0CFBh) and CONFIG_DATA Register (at I/O address 0CFCh though
0CFFh). To reference a configuration register a DWord I/O write cycle is used to place a value into
CONFIG_ADDRESS that specifies the PCI bus, the device on that bus, the function within the
device, and a specific configuration register of the device function being accessed.
CONFIG_ADDRESS[31] must be 1 to enable a configuration cycle. CONFIG_DATA then
becomes a window into the four bytes of configuration space specified by the contents of
CONFIG_ADDRESS. Any read or write to CONFIG_DATA will result in the GMCH translating
the CONFIG_ADDRESS into the appropriate configuration cycle.
The GMCH is responsible for translating and routing the processor’s I/O accesses to the
CONFIG_ADDRESS and CONFIG_DATA registers to internal GMCH configuration registers,
Hub Interface or AGP/PCI_B.
3.3.2 PCI Bus #0 Configuration Mechanism
The GMCH decodes the Bus Number (bits 23:16) and the Device Number fields of the
CONFIG_ADDRESS register. If the Bus Number field of CONFIG_ADDRESS is 0 the
configuration cycle is targeting a PCI Bus #0 device. The Host-HI Bridge entity within the GMCH
is hardwired as Device 0 on PCI Bus #0. The Host-AGP/PCI_B Bridge entity within the GMCH is
hardwired as Device 1 on PCI Bus #0. The integrated Graphics entity within the GMCH is
hardwired as Device 2 on PCI Bus #0. Configuration cycles to any of the GMCH’s internal devices
are confined to the GMCH and not sent over the hub interface.
3.3.3 Primary PCI and Downstream Configuration Mechanism
If the Bus Number in the CONFIG_ADDRESS is non-zero, and is less than the value in the Host-
AGP/PCI_B device’s Secondary Bus Number register or greater than the value in the Host-AGP/
PCI_B device’s Subordinate Bus Number register, the GMCH will generate a Type 1 Hub Interface
Configuration Cycle.
If the cycle is forwarded to the ICH4 via the hub interface, the ICH4 compares the non-zero Bus
Number with the Secondary Bus Number and Subordinate Bus Number registers of its PCI-to-PCI
bridges to determine if the configuration cycle is meant for Primary PCI, or a downstream PCI bus.
3.3.4 AGP/PCI_B Bus Configuration Mechanism
From the chipset configuration perspective, AGP/PCI_B is seen as PCI bus interfaces residing on a
Secondary Bus side of the “virtual” PCI-to-PCI bridges referred to as the GMCH Host-PCI_B/
AGP bridge. On the Primary bus side, the “virtual” PCI-to-PCI bridge is attached to PCI Bus #0.
Therefore, the Primary Bus Number register is hardwired to 0. The “virtual” PCI-to-PCI bridge
entity converts Type #1 PCI Bus Configuration cycles on PCI Bus #0 into Type 0 or Type 1
configuration cycles on the AGP/PCI_B interface. Type 1 configuration cycles on PCI Bus #0 that
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have a Bus Number that matches the Secondary Bus Number of the GMCH’s “virtual” Host-to-
PCI_B/AGP bridge will be translated into Type 0 configuration cycles on the PCI_B/AGP
interface. The GMCH will decode the Device Number field [15:11] and assert the appropriate
GAD signal as an IDSEL in accordance with the PCI-to-PCI Bridge Type 0 configuration
mechanism. The remaining address bits will be mapped as described in Figure 3-2.
Figure 3-2. Configuration Mechanism Type 0 Configuration Address to PCI Address Mapping
CONFIG_ADDRESS
31 24 23 16 15 14 11 10 8 7 2 1 0
1 Reserved Bus Number Device Number Function No. Register Number x x
31 24 23 16 15 11 10 8 7 2 1 0
IDSEL Reserved = 0 Function No. Register Number 0 0
AGP GAD[31:0] Address
AGP/PCI_B Type 0 Configuration Cycle
Config Address Config Address
AGP GAD[31:16] IDSEL AGP GAD[31:16] IDSEL
AD[15:11] AD[15:11]
00000 0000 0000 0000 0001 01000 0000 0001 0000 0000
00001 0000 0000 0000 0010 01001 0000 0010 0000 0000
00010 0000 0000 0000 0100 01010 0000 0100 0000 0000
00011 0000 0000 0000 1000 01011 0000 1000 0000 0000
00100 0000 0000 0001 0000 01100 0001 0000 0000 0000
00101 0000 0000 0010 0000 01101 0010 0000 0000 0000
00110 0000 0000 0100 0000 01110 0100 0000 0000 0000
00111 0000 0000 1000 0000 01111 1000 0000 0000 0000
1xxxx 0000 0000 0000 0000
NOTE: If the Bus Number is non-zero, greater than the value programmed into the Secondary Bus Number
register, and less than or equal to the value programmed into the Subordinate Bus Number register the
configuration cycle is targeting a PCI bus downstream of the targeted interface. The GMCH will
generate a Type 1 PCI configuration cycle on PCI_B/AGP. The address bits will be mapped as
described in Figure 3-3.
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Register Description
Figure 3-3. Configuration Mechanism Type 1 Configuration Address to PCI Address Mapping
30 24 23 16 10 8 2 1
31 15 11 7 0
CONFIG_ADDRESS 1 Reserved Bus Number Device Number Function Number
Reg. Index X X
PCI Address
0 0 1
Bus Number Device Number Function Number Reg. Index
AD[31:0]
24 23 2 1 0
31 16 15 11 10 8 7
To prepare for mapping of the configuration cycles on AGP/PCI_B, the initialization software will
go through the following sequence:
1. Scan all devices residing on the PCI Bus #0 using Type 0 configuration accesses.
2. For every device residing at bus #0 which implements PCI-to-PCI bridge functionality, it will
configure the secondary bus of the bridge with the appropriate number and scan further down
the hierarchy. This process includes the configuration of the “virtual” PCI-to-PCI bridges
within the GMCH used to map the AGP device’s address spaces in a software specific manner.
Note: Although initial AGP platform implementations will not support hierarchical buses residing below
AGP, this specification still must define this capability to support PCI-66 compatibility. Note also
that future implementations of the AGP devices may support hierarchical PCI or AGP-like buses
coming out of the root AGP device.
3.4 I/O Mapped Registers
The GMCH contains two registers that reside in the processor I/O address space − the
Configuration Address (CONFIG_ADDRESS) Register and the Configuration Data
(CONFIG_DATA) Register. The Configuration Address Register enables/disables the
configuration space and determines what portion of configuration space is visible through the
Configuration Data window.
3.4.1 CONFIG_ADDRESS—Configuration Address Register
I/O Address: 0CF8h Accessed as a DWord
Default Value: 00000000h
Access: R/W
Size: 32 bits
CONFIG_ADDRESS is a 32-bit register that can be accessed only as a DWord. A Byte or Word
reference will “pass through” the Configuration Address Register and hub interface onto the
PCI_A bus as an I/O cycle. The CONFIG_ADDRESS register contains the Bus Number, Device
Number, Function Number, and Register Number for which a subsequent configuration access is
intended.
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Register Description
Bit Description
Configuration Enable (CFGE).
31 1 = Enable.
0 = Disable.
30:24 Reserved. These bits are read only and have a value of 0.
Bus Number. When the Bus Number is programmed to 00h the target of the Configuration Cycle is
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a hub interface agent (GMCH, Intel ICH4, etc.). The Configuration Cycle is forwarded to the hub
interface if the Bus Number is programmed to 00h and the GMCH is not the target.
If the Bus Number is non-zero and matches the value programmed into the Secondary Bus Number
Register of Device 1, a Type 0 PCI configuration cycle will be generated on AGP/PCI_B.
23:16
If the Bus Number is non-zero, greater than the value in the Secondary Bus Number register of
Device 1 and less than or equal to the value programmed into the Subordinate Bus Number Register
of Device 1, a Type 1 PCI configuration cycle is generated on AGP/PCI_B.
If the Bus Number is non-zero, and does not fall within the ranges enumerated by Device 1’s
Secondary Bus Number or Subordinate Bus Number Register, then a HI Type 1 configuration Cycle
is generated.
Device Number. This field selects one agent on the PCI bus selected by the Bus Number. When the
Bus Number field is “00” the GMCH decodes the Device Number field. The GMCH is always Device
Number 0 for the Host-HI bridge entity, Device Number 1 for the Host-PCI_B/AGP entity, and device
2 for the integrated graphics device. Therefore, when the Bus Number =0 and the Device Number
equals 0,1 or 2, the internal GMCH devices are selected.
If the Bus Number is non-zero and matches the value programmed into the Device#1 Secondary
Bus Number Register, a Type 0 PCI configuration cycle will be generated on AGP/PCI_B. The
15:11
Device Number field is decoded and the GMCH asserts one and only one GADxx signal as an
IDSEL. GAD16 is asserted to access Device 0, GAD17 for Device 1 and so forth up to Device 15 for
which will assert AD31. All device numbers higher than #15 cause a type 0 configuration access with
no IDSEL asserted, which will result in a Master Abort reported in the GMCH’s “virtual” PCI-to-PCI
bridge registers.
For Bus Numbers resulting in AGP/PCI_B Type 1 Configuration cycles the Device Number is
propagated as GAD[15:11].
Function Number. This field is mapped to GAD[10:8] during AGP/PCI_B Configuration cycles and
A[10:8] during HI configuration cycles. This allows the configuration registers of a particular function
10:8
in a multi-function device to be accessed. The GMCH ignores configuration cycles to its internal
Devices if the function number is not equal to 0.
Register Number. This field selects one register within a particular Bus, Device, and Function as
7:2 specified by the other fields in the Configuration Address Register. This field is mapped to GAD[7:2]
during AGP/PCI_B Configuration cycles and A[7:2] during HI Configuration cycles.
1:0 Reserved.
3.4.2 CONFIG_DATA—Configuration Data Register
I/O Address: 0CFCh
Default Value: 00000000h
Access: Read/Write
Size: 32 bits
CONFIG_DATA is a 32-bit read/write window into configuration space. The portion of
configuration space that is referenced by CONFIG_DATA is determined by the contents of
CONFIG_ADDRESS.
Bit Description
Configuration Data Window (CDW). If bit 31 of CONFIG_ADDRESS is 1 any I/O access that to
31:0 the CONFIG_DATA register will be mapped to configuration space using the contents of
CONFIG_ADDRESS.
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Register Description
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3.5 Intel GMCH Internal Device Registers
3.5.1 DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface Device Registers
(Device 0)
The DRAM controller and host-hub interface registers are in Device 0. This section contains the
PCI configuration registers listed in order of ascending offset address. Table 3-1 provides the
register address map for this device.
Table 3-1. DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Register Address Map (Device 0) (Sheet 1 of 2)
Address
Symbol Register Name Default Value Access
Offset
00–01h VID Vendor Identification 8086h RO
02–03h DID Device Identification 2560h RO
04–05h PCICMD PCI Command Register 0006h RO, R/W
06–07h PCISTS PCI Status Register 0090h RO, R/WC
see register
08h RID Revision Identification RO
description
09 — Intel Reserved — —
0Ah SUBC Sub-Class Code 00h RO
0Bh BCC Base Class Code 06h RO
0Ch — Intel Reserved — —
0Dh MLT Master Latency Timer 00h RO
0Eh HDR Header Type 00h RO
0Fh — Intel Reserved — —
10–13h APBASE Aperture Base Configuration 00000008h RO, R/W
14–2Bh — Intel Reserved — —
2C–2Dh SVID Subsystem Vendor Identification 0000h R/WO
2E–2Fh SID Subsystem Identification 0000h R/WO
30–33h — Intel Reserved — —
34h CAPPTR Capabilities Pointer E4h RO
35–50h — Intel Reserved — —
51h AGPM AGP Miscellaneous Configuration 00h R/W
52h GC Graphics Control 0000_1000b R/W
53–5Fh — Intel Reserved — —
60–63h DRB[0:3] DRAM Row Boundary (4 registers) 01h RW
64–6Fh — Intel Reserved — —
70–71h DRA[0:3] DRAM Row Attribute (4 registers) 00h RW
72–77h — Intel Reserved — —
78–7Bh DRT DRAM Timing Register 00000000h RW
7C–7Fh DRC DRAM Controller Mode 00000000h RW, RO
80–8Fh — Intel Reserved — —
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Register Description
Table 3-1. DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Register Address Map (Device 0) (Sheet 2 of 2)
Address
Symbol Register Name Default Value Access
Offset
90–96h PAM[0:6] Programmable Attribute Map 00h RO, R/W
97h FDHC Fixed SDRAM Hole Control 00h RO, R/W
98–9Ch — Intel Reserved — —
9D SMRAM System Management RAM Control 02h RO, R/W, L
RO, R/W,
9E ESMRAMC Extended System Management RAM Control 38h
RWC, L
9Fh — Intel Reserved — —
A0–A3h ACAPID AGP Capability Identifier 0020 0002h RO
A4–A7h AGPSTAT AGP Status 1F00 0217h RO
A8–ABh AGPCMD AGP Command 0000 0000h RO, R/W
AC–AFh — Intel Reserved — —
B0–B3h AGPCTRL AGP Control 0000 0000h RO, R/W
B4h APSIZE Aperture Size 00h RO, R/W
B5–B7h — Intel Reserved — —
B8–BBh ATTBASE Aperture Translation Table 00000000h RO, R/W
BCh AMTT AGP MTT Control R 10h RO, R/W
BDh LPTT AGP Low Priority Transaction Timer 10h RO, R/W
BE–C5h — Intel Reserved — —
RWO, RO,
C6–C7h GMCHCFG GMCH Configuration 0C01h
R/W
C8–C9h ERRSTS Error Status 0000h R/WC
CA–CBh ERRCMD Error Command 0000h RO, R/W
CC–CDh SMICMD SMI Command 0000h RO, R/W
CE–CFh SCICMD SCI Command 0000h RO, R/W
D0–DDh — Intel Reserved — —
DE–DFh SKPD Scratchpad Data 0000h R/W
E0–E3h — Intel Reserved — —
E4–E8h CAPREG Capability Identification 0x_x105_A009h RO
E9–FFh — Intel Reserved — —
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Register Description
3.5.1.1 VID—Vendor Identification Register (Device 0)
Address Offset: 00–01h
Default Value: 8086h
Access: RO
Size: 16 bits
The VID Register contains the vendor identification number. This 16-bit register combined with
the Device Identification Register uniquely identify any PCI device. Writes to this register have no
effect.
Bit Description
Vendor Identification (VID). This register field contains the PCI standard identification for Intel,
15:0
8086h.
3.5.1.2 DID—Device Identification Register (Device 0)
Address Offset: 02–03h
Default Value: 2560h
Access: RO
Size: 16 bits
This 16-bit register combined with the Vendor Identification register uniquely identifies any PCI
device. Writes to this register have no effect.
Bit Description
Device Identification Number (DID). This is a 16-bit value assigned to the GMCH Host-HI Bridge
15:0
Function #0.
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Register Description
3.5.1.3 PCICMD—PCI Command Register (Device 0)
Address Offset: 04–05h
Default Value: 0006h
Access: RO, R/W
Size: 16 bits
Since GMCH Device 0 does not physically reside on PCI_A, many of the bits are not implemented.
Bit Description
15:10 Reserved.
Fast Back-to-Back Enable (FB2B)—RO. Hardwired to 0. This bit controls whether or not the master
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can do fast back-to-back write. Since Device 0 is strictly a target, this bit is not implemented.
SERR Enable (SERRE)—R/W. This bit is a global enable bit for Device 0 SERR messaging. The
GMCH does not have an SERR signal. The GMCH communicates the SERR condition by sending
an SERR message over HI to the ICH4.
0 = Disable. The GMCH does not generate the SERR message for Device 0.
1 = Enable. GMCH is enabled to generate SERR messages over the hub interface for specific
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Device 0 error conditions that are individually enabled in the ERRCMD register. The error status
is reported in the ERRSTS and PCISTS registers.
NOTE: This bit only controls SERR messaging for the Device 0. Devices 1has its own SERRE bits
to control error reporting for error conditions occurring on their respective devices. The
control bits are used in a logical OR manner to enable the SERR HI message mechanism.
7 Address/Data Stepping Enable (ADSTEP)—RO. Hardwired to 0. Not implemented.
6 Parity Error Enable (PERRE)—RO. Hardwired to 0. PERR# is not implemented by the GMCH.
5 VGA Palette Snoop Enable (VGASNOOP)—RO. Hardwired to 0. Not implemented.
Memory Write and Invalidate Enable (MWIE)—RO. Hardwired to 0. The GMCH will never issue
4
memory write and invalidate commands.
3 Special Cycle Enable (SCE)—RO. Hardwired to 0. The GMCH does not implement this bit.
Bus Master Enable (BME)—RO. Hardwired to 1. The GMCH is always enabled as a master on the
2
hub interface.
Memory Access Enable (MAE)—RO. Hardwired to 1. Not implemented. The GMCH always allows
1
access to main memory.
0 I/O Access Enable (IOAE)—RO. Hardwired to 0. Not implemented.
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Register Description
3.5.1.4 PCISTS—PCI Status Register (Device 0)
Address Offset: 06–07h
Default Value: 0090h
Access: RO, R/WC
Size: 16 bits
PCISTS is a 16-bit status register that reports the occurrence of error events on Device 0’s PCI
interface. Bit 14 is read/write clear. All other bits are Read Only. Since GMCH Device 0 does not
physically reside on PCI_A, many of the bits are not implemented.
Bit Description
15 Detected Parity Error (DPE)—RO. Hardwired to 0. Not implemented.
Signaled System Error (SSE)—R/WC.
0 = SERR message not generated for Device 0 SERR condition.
1 = GMCH Device 0 generated an SERR message over the hub interface for any enabled Device 0
error condition. Device 0 error conditions are enabled in the PCICMD and ERRCMD registers.
14
Device 0 error flags are read/reset from the PCISTS or ERRSTS registers. Software sets SSE
to 0 by writing a 1 to this bit.
NOTE: Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to it.
Received Master Abort Status (RMAS)—RO. This bit is set when the GMCH generates a hub
13
interface request that receives a Master Abort completion packet or Master Abort Special Cycle.
Received Target Abort Status (RTAS)—RO. This bit is set when the GMCH generates a hub
12
interface request that receives a Target Abort completion packet or Target Abort Special Cycle.
Signaled Target Abort Status (STAS)—RO. Hardwired to 0. Not implemented. The GMCH will not
11
generate a Target Abort HI completion packet or Special Cycle.
DEVSEL Timing (DEVT)—RO. Hardwired to 00. Device 0 does not physically connect to PCI_A.
10:9 These bits are set to “00” (fast decode) so that optimum DEVSEL timing for PCI_A is not limited by
the GMCH.
Master Data Parity Error Detected (DPD)—RO. Hardwired to 0. PERR signaling and messaging
8
are not implemented by the GMCH.
Fast Back-to-Back (FB2B)—RO. Hardwired to 1. Device 0 does not physically connect to PCI_A.
7 This bit is set to 1 (indicating fast back-to-back capability) so that the optimum setting for PCI_A is
not limited by the GMCH.
6:5 Reserved.
Capability List (CLIST)—RO. Hardwired to 1. This indicates to the configuration software that this
device/function implements a list of new capabilities. A list of new capabilities is accessed via
4
CAPPTR register (offset 34h). The CAPPTR register contains an offset pointing to the start address
within configuration space of this device where the AGP Capability standard register resides.
3:0 Reserved.
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Register Description
3.5.1.5 RID—Revision Identification Register (Device 0)
Address Offset: 08h
Default Value: See table below
Access: RO
Size: 8 bits
This register contains the revision number of the GMCH Device 0.
Bit Description
Revision Identification Number (RID). This is an 8-bit value that indicates the revision identification
number for the GMCH Device 0.
82845G and 82845GL GMCH
01h = A1 Stepping
7:0
03h = B1 Stepping
82845GV GMCH
01h = A1 Stepping
3.5.1.6 SUBC—Sub-Class Code Register (Device 0)
Address Offset: 0Ah
Default Value: 00h
Access: RO
Size: 8 bits
This register contains the Sub-Class Code for the GMCH Device 0.
Bit Description
Sub-Class Code (SUBC). This is an 8-bit value that indicates the category of Bridge into which the
GMCH falls.
7:0
00h = Host Bridge.
3.5.1.7 BCC—Base Class Code Register (Device 0)
Address Offset: 0Bh
Default Value: 06h
Access: RO
Size: 8 bits
This register contains the Base Class Code of the GMCH Device 0.
Bit Description
Base Class Code (BASEC). This is an 8-bit value that indicates the Base Class Code for the
GMCH.
7:0
06h = Bridge device.
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Register Description
3.5.1.8 MLT—Master Latency Timer Register (Device 0)
Address Offset: 0Dh
Default Value: 00h
Access: RO
Size: 8 bits
Device 0 in the GMCH is not a PCI master. Therefore this register is not implemented.
Bit Description
7:0 Reserved.
3.5.1.9 HDR—Header Type Register (Device 0)
Address Offset: 0Eh
Default Value: 00h
Access: RO
Size: 8 bits
This register identifies the header layout of the configuration space. No physical register exists at
this location.
Bit Description
PCI Header (HDR). This field always returns 0 to indicate that the GMCH is a single function device
7:0
with standard header layout.
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Register Description
3.5.1.10 APBASE—Aperture Base Configuration Register (Device 0)
Address Offset: 10–13h
Default Value: 00000008h
Access: RO, R/W
Size: 32 bits
The APBASE is a standard PCI Base Address register that is used to set the base of the Graphics
Aperture. The standard PCI Configuration mechanism defines the base address configuration
register such that only a fixed amount of space can be requested (dependent on which bits are
hardwired to 0 or behave as hardwired to 0). To allow for flexibility (of the aperture) an additional
register called APSIZE is used as a “back-end” register to control which bits of the APBASE will
behave as hardwired to 0. This register will be programmed by the GMCH specific BIOS code that
will run before any of the generic configuration software is run.
Note: Bit 1 of the AGPM register is used to prevent accesses to the aperture range before this register is
initialized by the configuration software and the appropriate translation table structure has been
established in the main memory.
Bit Description
Upper Programmable Base Address (UPBITS)—R/W. These bits are part of the aperture base set
by configuration software to locate the base address of the graphics aperture. They correspond to
31:28
bits [31:28] of the base address in the processor’s address space that will cause a graphics aperture
translation to be inserted into the path of any memory read or write.
Middle Hardwired/Programmable Base Address (MIDBITS)—R/W. These bits are part of the
aperture base set by configuration software to locate the base address of the graphics aperture.
They correspond to bits [27:4] of the base address in the processor’s address space that will cause a
graphics aperture translation to be inserted into the path of any memory read or write. These bits can
27:22
behave as though they were hardwired to 0 if programmed to do so by the APSIZE bits of the
APSIZE register. This will cause configuration software to understand that the granularity of the
graphics aperture base address is either finer or more coarse, depending upon the bits set by
GMCH-specific configuration software in APSIZE.
Lower Bits (LOWBITS)—RO. Hardwired to zeros. This forces the minimum aperture size selectable
21:4 by this register to be 4 MB, without regard to the aperture size definition enforced by the APSIZE
register.
Prefetchable (PF)—RO. Hardwired to 1. This identifies the Graphics Aperture range as prefetchable
(per the PCI Local Bus Specification, Revision 2.1 for base address registers). This implies that there
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are no side effects on reads, the device returns all bytes on reads (regardless of the byte enables)
and the GMCH may merge processor writes into this range without causing errors.
Addressing Type (TYPE)—RO. Hardwired to 00. This indicates that the address range defined by
2:1 the upper bits of this register can be located anywhere in the 32-bit address space as per the PCI
Local Bus Specification, Revision 2.1 for base address registers.
Memory Space Indicator (MSPACE)—RO. Hardwired to 0. This identifies the aperture range as a
0
memory range as per the PCI Local Bus Specification, Revision 2.1 for base address registers.
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Register Description
3.5.1.11 SVID—Subsystem Vendor Identification Register (Device 0)
Address Offset: 2C–2Dh
Default Value: 0000h
Access: R/W-Once
Size: 16 bits
This value is used to identify the vendor of the subsystem.
Bit Description
Subsystem Vendor ID (SUBVID)—R/WO. This field should be programmed during boot-up to
15:0
indicate the vendor of the system board. After it has been written once, it becomes read only.
3.5.1.12 SID—Subsystem Identification Register (Device 0)
Address Offset: 2E–2Fh
Default Value: 0000h
Access: R/W-Once
Size: 16 bits
This value is used to identify a particular subsystem.
Bit Description
Subsystem ID (SUBID)—R/WO. This field should be programmed during BIOS initialization. After it
15:0
has been written once, it becomes read only.
3.5.1.13 CAPPTR—Capabilities Pointer Register (Device 0)
Address Offset: 34h
Default Value: E4h
Access: RO
Size: 8 bits
The CAPPTR provides the offset that is the pointer to the location of the first device capability in
the capability list.
Bit Description
Pointer Address. This field provides an address that is the offset of the first capability ID register
7:0 block. For the GMCH, the first capability is the Product-Specific Capability that is located at offset
E4h.
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Register Description
3.5.1.14 AGPM—AGP Miscellaneous Configuration Register (Device 0)
Address Offset: 51h
Default Value: 00h
Access: R/W
Size: 8 bits
Bit Description
7:2 Reserved.
Aperture Access Global Enable (APEN). This bit is used to prevent access to the graphics
aperture from any port (CPU, HI, or AGP/PCI_B) before the aperture range is established by the
configuration software and the appropriate translation table in the main SDRAM has been initialized.
1
0 = Disable. (Default). This field must be set after the system is fully configured in order to enable
aperture accesses.
1 = Enable.
0 Reserved.
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Register Description
3.5.1.15 GC—Graphics Control Register (Device 0)
Address Offset: 52h
Default Value: 0000_1000b
Access: R/W
Size: 8 bits
Bit Description
7 Reserved. Default = 0
Graphics Mode Select (GMS)—R/W. This field is used to select the amount of Main Memory that is
pre-allocated to support the Internal Graphics device in VGA (non-linear) and Native (linear) modes.
These 3 bits are valid only when Internal graphics is enabled.
000 = No memory pre-allocated. Default
001 = Reserved.
010 = DVMT (UMA) mode, 512 KB of memory pre-allocated for frame buffer.
6:4
011 = DVMT (UMA) mode, 1 MB of memory pre-allocated for frame buffer.
100 = DVMT (UMA) mode, 8 MB of memory pre-allocated for frame buffer.
All other combinations reserved.
NOTE: These register bits are locked and become read only when the D_LCK bit in the SMRAM
register is set.
1
Integrated Graphics Disable (IGDIS)—R/W .
0 = Enable (Internal Graphics is enabled). The GMCH’s Device 1 is disabled such that all
configuration cycles to Device 1 flow through to the hub interface. Also, the Next_Pointer field in
the CAPREG register (Dev 0, Offset E4h) will be RO at 00h.
1 = Disable (Internal Graphics is disabled and AGP Graphics is enabled). (default). The GMCH’s
Device 2 is disabled such that all configuration cycles to Device 2 flow through to the hub
3
interface.
NOTE:
1. When writing a new value to this bit, a warm reset through the ICH4 must be executed before the
bit becomes effective. This must be enforced by BIOS. However, changing this bit in software
requires a “warm reset”.
Internal Graphics IO Aliasing Enable (IGIOALIASEN)—R/W.
0 = Disable (Default). the IGD observes address bits 15:10 (must be all zeros) while decoding VGA
I/O transactions. No VGA IO alias addresses are claimed by the IGD. I/O addresses not
claimed by the IGD (excluding CONFIG_ADDRESS and CONFIG_DATA) subtractively decode
2
to the hub interface.
1 = Enable. The IGD ignores PSB address bits 15:10 (address bits 9:3 are always decoded) when
decoding VGA IO transactions. Subject to other qualifications documented elsewhere, VGA I/O
alias addresses are claimed by the IGD.
IGD VGA Disable (IVD)—R/W.
0 = Enable (Default). IGD claims VGA memory and IO cycles and the Sub-Class Code within
1 Device 2 Class Code register is 00.
1 = Disable. The IGD does Not claim VGA cycles (Mem and IO), and the Sub-Class Code field
within Device 2 Class Code register is 80h.
Graphics Memory Size (GMEMS)—R/W. This bit controls GMADR register in Device 2
0 0 = 128 MB (Default)
1 = 64 MB
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Register Description
Notes on Pre-Allocated Memory for Graphics
These Register Bits control the allocation of memory from main memory space for use as graphics
local memory. The memory for TSEG is pre-allocated first and then the graphics local memory is
pre-allocated. An example of this allocation mechanism is:
TOM equals 64 MB,
TSEG selected as 512 KB in size,
Graphics Local Memory selected as 1 MB in size
General System RAM available in system = 62.5 MB
General System RAM Range 00000000h to 03E7FFFFh
TSEG Address Range 03F80000h to 03FFFFFFh
TSEG pre-allocated from 03F80000h to 03FFFFFFh
Graphics Local Memory pre-allocated from 03E80000h to 03F7FFFFh
VGA Memory and I/O Space Decode Priority
1. Integrated Graphics Device (IGD), Device 2.
2. PCI-to-PCI bridge, Device 1.
3. Hub Interface.
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Register Description
3.5.1.16 DRB[0:3]—DRAM Row Boundary Register (Device 0)
Address Offset: 60–63h (64h–6Fh Reserved)
Default Value: 01h
Access: Read/Write
Size: 8 bits
The DRAM Row Boundary Register defines the upper boundary address of each DRAM row with
a granularity of 32 MB. Each row has its own single-byte DRB register. For example, a value of 1
in DRB0 indicates that 32 MB of DRAM has been populated in the first row. Since the GMCH
supports a total of four rows of memory, only DRB[0:3] are used.
Row0: 60h
Row1: 61h
Row2: 62h
Row3: 63h
64h–6Fh: Reserved
DRB0 = Total memory in row0 (in 32-MB increments)
DRB1 = Total memory in row0 + row1 (in 32-MB increments)
DRB2 = Total memory in row0 + row1 + row2 (in 32-MB increments)
DRB3 = Total memory in row0 + row1 + row2 + row3 (in 32-MB increments)
Each Row is represented by a byte. Each byte has the following format.
Bit Description
DRAM Row Boundary Address. This 8-bit value defines the upper and lower addresses for each
7:0 SDRAM row. This 8-bit value is compared against a set of address lines to determine the upper
address limit of a particular row.
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Register Description
3.5.1.17 DRA—DRAM Row Attribute Register (Device 0)
Address Offset: 70–71h (72–77h Reserved)
Default Value: 00h
Access: R/W
Size: 8 bits
The DRAM Row Attribute Register defines the page sizes to be used when accessing different
pairs of rows. Each nibble of information in the DRA registers describes the page size of a pair of
rows:
Row0, 1: 70h
Row2, 3: 71h
76 432 0
R Row Attribute for Row 1 R Row Attribute for Row 0
76 432 0
R Row Attribute for Row 3 R Row Attribute for Row 2
Bit Description
7 Reserved.
Row Attribute for Odd-numbered Row. This field defines the page size of the corresponding row.
000 = 2 KB
001 = 4 KB
6:4
010 = 8 KB
011 = 16 KB
Others = Reserved
3 Reserved.
Row Attribute for Even-numbered Row. This field defines the page size of the corresponding row.
000 = 2 KB
001 = 4 KB
2:0
010 = 8 KB
011 = 16 KB
Others = Reserved
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Register Description
3.5.1.18 DRT—DRAM Timing Register (Device 0)
Address Offset: 78–7Bh
Default Value: 00000000h
Access: Read/Write
Size: 32 bits
This register controls the timing of the DRAM controller.
Bit Description
31:18 Intel Reserved.
DRAM Idle Timer. This field determines the number of clocks the SDRAM controller will remain in
the idle state before it begins pre-charging all pages.
000 = Infinite
001 = 0
17:15
010 = 8 DRAM clocks
011 = 16 DRAM clocks
100 = 64 DRAM clocks
Others = reserved
14:12 Intel Reserved.
Activate to Precharge Delay (tRAS), MAX. This bit controls the maximum number of clocks that a
DRAM (SDR or DDR) bank can remain open. After this time period, the DRAM controller will
guarantee to pre-charge the bank. Note that this time period may or may not be set to overlap with
time period that requires a refresh to happen.
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The DRAM controller incudes a separate tRAS-MAX counter for every supported bank. With a
maximum of four row and four banks per row, there are 16 counters.
0 = 120 µs
1 = Reserved.
Activate to Precharge delay (tRAS), MIN. This bit controls the number of DRAM clocks for tRAS
minimum.
00 = 8 Clocks
10:9
01 = 7 Clocks
10 = 6 Clocks
11 = 5 Clocks
8:7 Intel Reserved.
CAS# Latency (tCL).
Encoding SDR CL DDR CL
00 Reserved 2.5
6:5
01 3 2
10 2 Reserved
11 Reserved Reserved
4 Intel Reserved.
DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay (tRCD). This bit controls the number of clocks inserted between a row
activate command and a read or write command to that row.
3:2 01 = 3 DRAM Clocks
10 = 2 DRAM Clocks
11 = Reserved
DRAM RAS# Precharge (tRP). This bit controls the number of clocks that are inserted between a
row precharge command and an activate command to the same row.
00 = Intel Reserved
1:0
01 = 3 DRAM Clocks
10 = 2 DRAM Clocks
11 = Reserved
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Register Description
3.5.1.19 DRC—DRAM Controller Mode Register (Device 0)
Address Offset: 7C–7Fh
Default Value: 00000000h
Access: R/W, RO
Size: 32 bits
Bit Description
Revision Number (REV)—RO. This field reflects the revision number of the format used for SDR/
31:30 DDR register definition. Currently, this field must be 00, since this (rev “00”) is the only existing
version of the specification.
Initialization Complete (IC)—R/W. This bit is used for communication of software state between the
29 memory controller and the BIOS. BIOS sets this bit to 1 after initialization of the DRAM memory array
is complete.
Dynamic Power-Down Mode Enable—R/W. When set, the DRAM controller will put pair of rows
into power down mode when all banks are pre-charged (closed). Once a bank is accessed, the
relevant pair of rows is taken out of Power Down mode.
28 The entry into power-down mode is performed by de-activation of CKE. The exit is performed by
activation of CKE.
0 = Disable.
1 = Enable.
27:10 Intel Reserved.
Refresh Mode Select (RMS)—R/W. This field determines at what rate refreshes will be executed.
000 = Reserved
001 = Refresh enabled. Refresh interval 15.6 µs
9:7
010 = Refresh enabled. Refresh interval 7.8 µs
011 = Refresh enabled. Refresh interval 64 µs
111 = Refresh enabled. Refresh interval 64 clocks (fast refresh mode)
Other = Reserved
Mode Select (SMS)—R/W. These bits select the special operational mode of the DRAM interface.
The special modes are intended for initialization at power-up.
000 =Post Reset state: When the GMCH exits reset (power-up or otherwise), the mode select field is
cleared to 000.
During any reset sequence, while power is applied and reset is active, the GMCH deasserts all
CKE signals. After internal reset is deasserted, CKE signals remain deasserted until this field is
written to a value different than 000. On this event, all CKE signals are asserted.
During suspend (S3, S4), GMCH internal signal triggers SDRAM controller to flush pending
commands and enter all rows into Self-Refresh mode. As part of resume sequence, GMCH will
be reset – which will clear this bit field to 000 and maintain CKE signals deasserted. After
internal reset is deasserted, CKE signals remain de-asserted until this field is written to a value
different than 000. On this event, all CKE signals are asserted.
001 =NOP Command Enable: All processor cycles to DRAM result in a NOP command on the
DRAM interface.
6:4
010 =All Banks Pre-charge Enable: All processor cycles to DRAM result in an “all banks precharge”
command on the DRAM interface.
011 = Mode Register Set Enable: All processor cycles to DRAM result in a “mode register” set
command on the SDRAM interface. Host address lines are mapped to SDRAM address lines
in order to specify the command sent. Host address HA[13:3] are mapped to memory address
MA[11, 9:0].
100 =Extended Mode Register Set Enable: All processor cycles to SDRAM result in an “extended
mode register set” command on the SDRAM interface (DDR only). Host address lines are
mapped to SDRAM address lines in order to specify the command sent. Host address lines are
mapped to SDRAM address lines in order to specify the command sent. Host address
HA[13:3] are mapped to memory address MA[11, 9:0].
101 =Reserved
110 = CBR Refresh Enable: In this mode all processor cycles to SDRAM result in a CBR cycle on the
SDRAM interface
111 = Normal operation
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Register Description
Bit Description
3:1 Intel Reserved.
DRAM Type (DT)—RO. This bit indicates SDRAM type.
0
0 = Single Data Rate (SDR) SDRAM
1 = Double Data Rate (DDR) SDRAM
3.5.1.20 PAM[0:6]—Programmable Attribute Map Registers (Device 0)
Address Offset: 90–96h
Default Value: 00h
Attribute: R/W, RO
Size: 8 bits
The GMCH allows programmable memory attributes on 13 Legacy memory segments of various
sizes in the 768-KB to 1-MB address range. Seven Programmable Attribute Map (PAM) Registers
are used to support these features. Cacheability of these areas is controlled via the MTRR registers
in the processor. Two bits are used to specify memory attributes for each memory segment. These
bits apply to host initiator only access to the PAM areas. The GMCH forwards to main memory for
any AGP, PCI or hub interface initiated accesses to the PAM areas. These attributes are:
• RE - Read Enable. When RE = 1, the host read accesses to the corresponding memory
segment are claimed by the GMCH and directed to main memory. Conversely, when RE = 0,
the host read accesses are directed to PCI_A.
• WE - Write Enable. When WE = 1, the host write accesses to the corresponding memory
segment are claimed by the GMCH and directed to main memory. Conversely, when WE = 0,
the host write accesses are directed to PCI_A.
The RE and WE attributes permit a memory segment to be Read Only, Write Only, Read/Write, or
disabled. For example, if a memory segment has RE = 1 and WE = 0, the segment is Read Only.
Each PAM Register controls two regions, typically 16 KB in size. Each of these regions has a 4-bit
field. The four bits that control each region have the same encoding and defined in the following
table.
Bits [7, 3] Bits [6, 2] Bits [5, 1] Bits [4, 0]
Description
Reserved Reserved WE RE
Disabled DRAM is disabled and all accesses are
directed to the Hub Interface A. The MCH does not
XX 0 0
respond as a PCI target for any read or write
access to this area.
Read Only. Reads are forwarded to DRAM and
writes are forwarded to the Hub Interface A for
termination. This write protects the corresponding
XX 0 1
memory segment. The MCH will respond as an
AGP or the Hub Interface A target for read
accesses but not for any write accesses.
Write Only. Writes are forwarded to DRAM and
reads are forwarded to the Hub Interface for
XX 1 0 termination. The MCH will respond as an AGP or
Hub Interface A target for write accesses but not
for any read accesses.
Read/Write. This is the normal operating mode of
main memory. Both read and write cycles from the
host are claimed by the MCH and forwarded to
XX 1 1
DRAM. The MCH will respond as an AGP or the
Hub Interface A target for both read and write
accesses.
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Register Description
At the time that a hub interface or AGP accesses to the PAM region may occur, the targeted PAM
segment must be programmed to be both readable and writeable.
As an example, consider BIOS that is implemented on the expansion bus. During the initialization
process, the BIOS can be shadowed in main memory to increase the system performance. When
BIOS is shadowed in main memory, it should be copied to the same address location. To shadow
the BIOS, the attributes for that address range should be set to write only. The BIOS is shadowed
by first doing a read of that address. This read is forwarded to the expansion bus. The host then
does a write of the same address, which is directed to main memory. After the BIOS is shadowed,
the attributes for that memory area are set to read only so that all writes are forwarded to the
expansion bus. Figure 3-4 and Table 3-2 show the PAM registers and the associated attribute bits.
Figure 3-4. PAM Register Attributes
Offset
PAM6 96h
PAM5 95h
PAM4 94h
PAM3 93h
PAM2 92h
PAM1 91h
PAM0
90h
7 6 5432 10
R R WE RE R R WE RE
Reserved Read Enable (R/W)
1=Enable
Reserved
0=Disable
Write Enable (R/W)
Write Enable (R/W)
1=Enable
1=Enable
0=Disable
0=Disable
Read Enable (R/W)
Reserved
1=Enable
Reserved
0=Disable
Table 3-2. PAM Register Attributes
PAM Reg Attribute Bits Memory Segment Comments Offset
PAM0[3:0] Reserved 90h
PAM0[7:4] R R WE RE 0F0000h–0FFFFFh BIOS Area 90h
PAM1[3:0] R R WE RE 0C0000h–0C3FFFh ISA Add-on BIOS 91h
PAM1[7:4] R R WE RE 0C4000h–0C7FFFh ISA Add-on BIOS 91h
PAM2[3:0] R R WE RE 0C8000h–0CBFFFh ISA Add-on BIOS 92h
PAM2[7:4] R R WE RE 0CC000h–0CFFFFh ISA Add-on BIOS 92h
PAM3[3:0] R R WE RE 0D0000h–0D3FFFh ISA Add-on BIOS 93h
PAM3[7:4] R R WE RE 0D4000h–0D7FFFh ISA Add-on BIOS 93h
PAM4[3:0] R R RE 0D8000h–0DBFFFh ISA Add-on BIOS 94h
PAM4[7:4] R R WE RE 0DC000h–0DFFFFh ISA Add-on BIOS 94h
PAM5[3:0] R R WE RE 0E0000h–0E3FFFh BIOS Extension 95h
PAM5[7:4] R R WE RE 0E4000h–0E7FFFh BIOS Extension 95h
PAM6[3:0] R R WE RE 0E8000h–0EBFFFh BIOS Extension 96h
PAM6[7:4] R R WE RE 0EC000h–0EFFFFh BIOS Extension 96h
For details on overall system address mapping scheme, refer to Chapter 5.
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Register Description
Microsoft MS-DOS* Application Area (00000h–9FFFh)
The MS-DOS* area is 640 KB in size and it is further divided into two parts. The 512-KB area at 0
to 7FFFFh is always mapped to the main memory controlled by the GMCH, while the 128-KB
address range from 080000h to 09FFFFh can be mapped to PCI_A or to main DRAM. By default
this range is mapped to main memory and can be declared as a main memory hole (accesses
forwarded to PCI_A) via the GMCH FDHC configuration register.
Video Buffer Area (A0000h–BFFFFh)
Attribute bits do not control this 128-KB area. The host -initiated cycles in this region are always
forwarded to either PCI_A or AGP unless this range is accessed in SMM mode. Routing of
accesses is controlled by the Legacy VGA control mechanism of the “virtual” PCI-to-PCI
bridge device embedded within the GMCH.
This area can be programmed as SMM area via the SMRAM register. When used as a SMM space,
this range cannot be accessed from the hub interface or AGP.
Expansion Area (C0000h–DFFFFh)
This 128-KB area is divided into eight, 16-KB segments that can be assigned with different
attributes via the PAM Control registers as defined by Table 3-2.
Extended System BIOS Area (E0000h–EFFFFh)
This 64-KB area is divided into four, 16-KB segments that can be assigned with different attributes
via the PAM Control registers as defined by Table 3-2.
System BIOS Area (F0000h–FFFFFh)
This area is a single, 64-KB segment, which can be assigned with different attributes via the PAM
Control registers as defined by Table 3-2.
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Register Description
3.5.1.21 FDHC—Fixed SDRAM Hole Control Register (Device 0)
Address Offset: 97h
Default Value: 00h
Access: R/W, RO
Size: 8 bits
This 8-bit register controls a fixed SDRAM hole from 15 MB–16 MB.
Bit Description
Hole Enable (HEN). This field enables a memory hole in SDRAM space. The SDRAM that lies
“behind” this space is not remapped.
7
0 = No memory hole
1 = Memory hole from 15 MB to 16 MB.
6:0 Reserved.
3.5.1.22 SMRAM—System Management RAM Control Register (Device 0)
Address Offset: 9Dh
Default Value: 02h
Access: R/W, RO, L
Size: 8 bits
The SMRAMC register controls how accesses to Compatible and Extended SMRAM spaces are
treated. The open, close, and lock bits function only when G_SMRAME bit is set to a 1. Also, the
open bit must be reset before the lock bit is set.
Bit Description
7 Reserved.
SMM Space Open (D_OPEN)—R/W, L. When D_OPEN=1 and D_LCK=0, the SMM space SDRAM
6 is made visible even when SMM decode is not active. This is intended to help BIOS initialize SMM
space. Software should ensure that D_OPEN=1 and D_CLS=1 are not set at the same time.
SMM Space Closed (D_CLS)—R/W. When D_CLS = 1, SMM space SDRAM is not accessible to
data references, even if SMM decode is active. Code references may still access SMM space
5 SDRAM. This will allow SMM software to reference through SMM space to update the display even
when SMM is mapped over the VGA range. Software should ensure that D_OPEN=1 and D_CLS=1
are not set at the same time. Note that the D_CLS bit only applies to Compatible SMM space.
SMM Space Locked (D_LCK)—R/W, L. When D_LCK is set to 1, D_OPEN is reset to 0; D_LCK,
D_OPEN, C_BASE_SEG, H_SMRAM_EN, TSEG_SZ and TSEG_EN become read only. D_LCK
can be set to 1 via a normal configuration space write but can only be cleared by a Full Reset. The
4 combination of D_LCK and D_OPEN provide convenience with security. The BIOS can use the
D_OPEN function to initialize SMM space and then use D_LCK to “lock down” SMM space in the
future so that no application software (or BIOS itself) can violate the integrity of SMM space, even if
the program has knowledge of the D_OPEN function.
Global SMRAM Enable (G_SMRARE)—R/W, L. If set to a 1, Compatible SMRAM functions are
enabled, providing 128 KB of SDRAM accessible at the A0000h address while in SMM (ADS# with
3
SMM decode). To enable Extended SMRAM function this bit has be set to 1. Refer to Chapter 5 for
more details. Once D_LCK is set, this bit becomes read only.
Compatible SMM Space Base Segment (C_BASE_SEG)—R/W, L. This field indicates the location
of SMM space. SMM SDRAM is not remapped. It is simply made visible if the conditions are right to
2:0
access SMM space, otherwise the access is forwarded to the hub interface. Since the GMCH
supports only the SMM space between A0000h and BFFFFh, this field is hardwired to 010.
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Register Description
3.5.1.23 ESMRAMC—Extended System Management RAM Control Register
(Device 0)
Address Offset: 9Eh
Default Value: 38h
Access: R/W, R/WC, RO, L
Size: 8 bits
The Extended SMRAM register controls the configuration of Extended SMRAM space. The
Extended SMRAM (E_SMRAM) memory provides a write-back cacheable SMRAM memory
space that is above 1 MB.
Note: When Extended SMRAM is used, the maximum amount of SDRAM accessible is limited to
256 MB.
Bit Description
Enable High SMRAM (H_SMRAME)—R/W, L. This bit controls the SMM memory space location
(i.e., above 1 MB or below 1 MB).
0 = Disable
1 = Enable. When G_SMRAME is 1 and H_SMRAME this bit is set to 1, the high SMRAM memory
7
space is enabled. SMRAM accesses within the range 0FEDA0000h to 0FEDBFFFFh are
remapped to SDRAM addresses within the range 000A0000h to 000BFFFFh.
NOTE: Once D_LCK has been set, this bit becomes read only.
Invalid SMRAM Access (E_SMERR)—R/WC.
0 = Software must write a 1 to this bit to clear it.
6
1 = This bit is set when processor has accessed the defined memory ranges in Extended SMRAM
(High Memory and T-segment) while not in SMM space and with the D-OPEN bit = 0.
5 SMRAM Cacheable (SM_CACHE)—RO. Hardwired to 1.
4 L1 Cache Enable for SMRAM (SM_L1)—RO. Hardwired to 1.
3 L2 Cache Enable for SMRAM (SM_L2)—RO. Hardwired to 1.
TSEG Size (TSEG_SZ)—R/W, L. This field selects the size of the TSEG memory block if enabled.
This memory is taken from the top of SDRAM space (TOM – TSEG_SZ), which is no longer claimed
by the memory controller (all accesses to this space are sent to the hub interface if TSEG_EN is set).
00 = Reserved
2:1 01 = Reserved
10 = (TOM – 512 k) to TOM
11 = (TOM – 1 M) to TOM
NOTE: Once D_LCK is set, this bit becomes read only.
TSEG Enable (TSEG_EN)—R/W, L.
0 = Disable.
1 = Enable. Enabling of SMRAM memory for Extended SMRAM space only. When
0
G_SMRAME =1 and TSEG_EN = 1, the TSEG is enabled to appear in the appropriate physical
address space.
NOTE: Once D_LCK is set, this bit becomes read only.
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Register Description
3.5.1.24 ACAPID—AGP Capability Identifier Register (Device 0)
Address Offset: A0–A3h
Default Value: 00200002h
Access: RO
Size: 32 bits
This register provides standard identifier for AGP capability.
Bit Description
31:24 Reserved.
Major AGP Revision Number (MAJREV). These bits provide a major revision number of
23:20 Accelerated Graphics Port interface Specification, Revision 2.0 to which this version of GMCH
conforms. This field is hardwired to value of 0010b (i.e., implying Rev 2.0).
Minor AGP Revision Number (MINREV). These bits provide a minor revision number of
Accelerated Graphics Port Interface Specification, Revision 2.0 to which this version of GMCH
19:16 conforms. This number is hardwired to value of 0000 which implies that the revision is 2.0. Together
with major revision number this field identifies the GMCH as an Accelerated Graphics Port Interface
Specification, Revision 2.0 compliant device.
Next Capability Poin.ter (NCAPTR): AGP capability is the last capability described via the
15:8 capability pointer mechanism and therefore these bits are hardwired to 0 to indicate the end of the
capability linked list.
AGP Capability ID (CAPID). This field identifies the linked list item as containing AGP registers.
7:0
This field has a value of 0000_0010b assigned by the PCI SIG.
3.5.1.25 AGPSTAT—AGP Status Register (Device 0)
Address Offset: A4–A7h
Default Value: 1F000217h
Access: RO
Size: 32 bits
This register reports AGP device capability/status.
Bit Description
Request Queue (RQ). This field is hardwired to 1Fh to indicate a maximum of 32 outstanding AGP
command requests can be handled by the GMCH. This field contains the maximum number of AGP
31:24
command requests the GMCH is configured to manage. Default =1Fh to allow a maximum of 32
outstanding AGP command requests.
23:10 Reserved.
Side Band Addressing Support (SBA). This bit indicates that the GMCH supports side band
9
addressing. It is hardwired to 1.
8:6 Reserved.
Greater Than Four Gigabyte Support (GT4GIG). This bit indicates that the GMCH does not
5
support addresses greater than 4 GB. It is hardwired to 0.
Fast Write Support (FW). This bit indicates that the GMCH supports Fast Writes from the processor
4
to the AGP master. It is hardwired to a 1.
3 Reserved.
Data Rate Support (RATE). After reset the GMCH reports its data transfer rate capability. Bit 0
2:0 identifies if the AGP device supports 1X data transfer mode, bit 1 identifies if AGP device supports
2X data transfer mode, bit 2 identifies if AGP device supports 4X data transfer
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Register Description
3.5.1.26 AGPCMD—AGP Command Register (Device 0)
Address Offset: A8–ABh
Default Value: 00000000h
Access: RO, R/W
Size: 32 bits
This register provides control of the AGP operational parameters.
Bit Description
31:10 Intel Reserved.
SideBand Addressing Enable (SBAEN).
9 0 = Disable.
1 = Enable.
AGP Enable (AGPEN). When this bit is reset to 0, the GMCH will ignore all AGP operations,
including the sync cycle. Any AGP operations received while this bit is set to 1 will be serviced even
if this bit is reset to 0. If this bit transitions from a 1 to a 0 on a clock edge in the middle of an SBA
8
command being delivered in 1X mode the command will be issued. When this bit is set to 1 the
GMCH will respond to AGP operations delivered via PIPE#, or to operations delivered via SBA if the
AGP Side Band Enable bit is also set to 1.
7:5 Intel Reserved.
Fast Write Enable (FWEN).
0 =Disable. When this bit is 0 or when the data rate bits are set to 1X mode, the Memory Write
transactions from the GMCH to the AGP master use standard PCI protocol.
4
1 =Enable. The GMCH uses the Fast Write protocol for Memory Write transactions from the GMCH
to the AGP master. Fast Writes will occur at the data transfer rate selected by the data rate bits
(2:0) in this register.
3 Intel Reserved.
Data Rate Enable (DRATE). The setting of these bits determines the AGP data transfer rate. One
(and only one) bit in this field must be set to indicate the desired data transfer rate. The same bit
must be set on both master and target.
2:0
001 = 1X Transfer Mode
010 = 2X Transfer Mode
100 = 4X Transfer Mode
3.5.1.27 AGPCTRL—AGP Control Register (Device 0)
Address Offset: B0–B3h
Default Value: 00000000h
Access: RO, R/W
Size: 32 bits
This register enables additional control of the AGP interface.
Bit Description
31:8 Intel Reserved.
GTLB Enable (GTLBEN).
7 0 =Disable (default). The GTLB is flushed by clearing the valid bits associated with each entry.
1 =Enable. Normal operations of the Graphics Translation Lookaside Buffer.
6:0 Intel Reserved.
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Register Description
3.5.1.28 APSIZE—Aperture Size Register (Device 0)
Address Offset: B4h
Default Value: 00h
Access: RO, R/W
Size: 8 bits
This register determines the effective size of the Graphics Aperture used for a particular GMCH
configuration. This register can be updated by the GMCH-specific BIOS configuration sequence
before the PCI standard bus enumeration sequence takes place. If the register is not updated then a
default value will select an aperture of maximum size (i.e., 256 MB). The size of the table that will
correspond to a 256-MB aperture is not practical for most applications and therefore these bits
must be programmed to a smaller practical value that will force adequate address range to be
requested via APBASE register from the PCI configuration software.
Bit Description
7:6 Reserved.
Graphics Aperture Size (APSIZE. Each bit in APSIZE[5:0] operates on similarly ordered bits in
APBASE[27:22] of the Aperture Base configuration register. When a particular bit of this field is 0 it
forces the similarly ordered bit in APBASE[27:22] to behave as hardwired to 0. When a particular bit
of this field is set to 1 it allows corresponding bit of the APBASE[27:22] to be read/write accessible.
Default The default value (APSIZE[5:0]=000000b) forces the default APBASE[27:22] to read as
000000b (i.e. all bits respond as hardwired to 0). This provides the maximum aperture size of
256 MB. As another example, programming APSIZE[5:0] to 111000b hardwires APBASE[24:22] to
000b and enables APBASE[27:25] to be read/write programmable.
5:0
000000 = 256-MB Aperture Size
100000 = 128-MB Aperture Size
110000 = 64-MB Aperture Size
111000 = 32-MB Aperture Size
111100 = 16-MB Aperture Size
111110 = 8-MB Aperture Size
111111 = 4-MB Aperture Size
3.5.1.29 ATTBASE—Aperture Translation Table Register (Device 0)
Address Offset: B8–BBh
Default Value: 00000000h
Access: Read Only, Read/Write
Size: 32 bits
This register provides the starting address of the Graphics Aperture Translation Table Base located
in the main SDRAM. This value is used by the GMCH’s Graphics Aperture address translation
logic (including the GTLB logic) to obtain the appropriate address translation entry required during
the translation of the aperture address into a corresponding physical SDRAM address. The
ATTBASE register may be dynamically changed.
Bit Description
Aperture Translation Table Base (TTABLE). This field contains a pointer to the base of the
translation table used to map memory space addresses in the aperture range to addresses in main
31:12
memory.
NOTE: This field should be modified only when the GTLB has been disabled.
11:0 Reserved.
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Register Description
3.5.1.30 AMTT—AGP MTT Control Register (Device 0)
Address Offset: BCh
Default Value: 10h
Access: Read Only, Read/Write
Size: 8 bits
AMTT is an 8-bit register that controls the amount of time that the GMCH’s arbiter allows AGP/
PCI master to perform multiple back-to-back transactions. The GMCH’s AMTT mechanism is
used to optimize the performance of the AGP master (using PCI semantics) that performs multiple
back-to-back transactions to fragmented memory ranges (and as a consequence it can not use long
burst transfers). The AMTT mechanism applies to the host-AGP/PCI transactions as well and it
assures the processor of a fair share of the AGP/PCI interface bandwidth.
The number of clocks programmed in the AMTT represents the guaranteed time slice (measured in
66 MHz clocks) allotted to the current agent (either AGP/PCI master or Host bridge) after which
the AGP arbiter will grant the bus to another agent. The default value of AMTT is 00h and disables
this function. The AMTT value can be programmed with 8 clock granularity. For example, if the
AMTT is programmed to 18h, then the selected value corresponds to the time period of 24 AGP
(66 MHz) clocks.
Bit Description
Multi-Transaction Timer Count Value (MTTC). The number programmed into these bits represents
7:3 the time slice (measured in eight, 66 MHz clock granularity) allotted to the current agent (either AGP/
PCI master or GMCH bridge) after which the AGP arbiter will grant the bus to another agent.
2:0 Reserved.
3.5.1.31 LPTT—AGP Low Priority Transaction Timer Register (Device 0)
Address Offset: BDh
Default Value: 10h
Access: R/W
Size: 8 bits
LPTT is an 8-bit register similar in function to AMTT. This register is used to control the minimum
tenure on the AGP for low priority data transaction (both reads and writes) issued using PIPE# or
SB mechanisms.
The number of clocks programmed in the LPTT represents the guaranteed time slice (measured in
66 MHz clocks) allotted to the current low priority AGP transaction data transfer state. This does
not necessarily apply to a single transaction but it can span over multiple low-priority transactions
of the same type. After this time expires the AGP arbiter may grant the bus to another agent if there
is a pending request. The LPTT does not apply in the case of high-priority request where ownership
is transferred directly to high-priority requesting queue. The default value of LPTT is 00h and
disables this function. The LPTT value can be programmed with 8-clock granularity. For example,
if the LPTT is programmed to 10h, then the selected value corresponds to the time period of
16 AGP (66 MHz) clocks.
Bit Description
Low Priority Transaction Timer Count Value (LPTTC). The number of clocks programmed in
7:3 these bits represents the time slice (measured in eight, 66 MHz clock granularity) allotted to the
current low priority AGP transaction data transfer state).
2:0 Reserved.
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Register Description
3.5.1.32 GMCHCFG—GMCH Configuration Register (Device 0)
Address Offset: C6–C7h
Default Value: 0C01h
Access: R/W, RO
Size: 16 bits
Bit Description
15:13 Intel Reserved.
Core/PSB Frequency Select (PSBFREQ)—RO. The default value of this bit is set by the strap
assigned to pin PSBSEL and is latched at the rising edge of PWROK.
12
0 = PSB frequency is 400 MHz (PSBSEL sampled low on PWROK assertion)
1 = PSB frequency is 533 MHz (PSBSEL sampled high on PWROK assertion)
1
System Memory Frequency Select (SMFREQ)—R/W .
00 = Intel Reserved
01 = Intel Reserved
10 = System Memory frequency is set to 133 MHz (SDR133, DDR266)
11:10
11 = System Memory frequency is set to 100 MHz (DDR200) (Default)
NOTE:
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1. When writing a new value to this bit, a warm reset through the Intel ICH4 must be executed
before the bit becomes effective. This must be enforced by BIOS/SW. However, changing this bit
in SW requires a “warm reset”
9:6 Intel Reserved.
MDA Present (MDAP). This bit works with the VGA enable bits in the BCTRL1 register of Device 1
to control the routing of processor initiated transactions targeting MDA compatible I/O and memory
address ranges. This bit should not be set if Device 1's VGA enable bit is not set. If Device 1's VGA
enable bit is set, then accesses to I/O address range x3BCh-x3BFh are forwarded to the hub
interface. If the VGA enable bit is not set then accesses to IO address range x3BCh-x3BFh are
treated just like any other I/O accesses. That is, the cycles are forwarded to AGP if the address is
within the corresponding IOBASE and IOLIMIT and ISA enable bit is not set; otherwise, they are
forwarded to the hub interface. MDA resources are:
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Memory: 0B0000h–0B7FFFh
I/O: 3B4h, 3B5h, 3B8h, 3B9h, 3BAh, 3BFh
(including ISA address aliases, A[15:10] are not used in decode)
Any I/O reference that includes the I/O locations listed above, or their aliases, will be forwarded to
hub interface even if the reference includes I/O locations not listed above.
Refer to the Chapter 5 for further information.
4 Intel Reserved.
AGP Mode (AGP/DVO#)—RO. This bit is Read Only and reflects the ADD_DETECT strap value.
This strap bit determines the function of the AGP I/O signal.
0 = 2xDVO
3
1 = AGP
RO
When the strap is sampled low, this bit will be a 0 and DVO mode will be selected. When the strap is
sampled high, this bit will be a 1 and AGP mode will be selected.
Note that when this bit is set to 0 (DVO mode), Device 1 is disabled (configuration cycles fall-through
to HI) and the Next Pointer field in CAPREG will be hardwired to zeros.
PSB IOQ Depth (IOQD)—RO. This bit is RO and reflects the HA[7]# strap value. It indicates the
depth of the PSB IOQ.
0 = 1 deep
2
1 = 12 on the bus, 8 on the GMCH
When the strap is sampled low, this bit will be a 0 and the PSB IOQ depth is set to 1. When the strap
is sampled high, this bit will be a 1 and the PSB IOQ depth is set to the maximum (12 on the bus, 8
on the GMCH).
1:0 Intel Reserved.
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Register Description
3.5.1.33 ERRSTS—Error Status Register (Device 0)
Address Offset: C8–C9h
Default Value: 0000h
Access: R/WC
Size: 16 bits
This register is used to report various error conditions via the SERR HI messaging mechanism. An
SERR HI message is generated on a zero to one transition of any of these flags (if enabled by the
ERRCMD and PCICMD registers). These bits are set regardless of whether or not the SERR is
enabled and generated.
Note: Software clears bits in this register by writing a 1 to the bit position.
Bit Description
15:10 Intel Reserved.
Non-DRAM Lock Error (NDLOCK).
9
1 = The GMCH has detected a lock operation to memory space that did not map into SDRAM.
Software Generated SMI Flag.
8
1 = This indicates the source of an SMI was a Software SMI Trigger.
7 Intel Reserved.
SERR on HI Target Abort (TAHLA).
6
1 = GMCH has detected that an GMCH originated hub interface cycle was terminated with a Target
Abort completion packet or special cycle.
GMCH Detects Unimplemented HI Special Cycle (HIAUSC).
5
1 = GMCH detected an Unimplemented Special Cycle on the hub interface.
AGP Access Outside of Graphics Aperture Flag (OOGF).
4
1 = AGP access occurred to an address that is outside of the graphics aperture range.
Invalid AGP Access Flag (IAAF).
3
1 = AGP access was attempted outside of the graphics aperture and either to the 640 KB –1 MB
range or above the top of memory.
Invalid Graphics Aperture Translation Table Entry (ITTEF).
2
1 = An invalid translation table entry was returned in response to an AGP access to the graphics
aperture.
1:0 Intel Reserved.
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Register Description
3.5.1.34 ERRCMD—Error Command Register (Device 0)
Address Offset: CA–CBh
Default Value: 0000h
Access: RO, R/W
Size: 16 bits
This register controls the GMCH responses to various system errors. Since the GMCH does not
have an SERR# signal, SERR messages are passed from the GMCH to the ICH over HI. When a
bit in this register is set, a SERR message will be generated on HI whenever the corresponding flag
is set in the ERRSTS register. The actual generation of the SERR message is globally enabled for
Device 0 via the PCI Command register.
Bit Description
15:10 Intel Reserved.
SERR on Non-DRAM Lock (LCKERR).
1 = Disable.
9
1 = Enable. GMCH generates a HI SERR special cycle when a processor lock cycle is detected that
does not hit SDRAM.
8:7 Intel Reserved.
SERR on Target Abort on HI Exception (TAHLA).
0 = Disable.
6
1 = Enable. GMCH generates an SERR special cycle over HI when an GMCH originated HI cycle is
completed with a Target Abort completion packet or special cycle.
SERR on Detecting HI Unimplemented Special Cycle (HIAUSCERR). SERR messaging for
Device 0 is globally enabled in the PCICMD register.
5 0 = Disable. GMCH does not generate an SERR message for this event.
1 = Enable. GMCH generates an SERR message over HI when an Unimplemented Special Cycle is
received on the HI.
SERR on AGP Access Outside of Graphics Aperture (OOGF).
0 = Disable. Reporting of this condition is disabled.
4
1 = Enable. GMCH generates an SERR special cycle over HI when an AGP access occurs to an
address outside of the graphics aperture.
SERR on Invalid AGP Access (IAAF).
0 = Disable. Invalid AGP Access condition is not reported.
3
1 = Enable. GMCH generates an SERR special cycle over HI when an AGP access occurs to an
address outside of the graphics aperture and either to the 640 KB –1 MB range or above the top
of memory. I
SERR on Invalid Translation Table Entry (ITTEF).
0 = Disable. Reporting of this condition is disabled.
2
1 = Enable. GMCH generates an SERR special cycle over HI when an invalid translation table entry
was returned in response to an AGP access to the graphics aperture.
1:0 Intel Reserved.
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Register Description
3.5.1.35 SMICMD—SMI Command Register (Device 0)
Address Offset: CC–CDh
Default Value: 0000h
Access: RO, R/W
Size: 16 bits
This register enables various errors to generate a SMI message via the hub interface.
Bit Description
15:0 Intel Reserved.
3.5.1.36 SCICMD—SCI Command Register (Device 0)
Address Offset: CE–CDh
Default Value: 0000h
Access: RO, R/W
Size: 16 bits
This register enables various errors to generate a SMI message via the hub interface.
Bit Description
15:0 Intel Reserved.
3.5.1.37 SKPD—Scratchpad Data Register (Device 0)
Address Offset: DEh
Default Value: 0000h
Access: R/W
Size: 16 bits
Bit Description
Scratchpad (SCRTCH). These bits are simply R/W storage bits that have no effect on the GMCH
15:0
functionality.
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Register Description
3.5.1.38 CAPREG—Capability Identification Register (Device 0)
Address Offset: E4h–E8h
Default: 0x_x105_A009h
Access: RO
Size 40 bits
Bit Description
Part Identifier.
0E1h = 82845GL
39:28 0B1h = 82845GV
000h = 82845G with Revision ID of 01h
030h = 82845G with Revision ID of 03h
CAPREG Version. This field has the value 0001b to identify the first revision of the CAPREG
27:24
definition.
23:16 Cap_length. This field has the value 05h indicating the structure length.
Next_Pointer. This field has the value A0h pointing to the next capabilities register, AGP Capability
15:8 Identifier Register (ACAPID). If AGP is disabled (IGDIS = 0), since this is the last pointer in the
device, it is set to 00h signifying the end of the capabilities linked list.
CAP_ID. This field has the value 09h to identify the CAP_ID assigned by the PCI SIG for Vendor
7:0
Dependent CAP_PTR.
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Register Description
3.5.2 Host-to-AGP Bridge Registers (Device 1)
The host-to-AGP Bridge (virtual PCI-to-PCI) registers are in Device 1. This section contains the
PCI configuration registers listed in order of ascending offset address. Table 3-3 provides the
register address map for this device.
Table 3-3. Host-to-AGP Register Address Map (Device 1)
Address
Symbol Register Name Default Value Access
Offset
00–01h VID1 Vendor Identification 8086h RO
02–03h DID1 Device Identification 2561h RO
04–05h PCICMD1 PCI Command 0000h RO, R/W
06–07h PCISTS1 PCI Status 00A0h RO, R/WC
see register
08h RID1 Revision Identification RO
description
09h — Intel Reserved — —
0Ah SUBC1 Sub-Class Code 04h RO
0Bh BCC1 Base Class Code 06h RO
0Ch — Intel Reserved — —
0Dh MLT1 Master Latency Timer 00h RO, R/W
0Eh HDR1 Header Type 01h RO
0F–17h — Intel Reserved — —
18h PBUSN1 Primary Bus Number 00h RO
19h SBUSN1 Secondary Bus Number 00h R/W
1Ah SUBUSN1 Subordinate Bus Number 00h R/W
1Bh SMLT1 Secondary Bus Master Latency Timer 00h RO, R/W
1Ch IOBASE1 I/O Base Address F0h RO, R/W
1Dh IOLIMIT1 I/O Limit Address 00h RO, R/W
1E–1Fh SSTS1 Secondary Status 02A0h RO, R/WC
20–21h MBASE1 Memory Base Address FFF0h RO, R/W
22–23h MLIMIT1 Memory Limit Address 0000h RO, R/W
Prefetchable Memory Base Limit
24–25h PMBASE1 FFF0h RO, R/W
Address
26–27h PMLIMIT1 Prefetchable Memory Limit Address 0000h RO, R/W
28–3Dh — Intel Reserved — —
3Eh BCTRL1 Bridge Control 00h RO, R/W
40h ERRCMD1 Error Command 00h RO, R/W
41–FFh — Intel Reserved — —
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Register Description
3.5.2.1 VID1—Vendor Identification Register (Device 1)
Address Offset: 00–01h
Default Value: 8086h
Access: RO
Size: 16 bits
The VID Register contains the vendor identification number. This 16-bit register combined with
the Device Identification Register uniquely identify any PCI device. Writes to this register have no
effect.
Bit Description
Vendor Identification Device 1 (VID1). This register field contains the PCI standard identification for
15:0
Intel, 8086h.
3.5.2.2 DID1—Device Identification Register (Device 1)
Address Offset: 02–03h
Default Value: 2561h
Access: RO
Size: 16 bits
This 16-bit register combined with the Vendor Identification register uniquely identifies any PCI
device.
Bit Description
15:0 Device Identification Number (DID). A 16 bit-value assigned to the GMCH Device 1 = 2561h.
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Register Description
3.5.2.3 PCICMD1—PCI Command Register (Device 1)
Address Offset: 04–05h
Default Value: 0000h
Access: RO, R/W
Size: 16 bits
Bit Description
15:10 Reserved.
9 Fast Back-to-Back Enable (FB2B)—RO. Hardwired to 0.
SERR Message Enable (SERRE). This bit is a global enable bit for Device 1 SERR messaging. The
GMCH communicates the SERR# condition by sending an SERR message to the ICH. If this bit is
set to a 1, the GMCH is enabled to generate SERR messages over HI for specific Device 1 error
8
conditions that are individually enabled in the BCTRL1 register. The error status is reported in the
PCISTS1 register. If SERRE1 is reset to 0, then the SERR message is not generated by the GMCH
for Device 1.
Address/Data Stepping (ADSTEP). Hardwired to 0. Address/data stepping is not implemented in
7
the GMCH.
Parity Error Enable (PERRE). Hardwired to 0. Parity checking is not supported on the primary side
6
of this device.
5 Reserved.
4 Memory Write and Invalidate Enable (MWIE). Hardwired to 0.
3 Special Cycle Enable (SCE). Hardwired to 0.
Bus Master Enable (BME).
0 = Disable (Default). AGP Master initiated Frame# cycles are ignored by the GMCH. The result is a
master abort. Ignoring incoming cycles on the secondary side of the PCI-to-PCI bridge
2
effectively disabled the bus master on the primary side.
1 = AGP master initiated Frame# cycles are accepted by the GMCH if they hit a valid address
decode range. This bit has no affect on AGP Master originated SBA or PIPE# cycles.
Memory Access Enable (MAE).
0 = Disable. All of Device 1’s memory space is disabled.
1
1 = Enable. This bit must be set to 1 to enable the Memory and Pre-fetchable memory address
ranges defined in the MBASE1, MLIMIT1, PMBASE1, and PMLIMIT1 registers.
IO Access Enable (IOAE).
0 = Disable. All of Device 1’s I/O space is disabled.
0
1 = Enable. This bit must be set to1 to enable the I/O address range defined in the IOBASE1, and
IOLIMIT1 registers.
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Register Description
3.5.2.4 PCISTS1—PCI Status Register (Device 1)
Address Offset: 06–07h
Default Value: 00A0h
Access: RO, R/WC
Size: 16 bits
PCISTS1 is a 16-bit status register that reports the occurrence of error conditions associated with
primary side of the “virtual” PCI-to-PCI bridge embedded within the GMCH.
Bit Description
Detected Parity Error (DPE)—RO. Hardwired to 0. Parity is not supported on the primary side of
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this device.
Signaled System Error (SSE)—R/WC.
0 = Software clears this bit by writing a 1 to it.
1 = This bit is set to 1 when GMCH Device 1 generates an SERR message over the hub interface
14
for any enabled Device 1 error condition. Device 1 error conditions are enabled in the
ERRCMD, PCICMD1 and BCTRL1 registers. Device 1 error flags are read/reset from the
ERRSTS and SSTS1 register.
Received Master Abort Status (RMAS)—RO. Hardwired to 0. The concept of a master abort does
13
not exist on primary side of this device.
Received Target Abort Status (RTAS)—RO. Hardwired to 0. The concept of a target abort does
12
not exist on primary side of this device. T
Signaled Target Abort Status (STAS)—RO. Hardwired to 0. The concept of a target abort does not
11
exist on primary side of this device.
DEVSEL# Timing (DEVT)—RO. Hardwired to 00. The GMCH does not support subtractive
10:9 decoding devices on bus 0. This bit field is therefore hardwired to 00 to indicate that Device 1 uses
the fastest possible decode.
Data Parity Detected (DPD)—RO. Hardwired to 0. Parity is not supported on the primary side of
8
this device.
Fast Back-to-Back (FB2B)—RO. Hardwired to 1. This indicates that the AGP/PCI_B interface
7
always supports fast back to back writes.
6 Reserved.
5 66/60MHz Capability (CAP66)—RO. Hardwired to 1. The AGP/PCI bus is 66 MHz capable.
4:0 Reserved.
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Register Description
3.5.2.5 RID1—Revision Identification Register (Device 1)
Address Offset: 08h
Default Value: see table below
Access: RO
Size: 8 bits
This register contains the revision number of the GMCH Device 1.
Bit Description
Revision Identification Number (RID). This is an 8-bit value that indicates the revision identification
number for the GMCH Device 1.
82845G and 82845GL GMCH
01h = A1 Stepping
7:0
03h = B1 Stepping
82845GV GMCH
01h = A1 Stepping
3.5.2.6 SUBC1—Sub-Class Code Register (Device 1)
Address Offset: 0Ah
Default Value: 04h
Access: RO
Size: 8 bits
This register contains the Sub-Class Code for the GMCH Device 1.
Bit Description
Sub-Class Code (SUBC). This is an 8-bit value that indicates the category of Bridge into which the
Device 1 of the GMCH falls.
7:0
04h = PCI-to-PCI bridge.
3.5.2.7 BCC1—Base Class Code Register (Device 1)
Address Offset: 0Bh
Default Value: 06h
Access: RO
Size: 8 bits
This register contains the Base Class Code of the GMCH Device 1.
Bit Description
Base Class Code (BASEC). This is an 8-bit value that indicates the Base Class Code for the GMCH
Device 1.
7:0
06h = Bridge device.
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Register Description
3.5.2.8 MLT1—Master Latency Timer Register (Device 1)
Address Offset: 0Dh
Default Value: 00h
Access: RO, R/W
Size: 8 bits
This functionality is not applicable. It is described here since these bits should be implemented as a
read/write to prevent standard PCI-to-PCI bridge configuration software from getting “confused.”
Bit Description
Scratchpad MLT (NA7.3). These bits return the value with which they are written; however, they
7:3
have no internal function and are implemented as a scratchpad merely to avoid confusing software.
2:0 Reserved.
3.5.2.9 HDR1—Header Type Register (Device 1)
Address Offset: 0Eh
Default Value: 01h
Access: RO
Size: 8 bits
This register identifies the header layout of the configuration space. No physical register exists at
this location.
Bit Description
Header Type Register (HDR). This read only field always returns 01 to indicate that GMCH Device 1
7:0
is a single function device with bridge header layout.
3.5.2.10 PBUSN1—Primary Bus Number Register (Device 1)
Address Offset: 18h
Default Value: 00h
Access: RO
Size: 8 bits
This register identifies that “virtual” PCI-to-PCI bridge is connected to bus #0.
Bit Description
Primary Bus Number (BUSN). Configuration software typically programs this field with the number
7:0 of the bus on the primary side of the bridge. Since Device 1 is an internal device and its primary bus
is always 0, these bits are read only and are hardwired to 0.
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Register Description
3.5.2.11 SBUSN1—Secondary Bus Number Register (Device 1)
Address Offset: 19h
Default Value: 00h
Access: R/W
Size: 8 bits
This register identifies the bus number assigned to the second bus side of the “virtual” PCI-to-PCI
bridge (i.e., to PCI_B/AGP). This number is programmed by the PCI configuration software to
allow mapping of configuration cycles to PCI_B/AGP.
Bit Description
Secondary Bus Number (BUSN). This field is programmed by configuration software with the bus
7:0
number assigned to PCI_B.
3.5.2.12 SUBUSN1—Subordinate Bus Number Register (Device 1)
Address Offset: 1Ah
Default Value: 00h
Access: R/W
Size: 8 bits
This register identifies the subordinate bus (if any) that resides at the level below PCI_B/AGP. This
number is programmed by the PCI configuration software to allow mapping of configuration
cycles to PCI_B/AGP.
Bit Description
Subordinate Bus Number (BUSN). This register is programmed by configuration software with the
number of the highest subordinate bus that lies behind the Device 1 bridge. When only a single PCI
7:0
device resides on the AGP/PCI_B segment, this register will contain the same value as the SBUSN1
register.
3.5.2.13 SMLT1—Secondary Bus Master Latency Timer Register (Device 1)
Address Offset: 1Bh
Default Value: 00h
Access: RO, R/W
Size: 8 bits
This register control the bus tenure of the GMCH on AGP/PCI the same way Device 0 MLT
controls the access to the PCI_A bus.
Bit Description
7:3 Secondary MLT Counter Value (MLT). Programmable, default = 0 (SMLT disabled)
2:0 Reserved.
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Register Description
3.5.2.14 IOBASE1—I/O Base Address Register (Device 1)
Address Offset: 1Ch
Default Value: F0h
Access: RO, R/W
Size: 8 bits
This register controls the processor to PCI_B/AGP I/O access routing based on the following
formula:
IO_BASE ≤ address ≤ IO_LIMIT
Only the upper 4 bits are programmable. For the purpose of address decode, address bits A[11:0]
are treated as 0. Thus, the bottom of the defined I/O address range will be aligned to a 4-KB
boundary.
Bit Description
I/O Address Base (IOBASE). Corresponds to A[15:12] of the I/O addresses passed by bridge 1 to
7:4
AGP/PCI_B.
3:0 Reserved.
3.5.2.15 IOLIMIT1—I/O Limit Address Register (Device 1)
Address Offset: 1Dh
Default Value: 00h
Access: RO, R/W
Size: 8 bits
This register controls the processor to PCI_B/AGP I/O access routing based on the following
formula:
IO_BASE ≤ address ≤ IO_LIMIT
Only the upper four bits are programmable. For the purpose of address decode, address bits
A[11:0] are assumed to be FFFh. Thus, the top of the defined I/O address range will be at the top of
a 4-KB aligned address block.
Bit Description
I/O Address Limit (IOLIMIT). This field corresponds to A[15:12] of the I/O address limit of Device 1.
7:4
Devices between this upper limit and IOBASE1 will be passed to AGP/PCI_B.
3:0 Reserved.
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Register Description
3.5.2.16 SSTS1—Secondary Status Register (Device 1)
Address Offset: 1Eh
Default Value: 02A0h
Access: RO, R/WC
Size: 16 bits
SSTS1 is a 16-bit status register that reports the occurrence of error conditions associated with
secondary side (i.e., PCI_B/AGP side) of the “virtual” PCI-to-PCI bridge embedded within the
GMCH.
Bit Description
Detected Parity Error (DPE)—R/WC.
0 = Software sets DPE1 to 0 by writing a 1 to this bit.
15
1 = Indicates GMCH’s detection of a parity error in the address or data phase of PCI_B/AGP bus
transactions.
Received System Error (RSE)—RO. Hardwired to 0. GMCH does not have an SERR# signal pin on
14
the AGP interface.
Received Master Abort Status (RMAS)—R/WC.
13 0 = Software resets this bit to 0 by writing a 1 to it.
1 = GMCH terminated a Host-to-PCI_B/AGP with an unexpected master abort.
Received Target Abort Status (RTAS)—R/WC.
12 0 = Software resets RTAS1 to 0 by writing a 1 to it.
1 = GMCH-initiated transaction on PCI_B/AGP is terminated with a target abort.
Signaled Target Abort Status (STAS)—RO. Hardwired to a 0. GMCH does not generate target
11
abort on PCI_B/AGP.
DEVSEL# Timing (DEVT)—RO. Hardwired to a 00. This field indicates the timing of the DEVSEL#
10:9 signal when the GMCH responds as a target on PCI_B/AGP. It is hardwired to 01b (medium) to
indicate the time when a valid DEVSEL# can be sampled by the initiator of the PCI cycle.
Master Data Parity Error Detected (DPD)—RO. Hardwired to 0. GMCH does not implement
8
G_PERR# signal on PCI_B.
Fast Back-to-Back (FB2B)—RO. Hardwired to 1. GMCH, as a target, supports fast back-to-back
7
transactions on PCI_B/AGP.
6 Reserved.
66/60 MHz Capability (CAP66)—RO. Hardwired to 1. Indicates that the AGP/PCI_B bus is capable
5
of 66 MHz operation.
4:0 Reserved.
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Register Description
3.5.2.17 MBASE1—Memory Base Address Register (Device 1)
Address Offset: 20–21h
Default Value: FFF0h
Access: R/W
Size: 16 bits
This register controls the processor to PCI_B non-prefetchable memory access routing based on
the following formula:
MEMORY_BASE ≤ address ≤ MEMORY_LIMIT
The upper 12 bits of the register are read/write and correspond to the upper 12 address bits
A[31:20] of the 32-bit address. The bottom four bits of this register are read only and return zeros
when read. This register must be initialized by the configuration software. For the purpose of
address decode, address bits A[19:0] are assumed to be 0. Thus, the bottom of the defined memory
address range will be aligned to a 1-MB boundary.
Bit Description
Memory Address Base (MBASE). This field corresponds to A[31:20] of the lower limit of the
15:4
memory range that will be passed by the Device 1 bridge to AGP/PCI_B.
3:0 Reserved.
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Register Description
3.5.2.18 MLIMIT1—Memory Limit Address Register (Device 1)
Address Offset: 22–23h
Default Value: 0000h
Access: RO, R/W
Size: 16 bits
This register controls the CPU to PCI_B non-prefetchable memory access routing based on the
following formula:
MEMORY_BASE ≤ address ≤ MEMORY_LIMIT
The upper 12 bits of the register are read/write and correspond to the upper 12 address bits
A[31:20] of the 32-bit address. The bottom four bits of this register are read-only and return zeros
when read. This register must be initialized by the configuration software. For the purpose of
address decode, address bits A[19:0] are assumed to be FFFFFh. Thus, the top of the defined
memory address range will be at the top of a 1-MB aligned memory block.
Note: Memory range covered by MBASE and MLIMIT registers are used to map non-prefetchable
PCI_B/AGP address ranges (typically, where control/status memory-mapped I/O data structures of
the graphics controller will reside) and PMBASE and PMLIMIT are used to map prefetchable
address ranges (typically graphics local memory). This segregation allows application of USWC
space attribute to be performed in a true plug-and-play manner to the prefetchable address range
for improved processor-AGP memory access performance.
Note: Configuration software is responsible for programming all address range registers (prefetchable,
non-prefetchable) with the values that provide exclusive address ranges (i.e., prevent overlap with
each other and/or with the ranges covered with the main memory). There is no provision in the
GMCH hardware to enforce prevention of overlap and operations of the system in the case of
overlap are not guaranteed.
Bit Description
Memory Address Limit (MLIMIT). Corresponds to A[31:20] of the memory address that corresponds
15:4 to the upper limit of the range of memory accesses that will be passed by the Device 1 bridge to AGP/
PCI_B.
3:0 Reserved.
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Register Description
3.5.2.19 PMBASE1—Prefetchable Memory Base Address Register (Device 1)
Address Offset: 24–25h
Default Value: FFF0h
Access: R/W
Size: 16 bits
This register controls the processor to PCI_B prefetchable memory accesses routing based on the
following formula:
PREFETCHABLE_MEMORY_BASE ≤ address ≤ PREFETCHABLE_MEMORY_LIMIT
The upper 12 bits of the register are read/write and correspond to the upper 12 address bits
A[31:20] of the 32-bit address. The bottom four bits of this register are read only and return zeros
when read. This register must be initialized by the configuration software. For the purpose of
address decode, address bits A[19:0] are assumed to be 0. Thus, the bottom of the defined memory
address range will be aligned to a 1-MB boundary.
Bit Description
Prefetchable Memory Address Base (PMBASE). This field corresponds to A[31:20] of the lower
15:4
limit of the address range passed by bridge Device 1 across AGP/PCI_B.
3:0 Reserved.
3.5.2.20 PMLIMIT1—Prefetchable Memory Limit Address Register (Device 1)
Address Offset: 26–27h
Default Value: 0000h
Access: RO, R/W
Size: 16 bits
This register controls the processor to PCI_B prefetchable memory accesses routing based on the
following formula:
PREFETCHABLE_MEMORY_BASE ≤ address ≤ PREFETCHABLE_MEMORY_LIMIT
The upper 12 bits of the register are read/write and correspond to the upper 12 address bits
A[31:20] of the 32-bit address. The bottom four bits of this register are read-only and return zeroes
when read. This register must be initialized by the configuration software. For the purpose of
address decode, address bits A[19:0] are assumed to be FFFFFh. Thus, the top of the defined
memory address range will be at the top of a 1-MB aligned memory block. Note that prefetchable
memory range is supported to allow segregation by the configuration software between the
memory ranges that must be defined as UC and the ones that can be designated as a USWC
(i.e. prefetchable) from the processor perspective.
Bit Description
Prefetchable Memory Address Limit (PMLIMIT). This field corresponds to A[31:20] of the upper
15:4
limit of the address range passed by bridge Device 1 across AGP/PCI_B.
3:0 Reserved.
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Register Description
3.5.2.21 BCTRL1—Bridge Control Register (Device 1)
Address Offset: 3Eh
Default Value: 00h
Access: RO, R/W
Size: 8 bits
This register provides extensions to the PCICMD1 register that are specific to PCI-to-PCI bridges.
The BCTRL1 provides additional control for the secondary interface (i.e., PCI_B/AGP) as well as
some bits that affect the overall behavior of the “virtual” PCI-to-PCI bridge embedded within the
GMCH (e.g., VGA compatible address ranges mapping).
Bit Description
Fast Back-to-Back Enable (FB2BEN)—RO. Hardwired to 0. The GMCH does not generate fast
7
back-to-back cycles as a master on AGP.
Secondary Bus Reset (SRESET)—RO. Hardwired to 0. GMCH does not support generation of
6
reset via this bit on the AGP.
Master Abort Mode (MAMODE)—RO. Hardwired to 0. This means when acting as a master on
5 AGP/PCI_B the GMCH will drop writes on the floor and return all ones during reads when a Master
Abort occurs.
4 Reserved.
VGA Enable (VGAEN)—R/W. This bit controls the routing of processor-initiated transactions
targeting VGA compatible I/O and memory address ranges.
3
0 = Disable.
1 = Enable.
ISA Enable (ISAEN)—R/W. This bit modifies the response by the GMCH to an I/O access issued by
the processor that targets ISA I/O addresses. This applies only to I/O addresses that are enabled by
the IOBASE and IOLIMIT registers.
0 = Disable (default). All addresses defined by the IOBASE and IOLIMIT for processor I/O
2 transactions are mapped to PCI_B/AGP.
1 = Enable. GMCH does Not forward to PCI_B/AGP any I/O transactions addressing the last
768 bytes in each 1 KB block, even if the addresses are within the range defined by the IOBASE
and IOLIMIT registers. Instead of going to PCI_B/AGP these cycles will be forwarded to the hub
interface where they can be subtractively or positively claimed by the ISA bridge.
SERR Enable (SERREN)—RO. Hardwired to 0. This bit normally controls forwarding SERR# on the
1 secondary interface to the primary interface. The GMCH does not support the SERR# signal on the
AGP/PCI_B bus.
Parity Error Response Enable (PEREN)—R/W. This bit controls GMCH’s response to data phase
parity errors on PCI_B/AGP. G_PERR# is not implemented by the GMCH.
0 = Disable. Address and data parity errors on PCI_B/AGP are not reported via the GMCH HI SERR
0 messaging mechanism. Other types of error conditions can still be signaled via SERR
messaging independent of this bit’s state.
1 = Enable. Address and data parity errors detected on PCI_B are reported via the HI SERR
messaging mechanism, if further enabled by SERRE1.
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Register Description
The bit field definitions for VGAEN and MDAP are detailed in Table 3-4.
Table 3-4. VGAEN and MDAP Bit Definitions
VGAEN MDAP Description
0 0 All References to MDA and VGA space are routed to hub interface.
0 1 Illegal combination
All VGA references are routed to this bus. MDA references are routed to the hub
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interface.
1 1 All VGA references are routed to this bus. MDA references are routed to hub interface.
3.5.2.22 ERRCMD1—Error Command Register (Device 1)
Address Offset: 40h
Default Value: 00h
Access: R/W
Size: 8 bits
Bit Description
7:1 Reserved.
SERR on Receiving Target Abort (SERTA). SERR messaging for Device 1 is globally enabled in
the PCICMD1 register.
0 = Disable. The GMCH does not assert an SERR message upon receipt of a target abort on
0
PCI_B.
1 = Enable. The GMCH generates an SERR message over the hub interface upon receiving a
target abort on PCI_B.
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Register Description
3.5.3 Integrated Graphics Device Registers (Device 2)
The Integrated Graphics Device registers are in Device 2. This section contains the PCI
configuration registers listed in order of ascending offset address. Table 3-5 provides the register
address map for this device.
Table 3-5. Integrated Graphics Device Register Address Map (Device2)
Address Default
Symbol Register Name Access
Offset Value
00–01h VID2 Vendor Identification 8086h RO
02–03h DID2 Device Identification 2562h RO
04–05h PCICMD2 PCI Command 0000h RO, R/W
06–07h PCISTS2 PCI Status 0090h RO, R/WC
see register
08h RID2 Revision Identification RO
description
09–0Bh CC Class Code 030000h RO
0Ch CLS Cache Line Size 00h RO
0Dh MLT2 Master Latency Timer 00h RO
0Eh HDR2 Header Type 00h RO
0Fh — Intel Reserved — —
10–13h GMADR Graphics Memory Range Address 00000008h R/W, RO
14–17h MMADR Memory Mapped Range Address 00000000h R/W, RO
18–2Bh — Intel Reserved — —
2C–2Dh SVID2 Subsystem Vendor ID 0000h R/WO
2E–2Fh SID2 Subsystem ID 0000h R/ WO
30–33h ROMADR Video Bids ROM Base Address 00000000h R/W, RO
34h CAPPOINT Capabilities Pointer D0h RO
35–3Bh — Intel Reserved — —
3Ch INTRLINE Interrupt Line 00h R/W
3Dh INTRPIN Interrupt Pin 01h RO
3Eh MINGNT Minimum Grant 00h RO
3Fh MAXLAT Maximum Latency 00h RO
40–CFh — Intel Reserved — —
D0–D1h PMCAPID Power Management Capabilities ID 0001h RO
D2–D3h PMCAP Power Management Capabilities 0021h RO
D4–D5h PMCS Power Management Control 0000h R/W, RO
D6–FFh — Intel Reserved — —
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Register Description
3.5.3.1 VID2—Vendor Identification Register (Device 2)
Address Offset: 00h−01h
Default Value: 8086h
Access Attributes: Read Only
Size: 16 bits
The VID Register contains the vendor identification number. This 16-bit register combined with
the Device Identification Register uniquely identify any PCI device. Writes to this register have no
effect.
Bit Description
15:0 Vendor Identification Number. This is a 16-bit value assigned to Intel = 8086.
3.5.3.2 DID2—Device Identification Register (Device 2)
Address Offset: 02h−03h
Default Value: 2562h
Access Attributes: RO
Size: 16 bits
This 16-bit register combined with the Vendor Identification register uniquely identifies any PCI
device.
Bit Description
15:0 Device Identification Number. This is a 16-bit value assigned to the GMCH IGD = 2562h.
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Register Description
3.5.3.3 PCICMD2—PCI Command Register (Device 2)
Address Offset: 04h−05h
Default: 0000h
Access: RO, R/W
Size: 16 bits
This 16-bit register provides basic control over the IGD’s ability to respond to PCI cycles. The
PCICMD Register in the IGD disables the IGD PCI compliant master accesses to main memory.
Bit Description
15:10 Reserved.
9 Fast Back-to-Back (FB2B)—RO. Hardwired to 0. Not Implemented.
8 SERR# Enable (SERRE)—RO. Hardwired to 0. Not Implemented.
7 Address/Data Stepping—RO. Hardwired to 0. Not Implemented.
Parity Error Enable (PERRE)—RO. Hardwired to 0. Not Implemented. Since the IGD belongs to
6 the category of devices that does not corrupt programs or data in system memory or hard drives, the
IGD ignores any parity error that it detects and continues with normal operation.
5 Video Palette Snooping (VPS)—RO. This bit is hardwired to 0 to disable snooping.
Memory Write and Invalidate Enable (MWIE)—RO. Hardwired to 0. The IGD does not support
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memory write and invalidate commands.
3 Special Cycle Enable (SCE)—RO. Hardwired to 0. The IGD ignores Special cycles.
Bus Master Enable (BME)—R/W.
2 0 = Disable IGD bus mastering (default).
1 = Enable the IGD to function as a PCI compliant master.
Memory Access Enable (MAE)—R/W. This bit controls the IGD’s response to memory space
accesses.
1
0 = Disable (default).
1 = Enable.
I/O Access Enable (IOAE)—R/W. This bit controls the IGD’s response to I/O space accesses.
0 0 = Disable (default).
1 = Enable.
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Register Description
3.5.3.4 PCISTS2—PCI Status Register (Device 2)
Address Offset: 06h−07h
Default Value: 0090h
Access: RO, R/WC
Size: 16 bits
PCISTS is a 16-bit status register that reports the occurrence of a PCI compliant master abort and
PCI compliant target abort.
Bit Description
15 Detected Parity Error (DPE)—RO. Hardwired to 0. IGD does not detect parity.
14 Signaled System Error (SSE)—RO. Hardwired to 0. The IGD never asserts SERR#
13 Received Master Abort Status (RMAS)—RO. Hardwired to 0. The IGD never gets a Master Abort.
12 Received Target Abort Status (RTAS)—RO. Hardwired to 0. The IGD never gets a Target Abort.
Signaled Target Abort Status (STAS)—RO. Hardwired to 0. The IGD does not use target abort
11
semantics.
10:9 DEVSEL# Timing (DEVT)—RO. Hardwired to 00. Not applicable.
Data Parity Detected (DPD)—R/WC. Hardwired to 0. Device 2 does not detect Parity Error
8
Responses (the IGD does not do parity detection).
Fast Back-to-Back (FB2B)—RO. Hardwired to 1. The IGD accepts fast back-to-back when the
7
transactions are not to the same agent.
6 User Defined Format (UDF)—RO. Hardwired to 0.
5 66 MHz PCI Capable (66C)—RO. Hardwired to 0. Not applicable.
CAP LIST— RO. Hardwired to 1. This indicates that the register at 34h provides an offset into the
4
function’s PCI Configuration Space containing a pointer to the location of the first item in the list.
3:0 Reserved.
3.5.3.5 RID2—Revision Identification Register (Device 2)
Address Offset: 08h
Default Value: See table below
Access: RO
Size: 8 bits
This register contains the revision number of the IGD.
Bit Description
Revision Identification Number. This is an 8-bit value that indicates the revision identification
number for the IGD.
82845G and 82845GL GMCH
01h = A1 Stepping
7:0
03h = B1 Stepping
82845GV GMCH
01h = A1 Stepping
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Register Description
3.5.3.6 CC—Class Code Register (Device 2)
Address Offset: 09h−0Bh
Default Value: 030000h
Access: RO
Size: 24 bits
This register contains the device programming interface information related to the Sub-Class Code
and Base Class Code definition for the IGD. This register also contains the Base Class Code and
the function sub-class in relation to the Base Class Code.
Bit Description
23:16 Base Class Code (BASEC). 03=Display controller
Sub-Class Code (SCC).
15:8 Function 0: 00h=VGA compatible or 80h=Non VGA; based on Device 0 GC bit 1.
Function 1: 80h=Non VGA;
7:0 Programming Interface (PI). 00h=Hardwired as a Display controller.
3.5.3.7 CLS—Cache Line Size Register (Device 2)
Address Offset: 0Ch
Default Value: 00h
Access: RO
Size: 8 bits
The IGD does not support this register as a PCI slave.
Bit Description
Cache Line Size (CLS). This field is hardwired to zeros. The IGD, as a PCI compliant master, does
7:0 not use the Memory Write and Invalidate command and, in general, does not perform operations
based on cache line size.
3.5.3.8 MLT2—Master Latency Timer Register (Device 2)
Address Offset: 0Dh
Default Value: 00h
Access: RO
Size: 8 bits
The IGD does not support the programmability of the master latency timer because it does not
perform bursts.
Bit Description
7:0 Master Latency Timer Count Value. Hardwired to zeros.
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Register Description
3.5.3.9 HDR2—Header Type Register (Device 2)
Address Offset: 0Eh
Default Value: 00h
Access: RO
Size: 8 bits
This register contains the Header Type of the IGD.
Bit Description
Header Code (H). This is an 8-bit value that indicates the Header Code for the IGD.
7:0
00h = Single function device with a type 0 configuration space format.
3.5.3.10 GMADR —Graphics Memory Range Address Register (Device 2)
Address Offset: 10−13h
Default Value: 00000008h
Access: R/W, RO
Size: 32 bits
This register requests allocation for the IGD graphics memory. The allocation is for either 64 MB
or 128 MB and the base address is defined by bits [31:27,26].
Bit Description
Memory Base Address—R/W. Set by the operating system. These bits correspond to address
31:27
signals [31:26].
128MB Address Mask—RO, R/W. The operation of this bit is controlled via Device 0 register
GCCR. If the signal is low this bit is Read Only with a value of 0, indicating a memory range of
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128 MB. If the signal is high, this bit becomes R/W, indicating a memory range of 64 MB (where
system software will program the bit to the appropriate address bit value).
25:4 Address Mask—RO. Hardwired to zeros to indicate (at least) a 32-MB address range.
3 Prefetchable Memory—RO. Hardwired to 1 to enable prefetching.
2:1 Memory Type—RO. Hardwired to 0 to indicate 32-bit address.
0 Memory/IO Space—RO. Hardwired to 0 to indicate memory space.
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Register Description
3.5.3.11 MMADR—Memory Mapped Range Address Register (Device 2)
Address Offset: 14– 17h
Default Value: 00000000h
Access: R/W, RO
Size: 32 bits
This register requests allocation for the IGD registers and instruction ports. The allocation is for
512 KB and the base address is defined by bits [31:19].
Bit Description
Memory Base Address— R/W. Set by the operating system. These bits correspond to address
31:19
signals [31:19].
18:4 Address Mask— RO. Hardwired to zeros to indicate 512-KB address range.
3 Prefetchable Memory— RO. Hardwired to 0 to prevent prefetching.
2:1 Memory Type— RO. Hardwired to zeros to indicate 32-bit address.
0 Memory / IO Space— RO. Hardwired to 0 to indicate memory space.
3.5.3.12 SVID2—Subsystem Vendor Identification Register (Device 2)
Address Offset: 2C– 2Dh
Default Value: 0000h
Access: R/WO
Size: 16 bits
Bit Description
Subsystem Vendor ID. This value is used to identify the vendor of the subsystem. This register
15:0 should be programmed by BIOS during boot-up. Once written, this register becomes read only. This
register can only be cleared by a Reset.
3.5.3.13 SID2—Subsystem Identification Register (Device 2)
Address Offset: 2E– 2Fh
Default Value: 0000h
Access: R/WO
Size: 16 bits
Bit Description
Subsystem Identification. This value is used to identify a particular subsystem. This field should be
15:0 programmed by BIOS during boot-up. Once written, this register becomes read only. This register
can only be cleared by a Reset.
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Register Description
3.5.3.14 ROMADR—Video BIOS ROM Base Address Registers (Device 2)
Address Offset: 30–33h
Default Value: 00000000h
Access: R/W, RO
Size: 32 bits
The IGD does not use a separate BIOS ROM; therefore, this register is hardwired to zeros.
Bit Description
31:18 ROM Base Address—RO. Hardwired to zeros.
17:11 Address Mask—RO. Hardwired to zeros to indicate 256-KB address range.
10:1 Reserved. Hardwired to zeros.
0 ROM BIOS Enable—RO. Hardwired to 0 to indicate that the ROM is not accessible.
3.5.3.15 CAPPOINT—Capabilities Pointer Register (Device 2)
Address Offset: 34h
Default Value: D0h
Access: RO
Size: 8 bits
Bit Description
Capabilities Pointer Value. This field contains an offset into the function’s PCI Configuration Space
7:0
for the first item in the New Capabilities Linked List, the ACPI registers at address D0h.
3.5.3.16 INTRLINE—Interrupt Line Register (Device 2)
Address Offset: 3Ch
Default Value: 00h
Access: R/W
Size: 8 bits
Bit Description
Interrupt Connection. This field is used to communicate interrupt line routing information. POST
software writes the routing information into this register as it initializes and configures the system.
The value in this register indicates which input of the system interrupt controller that the device’s
7:0
interrupt pin is connected to. This register is needed for Plug N Play software.
Settings of this register field has no effect on GMCH operation as there is no hardware functionality
associated with this register, other than the hardware implementation of the R/W register itself.
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Register Description
3.5.3.17 INTRPIN—Interrupt Pin Register (Device 2)
Address Offset: 3Dh
Default Value: 01h
Access: RO
Size: 8 bits
Bit Description
Interrupt Pin. As a single function device, the IGD specifies INTA# as its interrupt pin.
7:0
01h=INTA#.
3.5.3.18 MINGNT—Minimum Grant Register (Device 2)
Address Offset: 3Eh
Default Value: 00h
Access: RO
Size: 8 bits
Bit Description
Minimum Grant Value. The IGD does not burst as a PCI compliant master.
7:0
Bits[7:0]=00h.
3.5.3.19 MAXLAT—Maximum Latency Register (Device 2)
Address Offset: 3Fh
Default Value: 00h
Access: RO
Size: 8 bits
Bit Description
Maximum Latency Value. Bits[7:0]=00h. The IGD has no specific requirements for how often it
7:0
needs to access the PCI bus.
3.5.3.20 PMCAPID—Power Management Capabilities ID Register (Device 2)
Address Offset: D0h−D1h
Default Value: 0001h
Access: RO
Size: 16 bits
Bit Description
NEXT_PTR. This contains a pointer to next item in capabilities list. This is the final capability in the
15:8
list and must be set to 00h.
7:0 CAP_ID. SIG defines this ID is 01h for power management.
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Register Description
3.5.3.21 PMCAP—Power Management Capabilities Register (Device 2)
Address Offset: D2h−D3h
Default Value: 0021h
Access: RO
Size: 16 bits
Bit Description
PME Support. Hardwired to 0. This field indicates the power states in which the IGD may assert
15:11
PME#. The IGD does not assert the PME# signal.
10 D2. Hardwired to 0. The D2 power management state is not supported.
9 D1. Hardwired to 0. The D1 power management state is not supported.
8:6 Reserved. Read as zeros.
Device Specific Initialization (DSI). Hardwired to 1 to indicate that special initialization of the IGD is
5
required before generic class device driver is to use it.
4 Auxiliary Power Source. Hardwired to 0.
3 PME Clock. Hardwired to 0. The IGD does not support PME# generation.
Version. Hardwired to 001b to indicate there are 4 bytes of power management registers
2:0
implemented.
3.5.3.22 PMCS—Power Management Control/Status Register (Device 2)
Address Offset: D4h−D5h
Default Value: 0000h
Access: R/W, RO
Size: 16 bits
Bit Description
15 PME_Status—RO. Hardwired to 0. The IGD does not support PME# generation from D3 (cold).
14:13 Data Scale (Reserved)—RO. Hardwired to 0. The IGD does not support data register.
12:9 Data_Select (Reserved)—RO. Hardwired to 0. The IGD does not support data register.
8 PME_En—RO. Hardwired to 0. PME# assertion from D3 (cold) is disabled.
7:2 Reserved. Always returns 0 when read, write operations have no effect.
PowerState—R/W. This field indicates the current power state of the IGD and can be used to set the
IGD into a new power state. If software attempts to write an unsupported state to this field, the write
operation must complete normally on the bus, but the data is discarded and no state change occurs.
00 = D0 (Default)
1:0
01 = D1 Not Supported– Writes will be blocked and will return the previous value.
10 = D2 Not Supported– Writes will be blocked and will return the previous value.
11 = D3
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Register Description
3.5.4 Device 6 Registers
Device 6 registers are Intel Reserved, except for the following two registers.
3.5.4.1 DWTC—DRAM Write Throttling Control Register (Device 6)
Address Offset D0–D7h
Default Value 0000000000000000h
Access R/W, L
Size: 64 bits
Bits Description
63:41 Intel Reserved.
Global Write Hexword Threshold (GWHT). The thirteen-bit value held in this field is multiplied by
15
40:28 2 to arrive at the number of hexwords that must be written within the Global DRAM Write Sampling
Window to cause the throttling mechanism to be invoked.
Write Throttle Time (WTT). This value provides a multiplier between 0 and 63 which specifies how
long throttling remains in effect as a number of Global DRAM Write Sampling Windows. For
27:22 example, if GDWSW is programmed to 1000_0000b and WTT is set to 01_0000b, then throttling will
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be performed for 8192*10 host clocks (at 100 MHz) seconds once invoked
5
(128 * 4*10 host clocks * 16).
Write Throttle Monitoring Window (WTMW). The value in this register is padded with 4 0’s to
specify a window of 0-2047 host clocks with 16 clock Granularity. While the throttling mechanism is
21:15 invoked, DRAM writes are monitored during this window. If the number of hexwords written during
the window reaches the Write Throttle Hexword Maximum, then write requests are blocked for the
remainder of the window.
Write Throttle Hexword Maximum (WTHM). The Write Throttle Hexword Maximum defines the
14:3 maximum number of hexwords between 0-4095 which are permitted to be written to DRAM within
one Write Throttle Monitoring Window.
Write Throttle Mode ((WTMode).
00 = Throttling via Counters and Hardware throttle_on signal mechanisms disabled.
01 = Reserved
2:1
10 = Counter mechanism controlled through GDWSW and GWHT is enabled. When the threshold
set in GDWSW and GWHT is reached, throttling start/stop cycles occur based on the settings
in WTT, WTMWand WTHM.
11 = Reserved
START Write Throttle (SWT). Software writes to this bit to start and stop write throttling.
0 = Write throttling stops and the counters associated with WTMW and WTHM are reset.
0
1 = Write throttling begins based on the settings in WTMW and WTHM, and remains in effect until
this bit is reset to 0.
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3.5.4.2 DRTC—DRAM Read Throttling Control Register (Device 6)
Address Offset D8h
Default Value 0000000000000000h
Access R/W, L
Size: 64 bits
Bits Description
63:41 Intel Reserved.
Global Read Hexword Threshold (GRHT). The thirteen-bit value held in this field is multiplied by
15
40:28 2 to arrive at the number of hexwords that must be read within the Global DRAM Read Sampling
Window in order to cause the throttling mechanism to be invoked.
Read Throttle Time (RTT). This value provides a multiplier between 0 and 63 which specifies how
long Counter based read throttling remains in effect as a number of Global DRAM Read Sampling
27:22 Windows. For example, if GDRSW is programmed to 1000_0000b and RTT is set to 01_0000b, then
5
read throttling will be performed for 8192*10 host clocks (at 100 MHz) seconds once invoked
5
(128 * 4*10 host clocks * 16).
Read Throttle Monitoring Window (RTMW). The value in this register is padded with 4 zeros to
specify a window of 0–2047 host clocks with 16 clock granularity. While the throttling mechanism is
21:15 invoked, DRAM reads are monitored during this window. If the number of hexwords read during the
window reaches the Read Throttle Hexword Maximum, read requests are blocked for the remainder
of the window.
Read Throttle Hexword Maximum (RTHM). The Read Throttle Hexword Maximum defines the
14:3 maximum number of hexwords between 0–4095 which are permitted to be read from DRAM within
one Read Throttle Monitoring Window.
Read Throttle Mode (RTMode).
00 = Throttling via Counters and Hardware throttle_on signal mechanisms Disabled.
01 = Reserved
2:1
10 = Counter mechanism controlled through GDRSW and GRHT is enabled. When the threshold set
in GDRSW and GRHT is reached, throttling start/stop cycles occur based on the settings in
RTT, RTMW, and RTHM.
11 = Reserved
START Read Throttle (SRT). Software writes to this bit to start and stop read throttling.
0 = Read throttling stops and the counters associated with RTMW and RTHM are reset.
0
1 = Read throttling begins based on the settings in RTMW and RTHM, and remains in effect until
this bit is reset to 0.
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Functional Description
Functional Description 4
This chapter describes the GMCH interfaces and functional units including the processor system
bus interface, the AGP interface, system memory controller, integrated graphics device, DVO
interfaces, display interfaces, power management, and clocking.
4.1 Processor System Bus
The GMCH supports a single mPGA 478 processor with PSB frequencies of 400 MHz (100 MHz
HCLK) / 533 MHz (133 MHz HCLK) and it also supports Hyper-Threading Technology. The
GMCH uses a scalable PSB VTT between 1.15 V and 1.75 V and on-die termination. The GMCH
supports 32-bit host addressing (decoding up to 4 GB of the processor’s memory address space).
Host-initiated I/O cycles are decoded to the AGP/PCI_B, hub interface or GMCH configuration
space. Host-initiated memory cycles are decoded to AGP/PCI_B, the hub interface, or system
memory. All memory accesses from the host interface that hit the graphics aperture are translated
using an AGP address translation table. AGP/PCI_B device accesses to non-cacheable system
memory are not snooped on the host bus. Memory accesses initiated from AGP/PCI_B using PCI
semantics and from the hub interface to system memory are snooped on the host bus.
The GMCH supports the Pentium 4 processor subset of the Enhanced Mode Scaleable Bus. The
cache line size is 64 bytes. Source synchronous transfer is used for the address and data signals. At
100/133 MHz bus clock the address signals are double pumped to run at 200/266 MHz and a new
address can be generated every other bus clock. At 100/133 MHz bus clock the data signals are
quad pumped to run at 400/533 MHz and an entire 64-B cache line can be transferred in two bus
clocks.
The GMCH integrates AGTL+ termination resistors on die. The GMCH has an IOQ depth of 8.
The GMCH supports one outstanding Deferred transaction on the PSB.
4.1.1 PSB Dynamic Bus Inversion
The GMCH supports Dynamic Bus Inversion (DBI) when driving, and when receiving data from
the system bus. DBI limits the number of data signals that are driven to a low voltage on each quad
pumped data phase. This decreases the power consumption of the GMCH. DINV_[3:0]# indicate if
the corresponding 16 bits of data are inverted on the bus for each quad pumped data phase
(see Table 4-1).
Table 4-1. DINV Signals vs. Data Bytes
DINV[3:0]# Data Bits
DINV_0# HD_[15:0]#
DINV_1# HD_[31:16]#
DINV_2# HD_[47:32]#
DINV_3# HD_[63:48]#
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Functional Description
When the processor or the GMCH drives data, each 16-bit segment is analyzed. If more than 8 of
the 16 signals would normally be driven low on the bus, the corresponding DINV# signal is
asserted and the data is inverted prior to being driven on the bus. When the processor or the GMCH
receives data, it monitors DINV[3:0]# to determine if the corresponding data segment should be
inverted.
4.1.2 System Bus Interrupt Delivery
Pentium 4 processors support system bus interrupt delivery. They do not support the APIC serial
bus interrupt delivery mechanism. Interrupt-related messages are encoded on the system bus as
“Interrupt Message Transactions.” In an 845G chipset, system bus interrupts can originate from the
processor on the system bus, or from a downstream device on hub interface, or AGP. In the later
case the GMCH drives the “Interrupt Message Transaction” on the system bus.
In an 845G chipset, the ICH4 contains IOxAPICs, and its interrupts are generated as upstream hub
interface memory writes. Furthermore, PCI Local Bus Specification, Revision 2.2 defines MSIs
(Message Signaled Interrupts) that are also in the form of memory writes. A PCI Local Bus
Specification, Revision 2.2 device can generate an interrupt as an MSI cycle on it’s PCI bus instead
of asserting a hardware signal to the IOxAPIC. The MSI can be directed to the IOxAPIC, which in
turn generates an interrupt as an upstream hub interface memory write. Alternatively, the MSI can
be directed directly to the system bus. The target of an MSI is dependent on the address of the
interrupt memory write. The GMCH forwards inbound hub interface and AGP (PCI semantic only)
memory writes to address 0FEEx_xxxxh, to the system bus as “Interrupt Message Transactions.”
4.1.3 Upstream Interrupt Messages
The GMCH accepts message based interrupts from AGP (PCI semantics only) or its hub interface,
and forwards them to the system bus as Interrupt Message Transactions. The interrupt messages
presented to the GMCH are in the form of memory writes to address 0FEEx_xxxxh. At the hub
interface or AGP interface, the memory write interrupt message is treated like any other memory
write; it is either posted into the inbound data buffer (if space is available) or retried (if data buffer
space is not immediately available). Once posted, the memory write from AGP or the hub
interface, to address 0FEEx_xxxxh, is decoded as a cycle that needs to be propagated by the
GMCH to the system bus as an Interrupt Message Transaction.
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4.2 System Memory Controller
The GMCH can be configured to support either SDR SDRAM or DDR SDRAM memory.
4.2.1 DDR SDRAM Interface Overview
The GMCH can support DDR266 and DDR200 in DDR mode with SSTL_2 signaling. The GMCH
includes support for:
• Up to 2 GB of 266 MHz or 200 MHz DDR SDRAM
• DDR266 or DDR200 unbuffered 184-pin non-ECC DDR SDRAM DIMMs
• Maximum of two DIMMs, single-sided and/or double-sided
• Byte masking on writes through data masking
The bank address lines and the address lines allow the GMCH to support 64-bit wide DIMMs using
64-Mb, 128-Mb, 256-Mb, and 512-Mb SDRAM technology. The four chip select lines support up
to four rows of double-sided SDRAM DIMMs. For write operations of less than a QWord, the
GMCH performs a byte-wise write. The GMCH does not support ECC DIMMs, registered
DIMMs, or double-sided x16 DIMMs.
4.2.2 SDR SDRAM Interface Overview
In addition to DDR SDRAM, the GMCH can support PC133 with LVTTL signaling. The GMCH
integrates a main memory SDRAM controller with a 64-bit wide interface and 8 system memory
clock signals, each at 133 MHz for SDR SDRAM. The GMCH supports the following:
• Up to 2 GB of 133 MHz SDR SDRAM.
• PC133 unbuffered 168-pin non-ECC SDR SDRAM DIMMs.
• Maximum of two DIMMs, single-sided and/or double-sided.
• Byte masking on writes through data masking
The bank address lines and the address lines allow the GMCH to support 64-bit wide DIMMs using
64-Mb, 128-Mb, 256-Mb, and 512-Mb SDRAM technology. The eight chip select lines support up
to four rows of double-sided SDRAM DIMMs. For write operations of less than a QWord, the
GMCH performs a byte-wise write. The GMCH does not support ECC DIMMs, registered
DIMMs, mixed-mode (uneven) DS DIMMs, or PC100 DIMMs.
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4.2.3 Memory Organization and Configuration
In the following discussion the term “row” refers to a set of memory devices that are
simultaneously selected by a chip select signal. The GMCH supports a maximum of 4 rows of
memory. For the purposes of this discussion, a “side” of a DIMM is equivalent to a “row” of
SDRAM devices.
The memory bank address lines and the address lines allow the GMCH to support 64-bit wide x8
and x16 DIMMs using 64-Mb, 128-Mb, 256-Mb, and 512-Mb SDRAM technology.
For the DDR SDRAM interface, Table 4-2 lists the supported DDR DIMM configurations. Note
that the GMCH supports configurations defined in the JEDEC DDR DIMM specification only
(A,B,C). Non-JEDEC standard DIMMs (e.g., double-sided x16 DDR SDRAM DIMMs) are not
supported. For more information on DIMM configurations, refer to the JEDEC DDR DIMM
specification.
Table 4-2. Supported DDR DIMM Configurations
Density 64 Mbit 128 Mbit 256 Mbit 512 Mbit
Device
X8 X16 X8 X16 X8 X16 X8 X16
Width
Single /
SS/DS SS/DS SS/DS SS/DS SS/DS SS/DS SS/DS SS/DS
Double
184 pin
64 MB / 32 MB / 128 MB / 64 MB / 256 MB / 128 MB / 512 MB / 256 MB/
DDR
128 MB NA 256 MB NA 512 MB NA 1024 MB NA
DIMMs
For the SDR SDRAM interface, Table 4-3 lists the supported SDR DIMM configurations.
Note: Mixed mode or uneven, double-sided SDR SDRAM DIMMs are not supported.
Table 4-3. Supported SDR DIMM Configurations
Density 64 Mbit 128 Mbit 256 Mbit 512 Mbit
Device
X8 X16 X8 X16 X8 X16 X8 X16
Width
Single /
SS/DS SS/DS SS/DS SS/DS SS/DS SS/DS SS/DS SS/DS
Double
168 pin
64 MB / 32 MB / 128 MB / 64 MB / 256 MB / 128 MB / 512 MB / 256 MB /
SDR
128 MB 64 MB 256 MB 128 MB 512 MB 256 MB 1024 MB 512 MB
DIMMs
4.2.3.1 Configuration Mechanism for DIMMs
Detection of the type of SDRAM installed on the DIMM is supported via Serial Presence Detect
(SPD) mechanism as defined in the JEDEC DIMM specification. This uses the SCL, SDA, and
SA[2:0] pins on the DIMMs to detect the type and size of the installed DIMMs. No special
programmable modes are provided on the GMCH for detecting the size and type of memory
installed. Type and size detection must be done via the serial presence detection pins and is
required to configure the GMCH.
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Memory Detection and Initialization
Before any cycles to the memory interface can be supported, the GMCH SDRAM registers must be
initialized. The GMCH must be configured for operation with the installed memory types.
Detection of memory type and size is done via the System Management Bus (SMB) interface on
the ICH4. This two-wire bus is used to extract the SDRAM type and size information from the
Serial Presence Detect port on the SDRAM DIMMs. SDRAM DIMMs contain a 5-pin Serial
Presence Detect interface, including SCL (serial clock), SDA (serial data), and SA[2:0]. Devices
on the SMBus bus have a 7-bit address. For the SDRAM DIMMs, the upper four bits are fixed at
1010. The lower three bits are strapped on the SA[2:0] pins. SCL and SDA are connected to the
System Management Bus on the ICH4. Thus, data is read from the Serial Presence Detect port on
the DIMMs via a series of I/O cycles to the ICH4. BIOS needs to determine the size and type of
memory used for each of the rows of memory to properly configure the GMCH memory interface.
SMBus Configuration and Access of the Serial Presence Detect Ports
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For more details, refer to the Intel 82801DB I/O Controller Hub 4 (ICH4) Datasheet.
Memory Register Programming
This section provides an overview of how the required information for programming the SDRAM
registers is obtained from the Serial Presence Detect ports on the DIMMs. The Serial Presence
Detect ports are used to determine Refresh Rate, MA and MD Buffer Strength, Row Type (on a
row by row basis), SDRAM Timings, Row Sizes, and Row Page Sizes. Table 4-4 lists a subset of
the data available through the on board Serial Presence Detect ROM on each DIMM. Table 4-4 is
only a subset of the defined SPD bytes on the DIMMs. These bytes collectively provide enough
data for programming the GMCH SDRAM registers.
Table 4-4. Data Bytes on DIMM Used for Programming DRAM Registers
Byte Function
2 Memory Type (SDR SDRAM or DDR SDRAM)
3 Number of Row Addresses, not counting Bank Addresses
4 Number of Column Addresses
5 Number of banks of SDRAM (single- or double-sided DIMM)
11 ECC, non-ECC (GMCH does not support ECC)
12 Refresh rate
17 Number of Banks on each device
4.2.4 Memory Address Translation and Decoding
The GMCH contains address decoders that translate the address received on the host bus or the hub
interface. Decoding and translation of these addresses vary with the four SDRAM types. Also, the
number of pages, page sizes, and densities supported vary with the type. The GMCH supports
64-Mb, 128-Mb, 256-Mb, and 512-Mb SDRAM devices. The multiplexed row/column address to
the SDRAM memory array is provided by the memory bank select and memory address signals.
These addresses are derived from the host address bus as defined by Table 4-5 for SDRAM
devices.
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Table 4-5. Address Translation and Decoding
1 Meg 12 R
64 x 16 32 x 8 o 24 11 12 x[26] 15 14 13 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16
x 4 bks x 2 w
2 Meg 12 R
64 x 8 64 x 9 o 25 13 12 x[26] 15 14 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16
x 4 bks x 2 w
2 Meg 12 R
128 x 16 64 x 9 o 25 13 12 x[26] 15 14 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16
x 4 bks x 2 w
4 Meg 13 R
256 x 16 128 x 9 o 26 13 12 26 15 14 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16
x 4 bks x 2 w
4 Meg 12 R
128 x 8 128 x 10 o 26 14 13 x[27] 15 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16
x 4 bks x 2 w
8 Meg 13 R
256 x 8 256 x 10 o 27 14 13 27 15 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16
x 4 bks x 2 w
4.2.5 DRAM Performance Description
The overall memory performance is controlled by the DRAM timing register, pipelining depth used
in the GMCH, memory speed grade, and the type of SDRAM used in the system. In addition, the
exact performance in a system is also dependent on the total memory supported, external buffering,
and memory array layout. The most important contribution to overall performance by the system
memory controller is to minimize the latency required to initiate and complete requests to memory,
and to support the highest possible bandwidth (full streaming, quick turnarounds). One measure of
performance is the total flight time to complete a cache line request. A true discussion of
performance involves the entire chipset, not just the system memory controller.
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Tech (Mbit)
Configuration
Row/Page Size
(Mbyet)
R/C/B
Addr
BA1
BA0
A12
A11
A10
A9
A8
A7
A6
A5
A4
A3
A2
A1
A0
Functional Description
4.3 AGP Interface
See the Accelerated Graphics Port Interface Specification, Revision 2.0 for additional details about
the AGP interface.
4.3.1 Overview
The GMCH multiplexes an AGP interface with two DVO ports. The DVO ports can support single
channel DVO devices or can combine to support dual-channel devices, supporting higher
resolutions and refresh rates. When an external AGP device is used, the multiplexed DVO ports are
not available, as the GMCH’s IGD will be disabled. For more information on the multiplexed DVO
interface, refer to Section 4.5.
The GMCH supports 1.5 V AGP 1X/2X/4X devices. The AGP signal buffers have one mode of
operation; 1.5 V drive/receive (not 3.3 V tolerant). The GMCH supports 4X (266 MT/s) clocking
transfers for read and write data, and sideband addressing. The GMCH has a 32-deep AGP request
queue.
AGP semantic transactions to system SDRAM do not get snooped and are, therefore, not coherent
with the processor caches. PCI semantic transactions on AGP to system SDRAM are snooped.
AGP semantic accesses to the hub interface/PCI are not supported. PCI semantic accesses from an
AGP master to hub interface are also not supported.
4.3.1.1 Lock Behavior
If the processor has established a lock to AGP, the GMCH immediately retries incoming FRAME#
cycles. The reads will not be processed internally as a delayed transaction.
If the processor has established a lock to another resource other than AGP, the GMCH will accept
incoming FRAME# cycles based on the other retry/disconnect rules. Since snoops cannot be
generated to the processor while a lock is outstanding, eventually the GMCH’s PCI interface backs
up.
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4.3.1.2 AGP Target Operations
As an initiator, the GMCH does not initiate cycles using AGP enhanced protocols. The GMCH
supports AGP target interface to main memory only. The GMCH supports interleaved AGP and
PCI transactions. The Table 4-6 summarizes target operation support of GMCH for AGP masters.
Table 4-6. AGP Commands Supported by GMCH When Acting As an AGP Target
AGP Command GC/BE[3:0]# GMCH Host Bridge
Encoding
Cycle Destination Response As AGP Target
0000 Main Memory Low Priority Read
Read
0000 Hub Interface Complete with random data
0001 Main Memory High Priority Read
Hi-Priority Read
0000 Hub Interface Complete with random data
Reserved 0010 N/A No Response
Reserved 0011 N/A No Response
0100 Main Memory Low Priority Write
Write
0100 Hub Interface Cycle goes to SDRAM with BEs inactive
0101 Main Memory High Priority Write
Hi-Priority Write
Cycle goes to SDRAM with BEs inactive -
0101 Hub Interface
does not go to hub interface
Reserved 0110 N/A No Response
Reserved 0111 N/A No Response
1000 Main Memory Low Priority Read
Long Read
Complete locally with random data - does
Hub Interface
not go to hub interface
1001 Main Memory High Priority Read
Hi-Priority Long
Read
Hub Interface Complete with random data
Flush 1010 GMCH Complete with QW of Random Data
Reserved 1011 N/A No Response
No Response – Flag inserted in GMCH
Fence 1100 GMCH
request queue
Reserved 1101 N/A No Response
Reserved 1110 N/A No Response
Reserved 1111 N/A No Response
NOTE: N/A refers to a function that is not applicable
As a target of an AGP cycle, the GMCH supports all the transactions targeted at main memory and
summarized in Table 4-6. The GMCH supports both normal and high priority read and write
requests. The GMCH does not support AGP cycles to the hub interface. AGP cycles do not require
coherency management and all AGP-initiator accesses to main memory using AGP protocol are
treated as non-snoopable cycles. These accesses are directed to the AGP aperture in main memory
that is programmed as either uncacheable (UC) memory or write combining (WC) in the
processor’s MTRRs.
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4.3.1.3 AGP Transaction Ordering
The GMCH observes transaction ordering rules as defined by the Accelerated Graphics Port
Interface Specification, Revision 2.0. The GMCH implements read after write hazard protection for
normal priority commands through the use of a “pseudo FENCE.” When a normal priority read
command is placed in the command queue, it is checked for possible conflicts with any normal
priority write commands that have been received but not yet delivered to SDRAM. If a potential
conflict is detected, the GMCH inserts a FENCE between the read and all previous normal priority
commands in the queue. This ensures that any normal priority write that was received prior to the
read will be pushed to SDRAM before the read is serviced. As a result the read will be guaranteed
to receive the new data when it is serviced. Note that all reads received prior to the read that
potentially conflicts will also be serviced prior to the conflicting read.
High priority reads and writes are not checked for conflicts between themselves or normal priority
reads and writes. AGP commands (delivered via PIPE# or SBA, not FRAME#) snoop the global
SDRAM write buffer.
4.3.1.4 AGP Electrical Characteristics
The 4X data transfers use 1.5 V signaling levels as described in the Accelerated Graphics Port
Interface Specification, Revision 2.0. The GMCH supports 1X/2X/PCI data transfers using 1.5 V
signaling levels. The following table shows the data rates and signaling levels supported by the
GMCH:
Data Rate Signaling Level
1.5 V 3.3 V
PCI-66 Yes No
1X AGP Yes No
2X AGP Yes No
4X AGP Yes No
4.3.1.5 Support for PCI-66 Devices
The GMCH’s AGP interface can be used as a PCI-66 MHz interface with the following
restrictions:
• Support for 1.5 V operation only.
• Support for only one device. GMCH does not provide arbitration or electrical support for more
than one PCI-66 device.
• The PCI-66 device must meet the Accelerated Graphics Port Interface Specification, Revision
2.0.
• The GMCH does not provide full PCI-to-PCI bridge support between AGP/PCI and hub
interface. Traffic between AGP and hub interface is limited to hub interface-to-AGP memory
writes.
• LOCK# signal is not present. Neither inbound nor outbound locks are supported.
• SERR#/PERR# signals are not present.
• 16 clock Subsequent Data Latency timer (instead of 8).
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4.3.1.6 4X AGP Protocol
In addition to the 1X and 2X AGP protocol, the GMCH supports 4X AGP read and write data
transfers and 4X sideband address generation. The 4X operation is compliant with the 4X AGP
specification as currently described in the Accelerated Graphics Port Interface Specification,
Revision 2.0.
The GMCH indicates that it supports 4X data transfers through RATE[2] (bit 2) of the AGP Status
register. When DATA_RATE[2] (bit 2) of the AGP Command register is set to 1 during system
initialization, the GMCH performs AGP read and write data transactions using 4X protocol. This
bit is not dynamic. Once this bit is set during initialization, the data transfer rate will not change.
The 4X data transfer protocol provides 1.06 GB/s transfer rates. The control signal protocol for the
4X data transfer protocol is identical to 1X/2X protocol. In 4X mode, 16 bytes of data are
transferred during each 66 MHz clock period. The minimum throttle-able block size remains four,
66 MHz clocks which means 64 bytes of data is transferred per block. Three additional signal pins
are required to implement the 4X data transfer protocol. These signal pins are complementary data
transfer strobes for the AD bus (2) and the SBA bus (1).
4.3.1.7 Fast Writes
The Fast Write (FW) transaction is from the core logic to the AGP master acting as a PCI target.
This type of access is required to pass data/control directly to the AGP master instead of placing
the data into main memory and then having the AGP master read the data. For 1X transactions, the
protocol simply follows the PCI Local Bus Specification, Revision 2.2. However, for higher speed
transactions (2X or 4X), FW transactions follow a combination for PCI and AGP bus protocols for
data movement.
4.3.1.8 AGP 1.5 V Connector
GMCH’s AGP buffers only support 1.5 V operation. Therefore, 845G chipsets only support 1.5 V
AGP connectors.
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4.3.2 PCI Semantic Transactions on AGP
The GMCH accepts and generates PCI semantic transactions on the AGP bus. The GMCH
guarantees that PCI semantic accesses to SDRAM are kept coherent with the processor caches by
generating snoops to the processor bus.
4.3.2.1 GMCH Initiator and Target PCI Operations
Table 4-7 summarizes PCI target operation support of the GMCH for AGP/PCI_B bus initiators.
The cycles can be either destined to main memory or the hub interface bus.
Table 4-7. PCI Commands Supported by GMCH When Acting As a PCI Target
PCI Command GC/BE[3:0]# Encoding GMCH
Response As PCI
Cycle Destination
Target
Interrupt Acknowledge 0000 N/A No Response
Special Cycle 0001 N/A No Response
I/O Read 0010 N/A No Response
I/O Write 0011 N/A No Response
Reserved 0100 N/A No Response
Reserved 0101 N/A No Response
0110 Main Memory Read
Memory Read
0110 Hub Interface No Response
0111 Main Memory Posts Data
Memory Write
0111 Hub Interface No Response
Reserved 1000 N/A No Response
Reserved 1001 N/A No Response
Configuration Read 1010 N/A No Response
Configuration Write 1011 N/A No Response
1100 Main Memory Read
Memory Read Multiple
1100 Hub Interface No Response
Dual Address Cycle 1101 N/A No Response
1110 Main Memory Read
Memory Read Line
1110 Hub Interface No Response
1111 Main Memory Posts Data
Memory Write and Invalidate
1111 Hub Interface No Response
NOTE: N/A refers to a function that is not applicable
As a target of an AGP/PCI cycle, the GMCH only supports the following transactions:
Memory Read: The GMCH issues one snoop and the entire cache line of read data is buffered. If
a memory read bursts across the cache line, another snoop is issued but the transaction will be
disconnected on the cache line boundary. Subsequent memory read transaction hitting the cache
line buffer return data from the buffer.
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Memory Read Line, and Memory Read Multiple: These commands are treated identically
by the GMCH. The GMCH issues two snoops (a snoop followed by a snoop-ahead) on the host bus
and releases the processor bus for other traffic. When the first DWord of the first cache line is
delivered and GFRAME# is still asserted, the GMCH issues another snoop-ahead on the host bus.
This allows the GMCH to continuously supply data during memory read line and memory read
multiple bursts. When the transaction terminates, there may be a minimum of 2 cache lines and a
maximum of 2 cache lines plus 7 DWords buffered. Subsequent memory reads hitting the buffers
will return data from the buffer.
Memory Write and Memory Write and Invalidate: These commands are aliased and
processed identically. The GMCH supports data streaming for PCI-to-DRAM writes based on its
ability to buffer up to 128 bytes (16 QWords) of data before a snoop cycle must be completed on
the host bus. The GMCH is typically able to support longer write bursts, with the maximum length
dependent upon concurrent host bus traffic during PCI-DRAM write data streaming.
Fast Back-to-Back Transactions: The GMCH, as a target, supports fast back-to-back cycles
from a PCI initiator. As a PCI initiator, the GMCH is responsible for translating host cycles to
AGP/PCI_B cycles. The GMCH also transfers hub interface to AGP/PCI_B write cycles. Table 4-8
shows all the cycles that need to be translated.
Table 4-8. PCI Commands Supported by GMCH When Acting As an AGP/PCI_B Initiator
(Sheet 1 of 2)
Source Bus Other Encoded Information GMCH Host Bridge
Command
Corresponding GC/BE[3:0]#
PCI_B Command Encoding
Source Bus: Host
Deferred Reply Don’t Care None N/A
Interrupt Acknowledge Length ≤ 8 Bytes None N/A
Shutdown None N/A
Halt None N/A
Special Cycle
Stop Clock Grant None N/A
All Other Combinations None N/A
Branch Trace Message None None N/A
I/O Read Length ≤ 8 Bytes up to 4 BEx Asserted I/O Read 0010
I/O Write Length ≤ 8 Bytes up to 4 BEx Asserted I/O Write 0011
I/O Read to 0CFCh Length ≤ 8 Bytes up to 4 BEx Asserted Configuration Read 1010
Length ≤ 8 Bytes up to 4 BEx Asserted Configuration Write 1011
I/O Write to 0CFCh
Length < 8 Bytes without All BEs Asserted Memory Read 0110
Memory Read (Code or
Length = 8 Bytes with All BEs Asserted Memory Read 1110
Data)
Length = 16 Bytes None N/A
Memory Read
Invalidate
Length = 32 Bytes Code Only Memory Read 1110
Length < 8 Bytes without All BEs Asserted Memory Write 0111
Memory Write Length = 16 Bytes None N/A
Length = 32 Bytes Memory Write 0111
1
Locked Access All Combinations Unlocked Access As Applicable
Reserved Encodings All Combinations None N/A
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Table 4-8. PCI Commands Supported by GMCH When Acting As an AGP/PCI_B Initiator
(Sheet 2 of 2)
Source Bus Other Encoded Information GMCH Host Bridge
Command
Corresponding GC/BE[3:0]#
PCI_B Command Encoding
Source Bus: Host
EA Memory Access Address ≥ 4 GB None N/A
Source Bus: Hub Interface
Memory Write - Memory Write 0111
NOTES:
1. Processor to AGP/PCI_B bus can result in deadlocks. Locked access to AGP/PCI_B bus is strongly
discouraged.
2. N/A refers to a function that is not applicable, Not Supported refers to a function that is available but
specifically not implemented on the GMCH
As an initiator of AGP/PCI_B cycle, the GMCH only supports the following transactions:
• Memory Read: All processor to AGP/PCI_B reads will use the memory read command.
• Memory Write: The GMCH initiates AGP/PCI_B cycles on behalf of the processor or hub
interface. The GMCH does not issue memory write and invalidate as an initiator. The GMCH
does not support write merging or write collapsing. The GMCH combines processor-to-PCI
writes (DWord or QWord) to provide bursting on the AGP/PCI_B bus. The GMCH allows
non-snoopable write transactions from hub interface to the AGP/PCI_B bus.
• I/O Read and Write: I/O read and write from the processor are sent to the AGP/PCI_B bus.
I/O base and limit address range for PCI_B bus are programmed in AGP/PCI_B configuration
registers. All other accesses that do not correspond to this programmed address range are
forwarded to the hub interface.
• Exclusive Access: The GMCH does not issue a locked cycle on AGP/PCI_B bus on the behalf
of either the processor or the hub interface. The hub interface and processor locked
transactions to AGP/PCI_B are initiated as unlocked transactions by the GMCH on the AGP/
PCI_B bus.
4.3.2.2 GMCH Retry/Disconnect Conditions
The GMCH generates retry/disconnect according to the Accelerated Graphics Port Interface
Specification, Revision 2.0 rules when being accessed as a target from the AGP interface (using
PCI semantics).
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Reads
• Read cycle is immediately retried (the GMCH retries the read cycle in three PCI clocks from
GFRAME# driven active) due to a pending processor-AGP or hub interface-AGP write
transaction. It is further handled using the Delayed Transaction mechanism described in a later
section. This can occur as a result of the processor posting memory write cycles to the AGP or
the GMCH storing a processor to AGP write cycle in the deferred queue. The SDRAM read
cycle is immediately retried and the GMCH initiates the Delayed Transaction activity by
issuing a single snoop on the processor bus. The Delayed transaction cannot complete until
after the pending processor-AGP or hub interface-AGP transactions have been completed on
the AGP.
• Processor-to-AGP write or hub interface-to-AGP write is posted after the processing of AGP/
PCI to SDRAM read has started but prior to data being returned. This scenario can occur due
to the level of concurrency supported by GMCH. The AGP/PCI cycle will be retried as soon as
condition is recognized and it is further handled as a Delayed Transaction.
• Processor-to-AGP read request is internally pending when an AGP-DRAM read is issued or
processor-to-AGP read request is issued after an AGP-DRAM read request is generated. The
AGP cycle is retried based on 32-clock timeout. The timer is triggered at the point when
internally pending processor-to-AGP read request is observed.
• Processor-to-AGP write occurs after AGP-to-SDRAM memory read line or memory read
multiple data has been returned. The GMCH stops snooping ahead when the processor-to-
AGP write occurs and the GMCH disconnects when the last DWord of data is read (between 2
and 3 cachelines).
• AGP-DRAM burst is disconnected after crossing the 4-KB address boundary.
• AGP-DRAM burst is disconnected if consecutive data phase can not complete within 8 clocks
and there is an AGP non-snoopable request or host bridge-to-AGP request pending.
• AGP-DRAM burst is disconnected after crossing a 2-KB address. No snoop is generated into
next 2-KB page.
Writes
• If the AGP/PCI Inbound buffer is full, the GMCH retries initial write request in the presence of
a pending AGP request issued by the AGP master using enhanced AGP protocol (i.e., non-
snoopable) or in the presence of host bridge request for AGP ownership (when there is a
pending processor-AGP or hub interface-AGP transaction).
• If the AGP Inbound buffer is full and there is no pending AGP non-snoopable request and no
host bridge request, the GMCH inserts wait states. It retries as soon as AGP non-snoopable
request is generated or an internal host bridge to AGP request is generated.
• If AGP Inbound buffers become full during the burst, the GMCH disconnects within 8 clocks
if there is an AGP non-snoopable request or host bridge-to-AGP request present.
An AGP-DRAM burst is disconnected after crossing the 2-KB address boundary.
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4.4 Integrated Graphics Device (IGD)
The GMCH provides a highly integrated graphics accelerator while allowing a flexible integrated
system graphics solution (see Figure 4-1).
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Figure 4-1. Intel GMCH Graphics Block Diagram
Video Engine
VGA
DAC
2D Engine
Overlay
Cntl
DVOB
Alpha Mux
Instr./
Ov Cur es rlor ay
Blend/ Port
Data
3D Engine Gamm DVOC
Setup/Tranform
/CRC
Primary
Scan Conversion
Display
Texture Engine
Raster Engine
DDC
High-bandwidth access to data is provided through the system memory port. The GMCH can
access graphics data located in system memory at 1.0 GB/s (using SDR, PC133 memory),
1.6 GB/s (using DDR200 memory), and 2.1 GB/s (using DDR266). The GMCH uses Intel’s Direct
Memory Execution model to fetch textures from system memory. The GMCH includes a cache
controller to avoid frequent memory fetches of recently used texture data.
The GMCH is able to drive an integrated DAC, and/or two DVO ports (multiplexed with AGP)
capable of driving an ADD card. The DAC is capable of driving a standard progressive scan analog
monitor with resolutions up to 2048x1536 at 60 Hz. The DVO ports are capable of driving a variety
of TV-Out, TMDS, and LVDS transmitters.
The GMCH’s IGD contains several functional units (see Figure 4-1). The major components in the
IGD are the graphics engines, planes, pipe, and ports. The GMCH has a 3D/2D Instruction
Processing unit to control the 3D and 2D engines. Data is input to the IGD’s 2D and 3D engines
from the system memory controller. The output of the engines are surfaces sent to memory, which
are then retrieved and processed by GMCH’s planes.
The GMCH contains a variety of planes (e.g., primary display, overlay, cursor, and VGA). The
IGD does not support VGA memory accesses during graphics accelerator operations (e.g., 2D and
3D engine activity). The Intel graphics driver controls VGA and high-resolution graphics
interaction. VGA and high resolution interaction will remain exclusive.
A plane consists of a rectangular shaped image that has characteristics such as source, size,
position, method, and format. These planes get attached to source surfaces that are rectangular
memory surfaces with a similar set of characteristics. They are also associated with a destination
pipe.
A pipe consists of a set of combined planes and a timing generator. The GMCH has a single display
pipe, which means that the GMCH can support a single display stream. A port is the destination for
the result of the pipe. The GMCH contains three display ports, 1 analog (DAC), and two digital
(DVO ports B and C). The ports will be explained in more detail in a subsequent section.
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The entire IGD is fed with data from the memory controller. The performance of the IGD is
directly related to the amount of bandwidth available. If the engines are not receiving data fast
enough from the memory controller (e.g., PC133), the rest of the IGD will also be affected.
The rest of this section focuses on explaining the IGD components and dependencies.
4.4.1 3D Engine
The 3D engine of the GMCH has been designed with a deep pipelined architecture, where
performance is maximized by allowing each stage of the pipeline to simultaneously operate on
different primitives or portions of the same primitive. The GMCH supports Perspective-correct
Texture Mapping, Multitextures, Bump-Mapping, Cubic Environment Maps, Bilinear, Trilinear
and Anisotropic MIP mapped filtering, Gouraud shading, Alpha-blending, Vertex and Per Pixel
Fog and Z/W Buffering.
The 3D pipeline subsystem performs the 3D rendering acceleration. The main blocks of the
pipeline are the Setup Engine, Scan Converter, Texture Pipeline, and Raster Pipeline. A typical
programming sequence would be to send instructions to set the state of the pipeline followed by
rendering instructions containing 3D primitive vertex data.
4.4.1.1 Setup Engine
The setup stage of the pipeline takes the input data associated with each vertex of a 3D primitive
and computes the various parameters required for scan conversion. In formatting this data, the
GMCH maintains sub-pixel accuracy.
3D Primitives and Data Formats Support
The 3D primitives rendered by GMCH are points, lines, discrete triangles, line strips, triangle
strips, triangle fans, polygons, indexed vertices as well as state variables. In addition to this, the
GMCH supports DirectX’s Flexible Vertex Format (FVF) that enables the application to specify a
variable length of parameter list obviating the need for sending unused information to the
hardware. Strips, Fans, and Indexed Vertices, as well as FVF, improves delivered vertex rate to the
setup engine significantly.
Pixel Accurate “Fast” Scissoring and Clipping Operation
The GMCH supports 2D clipping to a scissor rectangle within the drawing window. Objects are
clipped to the scissor rectangle, avoiding processing pixels that fall outside the rectangle. The
GMCH’s clipping and scissoring in hardware reduce the need for software to clip objects; this
improves performance. During the setup stage, the GMCH clips objects to the scissor window.
A scissor rectangle accelerates the clipping process by allowing the driver to clip to a bigger region
than the hardware renders to. The scissor rectangle needs to be pixel accurate, and independent of
line and point width. The GMCH will support a single scissor box rectangle, which can be enabled
or disabled.
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Zone Rendering
Zone Rendering Technology is a unique mechanism that addresses memory bandwidth limitations
by reducing the required memory bandwidth for graphics. The 3D graphics engine divides the
frame buffer into rectangular zones and then sorts the triangles into memory by zone. The 3D
graphics engine then completely processes the zone, writing the pixel data to memory and then
proceeds to the next zone. By processing only a single zone of the frame buffer at a time, the use of
on-chip memory (cache) is highly optimized and each pixel in each scene is drawn only one time.
As a result, the system memory bandwidth required to render each scene is greatly reduced.
Depth-Bias
The GMCH supports source Depth biasing. The Depth bias value is specified in the vertex
command packet on a per primitive basis. The value ranges from -1 to 1. The Depth bias value is
added to the z or w value of the vertices. This is used for coplanar polygon priority. By using Depth
bias, it is possible to offset the destination z value (compare value) before comparing with the new
z value.
Backface Culling
The GMCH discards polygons from further processing, if they are facing away from or towards the
user’s viewpoint. This operation, referred to as “Back Face Culling,” is accomplished based on the
“clockwise” or “counter-clockwise” orientation of the vertices on a primitive. This can be enabled
or disabled by the driver.
4.4.1.2 Scan Converter
The Scan Converter takes the vertex and edge information is used to identify all pixels that are
affected by features being rendered. It works on a per-polygon basis.
Pixel Rasterization Rules
The GMCH supports both OpenGL and D3D pixel rasterization rules to determine whether a pixel
is filled by the triangle or line. For both D3D and OpenGL modes, a top-left filling convention for
filling geometry is used. Pixel rasterization rule on rectangle primitive is also supported using the
top-left fill convention.
4.4.1.3 2D Functionality
The alpha stretch BLT function can stretch source data in the X and Y directions to a destination
larger or smaller than the source. Stretch BLT functionality expands a region of memory into a
larger or smaller region using replication and interpolation. The stretch BLT function also provides
format conversion and data alignment.
4.4.1.4 Texture Engine
The GMCH allows an image, pattern, or video to be placed on the surface of a 3D polygon. The
texture processor performs texture color or chromakey matching, texture filtering (anisotropic,
trilinear and bilinear interpolation), and YUV-to-RGB conversions.
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Perspective Correct Texture Support
A textured polygon is generated by mapping a 2D texture pattern onto each pixel of the polygon. A
texture map is like wallpaper pasted onto the polygon. Since polygons are rendered in perspective,
it is important that texture be mapped in perspective as well.
Texture Formats and Storage
The GMCH supports up to 32 bits of color for non-palettized textures.
Texture Decompression
DX Texture Compression reduces the bandwidth required to deliver textures. As the textures’
average sizes get larger with higher color depth and multiple textures become the norm, it becomes
increasingly important to provide a mechanism to compress textures. Texture decompression
formats supported include DXTn and FXT1.
Texture Chromakey
Chromakey describes a method of removing a specific color or range of colors from a texture map
before it is applied to an object. For “nearest” texture filter modes, removing a color simply makes
those portions of the object transparent (the previous contents of the back buffer show through).
For “linear” texture filtering modes, the texture filter is modified if only the non-nearest neighbor
texels match the key (range).
Anti-Aliasing
Aliasing is one of the artifacts that degrade image quality. In its simplest manifestation, aliasing
causes the jagged staircase effects on sloped lines and polygon edges. Another artifact is the moiré
patterns, which occur as a result of the fact that there is a very small number of pixels available on
screen to contain the data of a high resolution texture map. More subtle effects are observed in
animation, where very small primitives blink in and out of view.
Texture Map Filtering
Many texture mapping modes are supported. Perspective correct mapping is always performed. As
the map is fitted across the polygon, the map can be tiled, mirrored in either the U or V directions,
or mapped up to the end of the texture and no longer placed on the object (this is known as clamp
mode). The way a texture is combined with other object attributes is also definable.
The GMCH supports up to 12 Levels-of-Detail (LODs) ranging in size from 2048x2048 to 1x1
texels. (A texel is defined as a texture map element). Textures need not be square. Included in the
texture processor is a texture cache that provides efficient MIP-mapping.
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GMCH supports 7 types of texture filtering:
• Nearest (aka Point Filtering): Texel with coordinates nearest to the desired pixel is used. (This
is used if only one LOD is present).
• Linear (aka Bilinear Filtering): A weighted average of a 2x2 area of texels surrounding the
desired pixel are used. (This is used if only one LOD is present).
• Nearest MIP Nearest (aka Point Filtering): This is used if many LODs are present. The nearest
LOD is chosen and the texel with coordinates nearest to the desired pixel are used.
• Linear MIP Nearest (Bilinear MIP Mapping): This is used if many LODs are present. The
nearest LOD is chosen and a weighted average of a 2x2 area of texels surrounding the desired
pixel are used (four texels). This is also referred to as Bilinear MIP Mapping.
• Nearest MIP Linear (Point MIP Mapping): This is used if many LODs are present. Two
appropriate LODs are selected and within each LOD the texel with coordinates nearest to the
desired pixel are selected. The Final texture value is generated by linear interpolation between
the two texels selected from each of the MIP Maps.
• Linear MIP Linear (Trilinear MIP Mapping): This is used if many LODs are present. Two
appropriate LODs are selected and a weighted average of a 2x2 area of texels surrounding the
desired pixel in each MIP Map is generated (four texels per MIP Map). The Final texture value
is generated by linear interpolation between the two texels generated for each of the MIP
Maps. Trilinear MIP Mapping is used to minimize the visibility of LOD transitions across the
polygon.
• Anisotropic MIP Nearest (Anisotropic Filtering): This is used if many LODs are present. The
nearest LOD-1 level will be determined for each of four sub-samples for the desired pixel.
These four sub-samples are then bilinear filtered and averaged together.
Both D3D and OGL (Rev.1.1) allow support for all these filtering modes.
Multiple Texture Composition
The GMCH also performs multiple texture composition. This allows the combination of two or
greater MIP Maps to produce a new one with new LODs and texture attributes in a single or
iterated pass.
Flexible vertex format support allows multitexturing because it makes it possible to pass multiple
texture information in the vertex structure.
Cubic Environment Mapping
Environment maps allow applications to render scenes with complex lighting and reflections while
significantly decreasing processor load. There are several methods to generate environment maps
(e.g., spherical, circular, and cubic). The GMCH supports cubic reflection mapping over spherical
and circular since it is the best choice to provide real-time environment mapping for complex
lighting and reflections.
Cubic Mapping requires a texture map for each of the six cube faces. These can be generated by
pointing a camera with a 90-degree field-of-view in the appropriate direction. Per-vertex vectors
(normal, reflection, or refraction) are interpolated across the polygon and the intersection of these
vectors with the cube texture faces is calculated. Texel values are then read from the intersection
point on the appropriate face and filtered accordingly.
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4.4.1.5 Raster Engine
The Raster Engine is where the color data (e.g., fogging, specular RGB, texture map blending, etc.)
is processed. The final color of the pixel is calculated and the RGBA value combined with the
corresponding components resulting from the Texture Engine. These textured pixels are modified
by the specular and fog parameters. These specular highlighted, fogged, textured pixels are color
blended with the existing values in the frame buffer. In parallel, stencil, alpha and depth buffer tests
are conducted that will determine whether the Frame and Depth Buffers will be updated with the
new pixel values.
Texture Map Blending
Multiple Textures can be blended together in an iterative process and applied to a primitive. The
GMCH allows up to four texture coordinates and texture maps to be specified onto the same
polygon. Also, the GMCH supports using a texture coordinate set to access multiple texture maps.
State variables in multiple texture are bound to texture coordinates, texture map, or texture
blending.
Combining Intrinsic and Specular Color Components
The GMCH allows an independently specified and interpolated “specular RGB” attribute to be
added to the post-texture blended pixel color. This feature provides a full RGB specular highlight
to be applied to a textured surface, permitting a high-quality reflective colored lighting effect not
available in devices that apply texture after the lighting components have been combined. If
specular-add state variable is disabled, only the resultant colors from the map blending are used. If
this state variable is enabled, RGB values from the output of the map blending are added to values
for R , G , B on a component by component basis.
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Color Shading Modes
The Raster Engine supports the flat and Gouraud shading modes. These shading modes are
programmed by the appropriate state variables issued through the command stream.
Flat shading is performed by smoothly interpolating the vertex intrinsic color components (Red,
Green, Blue), Specular (RGB), Fog, and Alpha to the pixel, where each vertex color has the same
value. The setup engine substitutes one of the vertex’s attribute values for the other two vertices
attribute values thereby creating the correct flat shading terms. This condition is set up by the
appropriate state variables issued prior to rendering the primitive.
Gouraud shading is performed by smoothly interpolating the vertex intrinsic color components
(Red, Green, Blue), Specular (RGB), Fog, and Alpha to the pixel, where each vertex color has a
different value.
All the attributes can be selected independently to one of the shading mode by setting the
appropriate value state variables.
Color Dithering
Color Dithering helps to hide color quantization errors. Color Dithering takes advantage of the
human eye’s propensity to “average” the colors in a small area. Input color, alpha, and fog
components are converted from 8-bit components to 5- or 6- bit component by dithering. Dithering
is performed on blended texture pixels. In 32-bit mode, dithering is not performed on the
components.
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Vertex and Per Pixel Fogging
Fogging is used to create atmospheric effects (e.g., low visibility conditions) in flight simulator-
type games. It adds another level of realism to computer-generated scenes. Fog can be used for
depth cueing or hiding distant objects. With fog, distant objects can be rendered with fewer details
(less polygons), thereby improving the rendering speed or frame rate. Fog is simulated by
attenuating the color of an object with the fog color as a function of distance; the greater the
distance, the higher the density (lower visibility for distant objects). There are two ways to
implement the fogging technique: per-vertex (linear) fogging and per-pixel (non-linear) fogging.
The per-vertex method interpolates the fog value at the vertices of a polygon to determine the fog
factor at each pixel within the polygon. This method provides realistic fogging as long as the
polygons are small. With large polygons (e.g., a ground plane depicting an airport runway), the per-
vertex technique results in unnatural fogging.
The GMCH supports both types of fog operations, vertex and per pixel or table fog. If fog is
disabled, the incoming color intensities are passed unchanged to the destination blend unit.
Alpha Blending (Frame Buffer)
Alpha Blending adds the material property of transparency or opacity to an object. Alpha blending
combines a source pixel color (RsGsBs) and alpha(As) component with a destination pixel color
(RdGdBd) and alpha(Ad) component. Thus, for example, a glass surface on top (source) of a red
surface (destination) would allow much of the red base color to show through.
Blending allows the source and destination color values to be multiplied by programmable factors
and then combined via a programmable blend function. The combined and independent selection
of factors and blend functions for color and alpha is supported.
DXn and OGL Logic Ops
Both APIs provide a mode to use bitwise ops in place of alpha blending. This is used for rubber-
banding (i.e., draw a rubber band outline over the scene using an XOR operation). Drawing it again
restores the original image without having to do a potentially expensive redraw.
Color Buffer Formats: 8, 16, or 32 bits per pixel (Destination Alpha)
The Raster Engine supports 8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit Color Buffer formats. The bit format of Color
and Z are allowed to mix. The GMCH supports both double and triple buffering, where one buffer
is the primary buffer used for display and one or two are the back buffer(s) used for rendering.
The frame buffer of the GMCH contains at least two hardware buffers—the Front Buffer (display
buffer) and the Back Buffer (rendering buffer). While the back buffer may actually coincide with
(or be part of) the visible display surface, a separate (screen or window-sized) back buffer is used
to permit double-buffered drawing. That is, the image being drawn is not visible until the scene is
complete and the back buffer made visible (via an instruction) or copied to the front buffer (via a
2D BLT operation). Rendering to one and displaying from the other removes the possibility of
image tearing. This also speeds up the display process over a single buffer. Additionally, triple back
buffering is also supported. The instruction set of the GMCH provides a variety of controls for the
buffers (e.g., initializing, flip, clear, etc.).
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Depth Buffer
The Raster Engine can read and write from this buffer and use the data in per fragment operations
that determine whether resultant color and depth value of the pixel for the fragment are to be
updated or not.
Typical applications for entertainment or visual simulations with exterior scenes require far/near
ratios of 1000 to 10000. At 1000, 98% of the range is spent on the first 2% of the depth. This can
cause hidden surface artifacts in distant objects, especially when using 16-bit depth buffers. A
24-bit Z-buffer provides 16 million Z-values as opposed to only 64K with a 16-bit Z-buffer. With
lower Z-resolution, two distant overlapping objects may be assigned the same Z-value. As a result,
the rendering hardware may have a problem resolving the order of the objects, and the object in the
back may appear through the object in the front.
By contrast, when W (or eye-relative z) is used, the buffer bits can be more evenly allocated
between the near and far clip planes in world space. The key benefit is that the ratio of far and near
is no longer an issue, allowing applications to support a maximum range of miles, yet still get
reasonably accurate depth buffering within inches of the eye point.
The GMCH supports a flexible format for the floating-point W buffer, wherein the number of
exponent bits is programmable. This allows the driver to determine variable precision as a function
of the dynamic range of the W (screen-space Z) parameter.
The selection of depth buffer size is relatively independent of the color buffer. A 16-bit or 24-bit
Z/W buffer can be selected with a 16-bit color buffer. Z buffer is not supported in 8-bit mode.
Stencil Buffer
The Raster Engine provides 8-bit stencil buffer storage in 32-bit mode and the ability to perform
stencil testing. Stencil testing controls 3D drawing on a per pixel basis, conditionally eliminating a
pixel on the outcome of a comparison between a stencil reference value and the value in the stencil
buffer at the location of the source pixel being processed. They are typically used in multipass
algorithms to achieve special effects (e.g., decals, outlining, shadows, and constructive solid
geometry rendering).
Projective Textures
The GMCH supports projective textures. These textures require three floating-point texture
coordinates to be included in the FVF format. Projective textures enable special effects
(e.g., projecting spot light textures obliquely onto walls, etc.).
4.4.1.6 2D Engine
The GMCH provides 2D hardware acceleration for block transfers of data (BLTs). The BLT engine
provides the ability to copy a source block of data to a destination and perform operations on the
data using a pattern, and/or another destination. The Stretch BLT engine is used to move source
data to a destination that need not be the same size, with source transparency. Performing these
common tasks in hardware reduces processor load and, thus, improves performance.
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4.4.1.7 GMCH VGA Registers
The 2D registers are a combination of registers defined by IBM when the Video Graphics Array
(VGA) was first introduced and others that Intel has added to support graphics modes that have
color depths, resolutions, and hardware acceleration features that go beyond the original VGA
standard.
4.4.1.8 Logical 128-Bit Fixed BLT and 256-Bit Fill Engine
Using this BLT engine accelerates the Graphical User Interface (GUI) of Microsoft Windows*.
The 128-bit GMCH BLT Engine provides hardware acceleration of block transfers of pixel data for
many common Windows operations. The term BLT refers to a block transfer of pixel data between
memory locations. The BLT engine can be used for the following:
• Move rectangular blocks of data between memory locations.
• Data Alignment.
• Perform logical operations (raster ops).
The GMCH BLT engine has the ability to expand monochrome data into a color depth of 8, 16, or
32 bits. BLTs can be either opaque or transparent. Opaque transfers, move the data specified to the
destination. Transparent transfers, compare destination color to source color and write according to
the mode of transparency selected.
Data is horizontally and vertically aligned at the destination. If the destination for the BLT overlaps
with the source memory location, the GMCH can specify which area in memory to begin the BLT
transfer. Hardware is included for all 256 raster operations (Source, Pattern, and Destination)
defined by Microsoft, including transparent BLT.
The GMCH has instructions to invoke BLT and STRBLT operations, permitting software to set up
instruction buffers and use batch processing. The GMCH can perform hardware clipping during
BLTs.
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4.4.2 Video Engine
4.4.2.1 Hardware Motion Compensation
The Motion Compensation (MC) process consists of reconstructing a new picture by predicting
(either forward, backward, or bidirectionally) the resulting pixel colors from one or more reference
pictures. The GMCH receives the video stream and implements Motion Compensation and
subsequent steps in hardware. Performing Motion Compensation in hardware reduces the
processor demand of software-based MPEG-2 decoding, and thus improves system performance.
The Motion Compensation functionality is overloaded onto the texture cache and texture filter. The
texture cache is used to typically access the data in the reconstruction of the frames and the filter is
used in the actual motion compensation process. To support this overloaded functionality the
texture cache additionally supports the following input formats:
• YUV420 planar
Sub-Picture Support
Sub-picture is used for two purposes; one is Subtitles for movie captions, etc. which are
superimposed on a main picture, and another is for Menus to provide some visual operation
environments for the user of the player.
A DVD allows movie subtitles to be recorded as Sub-pictures. On a DVD disc, it is called
“Subtitle” because it has been prepared for storing captions. Since the disc can have a maximum of
32 tracks for Subtitles, they can be used for various applications; for example, as Subtitles in
different languages or other information to be displayed.
There are two kinds of Menus, the System Menus and other In-Title Menus. First, the System
Menus are displayed and operated at startup of or during the playback of the disc or from the stop
state. Second, In-Title menus can be programmed as a combination of Sub-picture and Highlight
commands to be displayed during playback of the disc.
The GMCH supports sub-picture for DVD and DBS by mixing the two video streams via alpha
blending. Unlike color keying, alpha blending provides a softer effect and each pixel that is
displayed is a composite between the two video stream pixels. The GMCH can utilize four methods
when dealing with sub-pictures. The flexibility enables the GMCH to work with all sub-picture
formats.
4.4.2.2 Planes
A plane consists of a rectangular shaped image that has characteristics such as source, size,
position, method, and format. These planes get attached to source surfaces, which are rectangular
memory surfaces with a similar set of characteristics. They are also associated with a particular
destination pipe.
4.4.2.3 Cursor Plane
The cursor plane is one of the simplest display planes. With a few exceptions, it has a fixed size of
64x64 and a fixed Z-order (top). In legacy modes, the cursor can cause the display data below it to
be inverted.
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4.4.2.4 Overlay Plane
The overlay engine provides a method of merging either video capture data (from an external
Video Capture device) or data delivered by the processor, with the graphics data on the screen. The
source data can be mirrored horizontally or vertically or both.
Source/Destination Color Keying/Chromakeying
Overlay source/destination chromakeying enables blending of the overlay with the underlying
graphics background. Destination color/chromakeying can be used to handle occluded portions of
the overlay window on a pixel by pixel basis that is actually an underlay. Destination color keying
supports a specific color (8- or 15-bit) mode as well as 32-bit alpha blending.
Source color/chroma keying is used to handle transparency based on the overlay window on a pixel
by pixel basis. This is used when “blue screening” an image to overlay the image on a new
background later.
Gamma Correction
To compensate for overlay color intensity loss due to the non-linear response between display
devices, the overlay engine supports independent gamma correction. This allows the overlay data
to be converted to linear data or corrected for the display device when not blending.
YUV-to-RGB Conversion
The format conversion can be bypassed in the case of RGB source data. The format conversion
assumes that the YUV data is input in the 4:4:4 format and uses the full range scale.
Maximum Resolution and Frequency
The maximum frequency supported by the overlay logic is 170 MHz. The maximum resolution is
dependent on a number of variables.
Deinterlacing Support
For display on a progressive computer monitor, interlaced data that has been formatted for display
on interlaced monitors (TV), needs to be de-interlaced. The simple approaches to de-interlacing
create unwanted display artifacts. More advanced de-interlacing techniques have a large cost
associated with them. The compromise is to provide low cost but effective solutions and enable
both hardware and software based external solutions. Software-based solutions are enabled through
a high bandwidth transfer to system memory and back.
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Dynamic Bob and Weave
Interlaced data that originates from a video camera creates two fields that are temporally offset by
1/60 of a second. There are several schemes to deinterlace the video stream: line replication,
vertical filtering, field merging, and vertical temporal filtering. Field merging takes lines from the
previous field and inserts them into the current field to construct the frame – this is known as
Weaving. This is the best solution for images with little motion; however; showing a frame that
consists of the two fields will have serration or feathering of moving edges when there is motion in
the scene. Vertical filtering or “Bob” interpolates adjacent lines rather replicating the nearest
neighbor. This is the best solution for images with motion; however, it will have reduced spatial
resolution in areas that have no motion and introduces “jaggies.” In absence of any other
deinterlacing, these form the baseline and are supported by the GMCH.
Scaling Filter and Control
The scaling filter has 2-vertical taps and 5-horizontal taps. Arbitrary scaling (per pixel granularity)
for any video source format is supported.
The overlay logic can scale an input image up to 1600x1200 with no major degradation in the filter
used as long as the maximum frequency limitation is met. Display resolution and refresh rate
combinations where the dot clock is greater than the maximum frequency require the overlay to use
pixel replication.
4.4.3 Pipes
The display consists of a single pipe. The pipe can operate in a single-wide or double-wide mode at
2X graphics core clock; however, it is effectively limited by its display port (350 MHz max). The
primary display plane and the cursor plane provides a “double wide” mode to feed the pipe.
4.4.3.1 Clock Generator Units (DPLL)
The clock generator units provide a stable frequency for driving display devices. It operates by
converting an input reference frequency into an output frequency. The timing generators take their
input from the internal DPLL device that is programmable to generate pixel clocks in the range of
25 MHz –350 MHz. Accuracy for VESA timing modes is required to be within ± 0.5%.
The DPLL can take a reference frequency from the external reference input (DREFCLK) or the TV
clock input (DVOBC_CLKINT).
4.4.4 Ports
For more information on ports, refer to Section 4.5.
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4.5 Display Interfaces
The GMCH has three display ports, one analog and two digital. Each port can transmit data
according to one or more protocols. The digital ports are connected to an external device that
converts one protocol to another. Examples of this are TV encoders, external DACs, LVDS
transmitters, and TMDS transmitters. Each display port has control signals that may be used to
control, configure, and/or determine the capabilities of an external device.
The GMCH has one dedicated display port, the analog port. DVO ports B and C are multiplexed
with the AGP interface. When a system utilizes an AGP connector, DVO ports B and C can be
utilized via an ADD (AGP Digital Display) card. Ports B and C can also operate in dual channel
mode, where the data bus is connected to both display ports, allowing a single device to take data at
twice the pixel rate.
The GMCH’s analog port uses an integrated 350 MHz RAMDAC that can directly drive a standard
progressive scan analog monitor up to a resolution of 2048x1536 pixels with 32-bit color at 60 Hz.
The GMCH’s DVO ports are each capable of driving a 165 MHz pixel clock. Each port is capable
of driving a digital display up to 1600x1200 at 60 Hz. When in dual-channel mode, the GMCH can
drive a flat panel up to 2048x1536 at 60 Hz or dCRT/HDTV up to 1920x1080 at 85 Hz.
The GMCH is compliant with Digital Visual Interface (DVI) Specification, Revision 1.0. When
combined with a DVI compliant external device and connector, the GMCH has a high-speed
interface to a digital display (e.g., flat panel or digital CRT).
Table 4-9. Display Port Characteristics
Interface Protocol Analog Digital Port B Digital Port C
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RGB DAC Intel DVO 2.0 DVO 2.0
HSYNC Yes Enable/Polarity
VSYNC Yes Enable/Polarity
(1) (1)
BLANK No Yes Yes
STALL No Yes Yes
Field No Yes Yes
(1)
Display_Enable No Yes
Image Aspect Ratio Programmable and typically 1.33:1 or 1.78:1
(1)
Pixel Aspect Ratio Square
Voltage RGB 0.7 V p-p 1.5 V 1.5 V
Clock NA Differential
Max Rate 350 Mpixel 165/330 Mpixel
Format Analog RGB RGB 8:8:8 YUV 4:4:4
Control Bus DDC1/DDC2B DDC2B
External Device No TMDS/LVDS Transmitter /TV Encoder
Connector VGA/DVI-I DVI/CVBS/S-Video/Component/SCART
Special Functions Monitor Sense Dual Channel Mode
NOTE:
1. Single signal software selectable between display enable and Blank#.
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SIGNALS
Functional Description
4.5.1 Analog Display Port Characteristics
The analog display port provides a RGB signal output along with a HSYNC and VSYNC signal.
There is an associated DDC signal pair that is implemented using GPIO pins dedicated to the
analog port. The intended target device is for a CRT-based monitor with a VGA connector. Display
devices such as LCD panels with analog inputs may work satisfactory but no functionality has been
added to the signals to enhance that capability.
Table 4-10. Analog Port Characteristics
Signal Port Characteristic Support
Voltage Range 0.7 V p-p only
Monitor Sense Analog Compare
RGB
Analog Copy Protection No
Sync on Green No
Voltage LVTTL
Enable/Disable Port control
Polarity adjust VGA or port control
HSYNC
VSYNC
Composite Sync Support No
Special Flat Panel Sync No
Stereo Sync No
3.3 V – may need to be externally
Voltage
buffered to 5 V
DDC
Control Through GPIO interface
Integrated RAMDAC
The display function contains a RAM-based Digital-to-Analog Converter (RAMDAC) that
transforms the digital data from the graphics and video subsystems to analog data for the CRT
monitor. The GMCH’s integrated 350 MHz RAMDAC supports resolutions up to 1920x1080 at
85 Hz and 2048x1536 at 60 Hz. Three 8-bit DACs provide the R, G, and B signals to the monitor.
Sync Signals
The HSYNC and VSYNC signals are digital and conform to TTL signal levels at the connector.
Since the GMCH has 3.3 V buffers for these signals, external level shifting may be required. These
signals can be polarity adjusted and individually disabled in one of the two possible states. The
sync signals should power up disabled in the high state. No composite sync or special flat panel
sync support is included.
VESA/VGA Mode
VESA/VGA mode provides compatibility for pre-existing software that sets the display mode
using the VGA CRTC registers. Timings are generated based on the VGA register values and the
timing generator registers are not used.
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DDC (Display Data Channel)
DDC is a standard defined by VESA. Its purpose is to allow communication between the host
system and display. Both configuration and control information can be exchanged allowing plug-
and-play systems to be realized. Support for DDC 1 and 2 is implemented. The GMCH uses the
DDCA_Clk and Data to communicate with the analog monitor.
4.5.2 Digital Display Interface
The GMCH has several options for driving digital displays. The GMCH contains two DVO ports
that are multiplexed on the AGP interface. When an external AGP graphics accelerator is not
present, the GMCH can use the multiplexed DVO ports to provide extra digital display options.
These additional digital display capabilities may be provided through an ADD card, which is
designed to plug in to a 1.5 V AGP connector.
4.5.2.1 Digital Display Channels – DVOB and DVOC
The shared DVO ports each support a pixel clock up to 165 MHz and can support a variety of
transmission devices. When using a 24-bit external transmitter, it will be possible to pair the two
DVO ports in dual-channel mode to support a single digital display with higher resolutions and
refresh rates. In this mode, the GMCH is capable of driving pixel clock up to 330 MHz.
The GMCH multiplexes an ADD_DETECT signal with the GPAR signal on the AGP bus. This
signal acts as a strap and indicates whether the interface is in AGP or DVO mode. The GMCH has
an internal pull-up on this signal that pulls it high. If an ADD card is present, the signal is pulled
low on the ADD card and the GMCH operates in DVO mode. Motherboards that do not use an
AGP connector should have a pull-down resistor on ADD_DETECT if digital display devices are
connected to the AGP/DVO interface.
ADD Card
When an 845G chipset utilizes an AGP connector, the multiplexed DVO ports can be used via an
ADD card. The ADD card fits in a 1.5 V AGP connector.
TMDS Capabilities
The GMCH is compliant with Digital Visual Interface (DVI) Specification, Revision 1.0. When
combined with a DVI compliant external device and connector, the GMCH has a high-speed
interface to a digital display (e.g., flat panel or digital CRT). When combining the two multiplexed
DVO ports, the GMCH can drive a flat panel up to 2048x1536 at 60 Hz or a dCRT/HDTV up to
1920x1080 at 85 Hz. Flat Panel is a fixed resolution display. While the GMCH has no native panel
fitting capabilities, it supports panel fitting in the transmitter, receiver, or an external device. The
GMCH, however, provides unscaled mode where the display is centered on the panel.
LVDS Capabilities
The GMCH can use the multiplexed DVO ports to drive an LVDS transmitter. A Flat Panel is a
fixed resolution display. While the GMCH has no native panel fitting capabilities, it supports panel
fitting in the transmitter, receiver, or an external device. The GMCH provides unscaled mode
where the display is centered on the panel. The GMCH supports scaling in the LVDS transmitter
through the DVOB (or DVOC)_STL pin, multiplexed with DVOB (or DVOC)_FLD.
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Functional Description
TV-Out Capabilities
While traditional TVs are not digital displays, the GMCH uses a digital display channel to
communicate with a TV-Out transmitter. For that reason, the GMCH considers a TV-Output to be a
digital display. The GMCH supports NTSC/PAL/SECAM standard definition formats. The GMCH
generates the proper timing for the external encoder. The external encoder is responsible for
generation of the proper format signal. Since the multiplexed DVO interface is 1.5 V, care should
be taken to ensure that the TV encoder is operational at that signaling voltage.
A NTSC/PAL/SECAM display on the TV-Out port can be configured to be the boot device. It is
necessary to ensure that appropriate BIOS support is provided.
The TV-Out interface on the GMCH is addressable as a master device. This allows an external TV
encoder device to drive a pixel clock signal on DVOBC_CLKINT# that the GMCH uses as a
reference frequency. The frequency of this clock is dependent on the output resolution required.
Data is driven to the encoder across 12 data lines, along with a clock pair and sync signals. The
encoder can expect a continuous flow of data from the GMCH because data will not be throttled.
Flicker Filter and Overscan Compensation
The overscan compensation scaling and the flicker filter is done in the external TV encoder chip.
Care must be taken to allow for support of TV sets with high performance de-interlacers and
progressive scan displays connected to by way of a non-interlaced signal. Timing is generated with
pixel granularity to allow more overscan ratios to be supported.
Direct YUV from Overlay
When source material is in the YUV format and is destined for a device that can take YUV format
data in, it is desired to send the data without converting it to RGB. This avoids the truncation errors
associated with multiple color conversion steps. The common situation is that the overlay source
data is in the YUV format and bypasses the conversion to RBG as it is sent to the TV port directly.
Sync Lock Support
Sync lock to the TV is done using the external encoder’s PLL combined with the display phase
detector mechanism. The availability of this feature is determined by which external encoder is in
use.
Analog Content Protection
Analog content protection is provided through the external encoder using Macrovision 7.01. DVD
software must verify the presence of a Macrovision TV encoder before playback continues. Simple
attempts to disable the Macrovision operation must be detected.
Connectors
Target TV connector support includes the CVBS, S-Video, Component, and SCART connectors.
The external TV encoder in use determines the method of support.
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Functional Description
DDC (Display Data Channel)
The multiplexed digital display interface uses the MDVI_CLK and MDVI_DATA signals to
interrogate the panel. The GMCH supports the DDC2B protocol to initiate the transfer of EDID
data. The multiplexed digital display interface uses the M_I2C bus to interrogate the external
transmitter.
Optional High Speed (Dual-Channel) Interface
The multiplexed digital display ports can operate in a single 24-bit mode. The 24-bit mode uses the
12-bit DVOC data pins combined with the DVOB data pins to make a 24-bit bus. This doubles the
transfer rate capabilities of the port. In the single port case, horizontal periods have a granularity of
a single pixel clock; in the double case, horizontal periods have a granularity of two pixel clocks. In
both cases, data is transferred on both edges of the differential clock. The GMCH can output the
data in a high-low fashion, with the lower 12 bits of the pixel on one DVO port and the upper
12 bits of data on the other DVO port. In this manner, the GMCH transfers an entire pixel per clock
edge (2 pixels per clock). In addition to this, the GMCH also can transfer dual-channel data in odd-
even format. In this mode, the GMCH transfers all odd pixels on DVOC and all even pixels on
DVOB. In this format, each DVO port sees both the high and low half of the pixel, but only sees
half of the pixels transferred. As in high-low mode, two full pixels are transferred per clock period.
The high-low ordering within each pixel can be modified through DVO control registers.
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In single channel mode, the order of pixel transmission (high-low vs. low-high) can be adjusted via
the data ordering bit of that DVO port’s control register. As mentioned above, when in dual -
channel mode, the GMCH can transmit data in a high-low or odd-even format. In high-low mode,
software can choose which half goes to which port. A 0 = DVOB Lo/DVOC Hi, and a 1 = DVOB
Hi/ DVOC Lo. In odd/even mode, the odd pixels will always go out to DVOC and even pixels will
always go out to DVOB. Which DVO port is even and which is odd cannot be switched, but the
data order bit can be used to change the active data order within the even and odd pixels. The
GMCH considers the first pixel to be pixel zero and sends it out to DVOB.
4.5.2.2 Synchronous Display
Microsoft Windows* 98 and Windows* 2000 have enabled support for multi-monitor display.
Synchronous mode will display the same information on multiple displays.
Since the GMCH has several display ports available for its single pipe, it can support synchronous
display on two displays, unless one of the displays is a TV. No synchronous display is available
when a TV is in use. The GMCH does not support two synchronous digital displays. The GMCH
cannot drive multiple displays concurrently (different data or timings). In addition, the GMCH
cannot operate in parallel with an external AGP device. The GMCH can, however, work in
conjunction with a PCI graphics adapter.
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Functional Description
4.6 Power and Thermal Management
4.6.1 Power Management Support Overview
• ACPI Supported
• System States: S0, S1(desktop), S3, S4, S5, C0, C1, C2 (desktop)
• Graphics States: D0, D3
• Monitor States: D0, D1, D2, D3
4.6.2 Processor Power State Control
• C0 (Full On): This is the only state that runs software. All clocks are running, STPCLK# is
deasserted and the processor core is active. The processor can service snoops and maintain
cache coherency in this state.
• C1 (Auto-Halt): The first level of power reduction occurs when the processor executes an
Auto-Halt instruction. This stops the execution of the instruction stream. The processor can
service snoops and maintain cache coherency in this state.
• C2 (Stop Grant): The next level of power reduction occurs when the processor is placed into
the Stop Grant state by the assertion of STPCLK#. The GMCH supports only the Stop Grant
state in C2.
4.6.3 Sleep State Control
• S0 (Awake): In this state all power planes are active.
• S1 (Stop Grant): S1 state is the same as C2 state (Stop Grant).
• S3 (Suspend-To-RAM): The next level of power reduction occurs when the clock synthesizer
and main power planes (ICH4, GMCH, and the processor) are shut down but the DRAM
memory plane and the ICH4 resume well remain active. This is the Suspend-To-RAM (STR)
state. All clocks from the synthesizer are shut down during the S3 state.
• S4 (Suspend-To-Disk) and S5 (Soft Off): The next level of power reduction occurs when the
memory power is shut down in addition to the clock synthesizer, ICH4, GMCH, and the
processor power planes. The ICH4 resume well is still powered.
• G3 (Mechanical Off): In this state only the RTC well is powered. The system can only
reactivate when the power switch is returned to the “on” position.
4.6.4 Graphics Adapter State Control
• D0 (Active): In this state, power planes are normal and active. This is the normal on state for
the GMCH graphics functions. The GMCH graphics functions enter this state out of power-on-
reset.
• D3 (Inactive): The D3 power state is the lowest power mode. Displays are off, and the
registers and memory need not be maintained. HSYNC and VSYNC are not pulsed in this
state.
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Functional Description
4.6.5 Monitor State Control
• D0 (On): In this state, both HSYNC and VSYNC are pulsed.
• D1 (Standby): The D1 monitor state is the standby mode. VSYNC is pulsed.
• D2 (Suspend): The D2 monitor state is the suspend mode. HSYNC is pulsed.
• D3 (Off): The D3 power state is the off mode. HSYNC and VSYNC are not pulsed in this
state.
4.7 Clocking
Figure 4-2 shows a block diagram of an 845G chipset-based system. The GMCH has the following
clocks:
• 100/133 MHz, Spread spectrum, Low voltage (0.7 V) Differential HCLKP/HCLKN for PSB
• 66.667 MHz, Spread spectrum, 3.3 V GCLKIN for hub interface and AGP
• 48 MHz, Non-Spread spectrum, 3.3 V DREFCLK for the Display frequency syntheses
• Up to 85 MHz, 1.5 V DVOBC_CLKINT for TV-Out mode
The GMCH has inputs for a low voltage, differential pair of clocks called HCLKP and HCLKN.
These pins receive a host clock from the external clock synthesizer. This clock is used by the host
interface and system memory logic. The graphics engine also uses this clock.
The graphics core and display interfaces are asynchronous to the rest of the GMCH. The Graphics
core runs at 200 MHz. The display PLL uses the Non-Spread Spectrum 48 MHz input to generate a
frequency range of 12 MHz–350 MHz.
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Functional Description
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Figure 4-2. Intel 845G Chipset-Based System Clocking Diagram
Processor
Low Voltage Differential Clocks 100/133 MHz
200/266 MHz DDR
or
Low Voltage Differential Clocks
133 MHz SDR
DDR
100/133 MHz
Differential Pairs
D D
I I
Host
M M
PLL
M M
1 OR
1
SDR
0
0
0 1
A
Differential Pairs
0
0
G
/
/
GMCH
P
1
1
3
3
3 4
3
X
M DPLL
M
Core
H
24 - 350
H
PLL
48 MHz DOT
z
z MHz
66 MHz 66 MHz
33 MHz
PCI Slot 0
33 MHz
PCI Slot 1
33 MHz
Buffer PCI Slot 2
33 MHz
CK- 408 Section
PCI Dev 1
33 MHz
PCI Dev 2
/2
33 MHz
PCI Dev 3
Main PLL 33 MHz
PCI Dev 4
400 MHz
33 MHz
PCI Dev 5
33 MHz
14 MHz
48 MHz
66 MHz
OSC PLL
100/
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133 MHz
48 MHz USB
14 MHz
ITP
48 MHz DOT
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System Address 5
An mPGA478 processor system based on the GMCH supports 4 GB of addressable memory space
and 64 KB+3 of addressable I/O space. There is a programmable memory address space under the
1-MB region that is divided into regions which can be individually controlled with programmable
attributes (e.g., disable, read/write, write only, or read only). Attribute programming is described in
Chapter 3. This section focuses on how the memory space is partitioned and what the separate
memory regions are used for. I/O address space has simpler mapping and is explained at the end of
this section.
The mPGA478 processor family supports addressing of memory ranges larger than 4 GB. The
GMCH claims any processor access over 4 GB and terminates the transaction without forwarding
it to the hub interface or AGP. Simply dropping the data terminates writes. For reads, the GMCH
returns all zeros on the host bus. Note that the 845G chipset does not support the PCI Dual Address
Cycle Mechanism; therefore, the GMCH does not allow addressing of greater than 4 GB on either
the hub interface or AGP interface.
In the following sections, it is assumed that all of the compatibility memory ranges reside on the
hub interface/PCI. The exception to this rule is VGA ranges, which may be mapped to AGP or to
the IGD. In the absence of more specific references, cycle descriptions referencing PCI should be
interpreted as the hub interface/PCI, while cycle descriptions referencing AGP are related to the
AGP bus. The 845G chipset memory address map includes a number of programmable ranges.
Warning: All of these ranges must be unique and non-overlapping. There are no hardware interlocks to
prevent problems in the case of overlapping ranges. Accesses to overlapped ranges may produce
indeterminate results.
5.1 System Memory Address Ranges
The GMCH provides a maximum SDRAM address decode space of 2 GB. The GMCH does not
remap APIC memory space. The GMCH does not limit SDRAM space in hardware.
Note: It is the BIOS or system designers’ responsibility to limit memory population so that adequate PCI,
AGP, High BIOS, and APIC memory space can be allocated.
Figure 5-1 shows the system memory address map in a simplified form. Figure 5-2 provides
additional details on mapping specific memory regions as defined and supported by the GMCH.
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Figure 5-1. Memory System Address Map
4 GB
Graphics
AGP Graphics
PCI Memory
Memory
Aperture
Address Range
Top of Main
Memory
Main Memory
Address Range
Independently Programmable
Non-overlapping Windows
Figure 5-2. Detailed Memory System Address Map
System Memory
Space
64 GB
Extended
Memory
4 GB Max TOM
AGP Graphics
Window Aperture
0FFFFFh 1 MB
PCI
Upper BIOS Area
Memory
2 GB (64 KB)
Range
0F0000h
960 KB
0EFFFFh
Lower BIOS Area
(64 KB; 16 KB x 4)
0E0000h
896 KB
0DFFFFh
16 MB
Expansion Card
Optional ISA Hole
BIOS
15 MB
and Buffer Area
Main Memory
(128 KB;
Range
16 KB x 8)
0C0000h
768 KB
0BFFFFh
Std PCI/ISA
1 MB
Optionally
Video Mem
mapped to the
(SMM Mem)
AGP
DOS 128 KB
640 KB 0A0000h
640 KB
Compatibility
09FFFFh
Memory
DOS Area
(640 KB)
000000h
0 MB 0 KB
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5.1.1 Compatibility Area
This area is divided into the following address regions:
• 0 – 640 KB DOS Area
• 640 – 768 KB Video Buffer Area
• 768 – 896 KB in 16-KB sections (total of 8 sections) - Expansion Area
• 896 – 960 KB in 16-KB sections (total of 4 sections) - Extended System BIOS Area
• 960 KB – 1 MB Memory (BIOS Area) - System BIOS Area
There are fifteen memory segments in the compatibility area. Thirteen of the memory ranges can
be enabled or disabled independently for both read and write cycles.
Table 5-1. Memory Segments and Their Attributes
Memory Segments Attributes Comments
fixed - always mapped to main
000000h–09FFFFh 0 to 640K – DOS Region
SDRAM
mapped to Hub Interface, AGP, or Video Buffer (physical SDRAM
0A0000h–0BFFFFh
IGD - configurable as SMM space configurable as SMM space)
0C0000h–0C3FFFh WE, RE Add-on BIOS
0C4000h–0C7FFFh WE, RE Add-on BIOS
0C8000h–0CBFFFh WE, RE Add-on BIOS
0CC000h–0CFFFFh WE, RE Add-on BIOS
0D0000h–0D3FFFh WE, RE Add-on BIOS
0D4000h–0D7FFFh WE, RE Add-on BIOS
0D8000h–0DBFFFh WE, RE Add-on BIOS
0DC000h–0DFFFFh WE, RE Add-on BIOS
0E0000h–0E3FFFh WE, RE BIOS Extension
0E4000h–0E7FFFh WE, RE BIOS Extension
0E8000h–0EBFFFh WE, RE BIOS Extension
0EC000h–0EFFFFh WE, RE BIOS Extension
0F0000h–0FFFFFh WE, RE BIOS Area
DOS Area (00000h–9FFFFh)
The DOS area is 640 KB in size and is always mapped to the main memory controlled by the
GMCH.
Legacy VGA Ranges (A0000h–BFFFFh)
The legacy 128-KB VGA memory range A0000h–BFFFFh (Frame Buffer) can be mapped to IGD
(Device 2), to AGP/PCI_B (Device 1), and/or to the Hub Interface depending on the programming
of the VGA steering bits. Priority for VGA mapping is constant in that the GMCH always decodes
internally mapped devices first. Internal to the GMCH, decode precedence is given to IGD. The
GMCH always positively decodes internally mapped devices (IGD and AGP/PCI_B). Subsequent
decoding of regions mapped to AGP/PCI_B or the hub interface depends on the Legacy VGA
configurations bits (VGA Enable and MDAP). This region is also the default for SMM space.
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Compatible SMRAM Address Range (A0000h–BFFFFh)
When compatible SMM space is enabled, SMM-mode processor accesses to this range are routed
to physical system SDRAM at this address. Non-SMM-mode processor accesses to this range are
considered to be to the Video Buffer Area as described above. AGP and hub interface originated
cycles to enabled SMM space are not allowed and are considered to be to the Video Buffer Area.
Monochrome Adapter (MDA) Range (B0000h–B7FFFh)
Legacy support requires the ability to have a second graphics controller (monochrome) in the
system. Accesses in the standard VGA range are forwarded to IGD, AGP/PCI_B, and the hub
interface (depending on configuration bits). Since the monochrome adapter may be mapped to any
one of these devices, the GMCH must decode cycles in the MDA range and forward them either to
IGD, AGP/PCI_B, or the hub interface. This capability is controlled by a VGA steering bits and the
legacy configuration bit (MDAP bit). In addition to the memory range B0000h to B7FFFh, the
GMCH decodes I/O cycles at 3B4h, 3B5h, 3B8h, 3B9h, 3BAh and 3BFh and forwards them to the
either the IGD, AGP/PCI_B, and/or the hub interface.
Expansion Area (C0000h–DFFFFh)
This 128-KB ISA Expansion region is divided into eight, 16-KB segments. Each segment can be
assigned one of four read/write states: read-only, write-only, read/write, or disabled. Typically,
these blocks are mapped through GMCH and are subtractively decoded to ISA space. Memory that
is disabled is not remapped.
Extended System BIOS Area (E0000h–EFFFFh)
This 64-KB area is divided into four, 16-KB segments. Each segment can be assigned independent
read and write attributes so it can be mapped either to main SDRAM or to the hub interface.
Typically, this area is used for RAM or ROM. Memory segments that are disabled are not
remapped elsewhere.
System BIOS Area (F0000h–FFFFFh)
This area is a single, 64-KB segment. This segment can be assigned read and write attributes. It is
by default (after reset) read/write disabled and cycles are forwarded to the hub interface. By
manipulating the read/write attributes, the GMCH can “shadow” BIOS into the main SDRAM.
When disabled, this segment is not remapped.
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5.1.2 Extended Memory Area
This memory area covers 100000h (1 MB) to FFFFFFFFh (4 GB–1 Byte) address range and it is
divided into the following regions:
• Main System SDRAM Memory from 1 MB to the Top of Memory; maximum of 2 GB
SDRAM.
• AGP or PCI Memory space from the Top of Memory to 4 GB with two specific ranges:
• APIC Configuration Space from FEC0_0000h (4 GB–20 MB) to FECF_FFFFh and
FEE0_0000h to FEEF_FFFFh
• High BIOS area from 4 GB to 4 GB – 2 MB
Main System SDRAM Address Range (0010_0000h to Top of Main Memory)
The address range from 1 MB to the top of main memory is mapped to main SDRAM address
range controlled by the GMCH. The Top of Memory (TOM) is limited to 2 GB SDRAM. All
accesses to addresses within this range will be forwarded by the GMCH to the SDRAM unless a
hole in this range is created using the fixed hole as controlled by the FDHC register. Accesses
within this hole are forwarded to the hub interface.
The GMCH provides a maximum SDRAM address decode space of 4 GB. The GMCH does not
remap APIC memory space. The GMCH does not limit SDRAM address space in hardware.
5.1.2.1 15 MB–16 MB Window
A hole can be created at 15 MB–16 MB as controlled by the fixed hole enable (FDHC register) in
Device 0 space. Accesses within this hole are forwarded to the hub interface. The range of physical
SDRAM memory disabled by opening the hole is not remapped to the Top of the Memory – that
physical SDRAM space is not accessible. This 15 MB–16 MB hole is an optionally enabled ISA
hole. Video accelerators originally used this hole. It is also used by validation and customer SV
teams for some of their test cards. That is why it is being supported. There is no inherent BIOS
request for the 15 MB–16 MB hole.
5.1.2.2 Pre-Allocated Memory
Voids of physical addresses that are not accessible as general system memory and reside within
system memory address range (< TOM) are created for SMM-mode and legacy VGA graphics
compatibility. For VGA graphics compatibility, pre-allocated memory is only required in non-local
memory configurations.
Note: It is the responsibility of BIOS to properly initialize these regions.
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Table 5-2 details the location and attributes of the regions. Enabling/disabling these ranges are
described in the GMCH Control Register Device 0 (GC).
Table 5-2. Pre-allocated Memory
Memory Segments Attributes Comments
00000000h–03E7FFFFh R/W Available System Memory 62.5 MB
Pre-allocated Graphics VGA memory.
03E80000h–03F7FFFFh R/W
1 MB (or 512 K or 8 MB) when IGD is
enabled.
SMM Mode Only - processor
03F80000h–03FFFFFFh TSEG Address Range
reads
SMM Mode Only - processor
03F80000h–03FFFFFFh TSEG Pre-allocated Memory
reads
Extended SMRAM Address Range (HSEG and TSEG)
The HSEG and TSEG SMM transaction address spaces reside in this extended memory area.
HSEG
SMM-mode processor accesses to enabled HSEG are remapped to 000A0000h–000BFFFFh. Non-
SMM-mode processor accesses to enabled HSEG are considered invalid are terminated
immediately on the PSB. The exceptions to this rule are Non-SMM-mode Write Back cycles that
are remapped to SMM space to maintain cache coherency. AGP and hub interface-originated
cycles to enabled SMM space are not allowed. Physical SDRAM behind the HSEG transaction
address is not remapped and is not accessible.
TSEG
TSEG can be up to 1 MB in size and is at the top of physical memory. SMM-mode processor
accesses to enabled TSEG access the physical SDRAM at the same address. Non-SMM-mode
processor accesses to enabled TSEG are considered invalid and are terminated immediately on the
PSB. The exceptions to this rule are Non-SMM-mode Write Back cycles that are directed to the
physical SMM space to maintain cache coherency. AGP and hub interface-originated cycles to
enabled SMM space are not allowed.
The size of the SMRAM space is determined by the USMM value in the SMRAM register. When
the extended SMRAM space is enabled, non-SMM processor accesses and all other accesses in this
range are forwarded to the hub interface. When SMM is enabled, the amount of memory available
to the system is equal to the amount of physical SDRAM minus the value in the TSEG register.
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PCI Memory Address Range (Top of Main Memory to 4 GB)
The address range from the top of main SDRAM to 4 GB (top of physical memory space supported
by the GMCH) is normally mapped via the hub interface to PCI.
As an internal graphics configuration, there are two exceptions to this rule:
• Addresses decoded to graphics configuration registers.
• Addresses decoded to the Memory Mapped Range of the Internal Graphics Device.
Both exception cases are forwarded to the Internal Graphics Device.
As an AGP configuration, there are two exceptions to this rule:
• Addresses decoded to the AGP Memory Window defined by the MBASE, MLIMIT,
PMBASE, and PMLIMIT registers are mapped to AGP.
• Addresses decoded to the Graphics Aperture range defined by the APBASE and APSIZE
registers are mapped to the main SDRAM.
Warning: There are two sub-ranges within the PCI memory address range defined as APIC configuration
space and High BIOS address range. As an Internal Graphics Device, the memory-mapped range
of the Internal Graphics Device must not overlap with these two ranges. Similarly, as an AGP
device, the AGP memory window and graphics aperture window must not overlap with these two
ranges. These ranges are described in detail in the following paragraphs.
APIC Configuration Space (FEC0_0000h–FECF_FFFFh, FEE0_0000h–FEEF_FFFFh)
This range is reserved for APIC configuration space which includes the default I/O APIC
configuration space. The default local APIC configuration space is FEE0_0000h to FEEF_0FFFh.
Processor accesses to the local APIC configuration space do not result in external bus activity since
the local APIC configuration space is internal to the processor. However, an MTRR must be
programmed to make the local APIC range uncacheable (UC). The local APIC base address in each
processor should be relocated to the FEC0_0000h (4GB-20MB) to FECF_FFFFh range so that one
MTRR can be programmed to 64 KB for the Local and I/O APICs. The I/O APIC(s) usually reside
in the ICH4 portion of the chipset or as a stand-alone component(s).
I/O APIC units will be located beginning at the default address FEC0_0000h. The first I/O APIC
will be located at FEC0_0000h. Each I/O APIC unit is located at FEC0_x000h where x is I/O APIC
unit number 0 through F(hex). This address range will be normally mapped to Hub Interface.
Note: There is no provision to support an I/O APIC device on AGP.
The address range between the APIC configuration space and the High BIOS (FED0_0000h to
FFDF_FFFFh) is always mapped to the hub interface.
High BIOS Area (FFE0_0000h–FFFF_FFFFh)
The top 2 MB of the extended memory region is reserved for system BIOS (High BIOS), extended
BIOS for PCI devices, and the A20 alias of the system BIOS. The processor begins execution from
the High BIOS after reset. This region is mapped to the hub interface so that the upper subset of
this region aliases to 16 MB–256 KB range. The actual address space required for the BIOS is less
than 2 MB but the minimum processor MTRR range for this region is 2 MB so that the full 2 MB
must be considered.
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5.1.3 AGP Memory Address Ranges
The GMCH can be programmed to direct memory accesses to the AGP bus interface when
addresses are within either of two ranges specified via registers in the GMCH’s Device 1
configuration space. The first range is controlled via the Memory Base Register (MBASE) and
Memory Limit Register (MLIMIT) registers. The second range is controlled via the Prefetchable
Memory Base (PMBASE) and Prefetchable Memory Limit (PMLIMIT) registers.
Conceptually, address decoding for each range follows the same basic concept. The top 12 bits of
the respective Memory Base and Memory Limit registers correspond to address bits A[31:20] of a
memory address. For the purpose of address decoding, the GMCH assumes that address bits
A[19:0] of the memory base are zero and that address bits A[19:0] of the memory limit address are
FFFFFh. This forces each memory address range to be aligned to 1-MB boundary and to have a
size granularity of 1 MB.
The GMCH positively decodes memory accesses to AGP memory address space as defined by the
following equations:
• Memory_Base_Address ≤ Address ≤ Memory_Limit_Address
• Prefetchable_Memory_Base_Address ≤ Address ≤ Prefetchable_Memory_Limit_Address
The window size is programmed by the plug-and-play configuration software. The window size
depends on the size of memory claimed by the AGP device. Normally these ranges will reside
above the Top-of-Main-DRAM and below High BIOS and APIC address ranges. They normally
reside above the top of memory (TOM) so they do not steal any physical SDRAM memory space.
It is essential to support a separate Prefetchable range to apply the USWC attribute (from the
processor point of view) to that range. The USWC attribute is used by the processor for write
combining.
Note that the GMCH Device 1 memory range registers described above are used to allocate
memory address space for any devices sitting on AGP that require such a window. These devices
would include the AGP device, PCI-66 MHz/1.5 V agents, and multifunctional AGP devices where
one or more functions are implemented as PCI devices.
The PCICMD1 register can override the routing of memory accesses to AGP. In other words, the
Memory Access Enable bit must be set in the Device 1 PCICMD1 register to enable the memory
base/limit and prefetchable base/limit windows.
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Electrical Characteristics 6
This chapter contains the thermal characteristics, power characteristics and DC characteristics for
the GMCH component.
Note: SDR signals are multiplexed with DDR signals. The specific signal’s timing and voltage level is
dependent on the 845G GMCH memory mode selected. This document differentiates the two by
following each signal with either SDR or DDR, as appropriate.
6.1 Absolute Maximum Ratings
Table 6-1 lists the GMCH’s maximum environmental stress ratings. Functional operation at the
absolute maximum and minimum is neither implied nor guaranteed. Functional operating
parameters are listed in the DC characteristics tables.
Warning: Stressing the device beyond the “Absolute Maximum Ratings” may cause permanent damage.
These are stress ratings only. Operating beyond the “operating conditions” is not recommended and
extended exposure beyond “operating conditions” may affect reliability.
Table 6-1. Absolute Maximum Ratings
Symbol Parameter Min Max Unit
T Die Temperature under Bias 0 97 °C
die
T Storage Temperature -55 150 °C
storage
VCC1_5 1.5 V Supply Voltage with respect to VSS -0.3 1.75 V
VTT AGTL+ buffer DC input voltage with respect to VSS -0.3 1.75 V
VCCSM(DDR) 2.5 V DDR Supply Voltage with respect to VSS -0.5 3 V
VCCSM(SDR) 3.3 V Supply Voltage with respect to VSS -0.3 3.6 V
6.2 Thermal Characteristics
The GMCH is designed for operation at die temperatures between 0 °C and 97 °C. The thermal
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resistance of the package is given in Table 6-2. See the Intel 845G/845GL /845GV Chipset:
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Intel 82845G/82845GL Graphics and Memory Controller Hub (GMCH) Thermal and
Mechanical Design Guidelines for more information.
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Table 6-2. Intel 82845G GMCH Package Thermal Resistance
Airflow Velocity in Meters/Second
Parameter
No Air Flow 1 m/s
Ψ (°C/Watt)** (see note) (see note)
jt
Θ (°C/Watt)** (see note) (see note)
ja
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NOTE: Refer to the Intel 845G/845GL/845GV Chipset: Intel 82845G/82845GL/82845GV Graphics and
Memory Controller Hub (GMCH) Thermal and Mechanical Design Guidelines for more information.
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6.3 Power Characteristics
Table 6-3. Power Characteristics
Symbol Parameter Max Unit Notes
P Thermal Design Power W 1
GMCH(DDR)
P Thermal Design Power W 1
GMCH(SDR)
I 1.5 V Core Supply Current 2.46 A 2
VCC(DDR)
I 1.5 V Core Supply Current 2.0 A 2
VCC(SDR)
I 1.5 V AGP Supply Current (AGP mode) 0.37 A 2
VCCAGP
I 1.5 V AGP Supply Current (DVO mode) 0.18 A 2
VCCAGP
I 1.5 V Hub Interface Supply Current 90 mA 2
VCCHI
I GMCH VTT supply Current 2.4 A
VTTFSB
I DDR System Memory Interface (2.5 V) Supply Current 2.2 A
VCCSM(DDR)
I 2.5 V Standby Supply Current 95 mA
SUS_2.5
I SDR System Memory Interface (3.3 V) Supply Current 1.6 A
VCCSM(SDR)
I 3.3 V Standby Supply Current 5 mA
SUS_3.3
NOTES:
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1. See Intel 845G/845GL/845GV Chipset: Intel 82845G/82845GL/82845GV Graphics and Memory Controller
Hub (GMCH) Thermal and Mechanical Design Guidelines for more information.
2. These current levels may happen simultaneously and can be summed into one supply.
6.4 Signal Groups
The signal description includes the type of buffer used for the particular signal (see Table 6-4):
AGTL+ Open Drain AGTL+ interface signal. Refer to the AGTL+ I/O Specification
for complete details. The GMCH integrates most AGTL+ termination
resistors.
AGP AGP interface signals. These signals are compatible with AGP 2.0 1.5 V
Signaling Environment DC and AC Specifications. The buffers are not 3.3 V
tolerant. (DVO signals use the same buffers as AGP)
HI CMOS Hub Interface 1.5 V CMOS buffers.
DDR CMOS DDR System memory 2.5 V CMOS buffers.
SDR CMOS SDR System memory 3.3 V CMOS buffers.
Table 6-4. Signal Groups (Sheet 1 of 2)
Signal
Signal Type Signals
Group
AGP Interface Signal Groups
GADSTB_[1:0], GADSTB_[1:0]#, GFRAME#, GIRDY#, GTRDY#,
(a) AGP I/O
GSTOP#, GDEVSEL#, GAD_[31:0], GC/BE_[3:0]#, GPAR
(b) AGP Input GPIPE#, GSBA_[7:0], GRBF#, GWBF#, GSBSTB, GSBSTB#, GREQ#
(c) AGP Output GST_[2:0], GGNT#
(d) AGP Miscellaneous AGP_VREF, AGP_RCOMP
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Table 6-4. Signal Groups (Sheet 2 of 2)
Signal
Signal Type Signals
Group
Hub Interface Signal Groups
Hub Interface
(e) HI_[10:0], HISTBS, HISTBF
CMOS I/O
Hub Interface
(f) HI_SWING, HI_VREF, HI_RCOMP
Miscellaneous
Host Interface Signal Groups
ADS#, BNR#, DBSY#, DINV_[3:0]#, DRDY#, HA_[31:3]#, HADSTB_[1:0]
(g) AGTL+ I/O #, HD_[63:0]#,HDSTBP_[3:0]#, HDSTBN_[3:0]#, HIT#, HITM#,
HREQ_[4:0]#
(h) AGTL+ Input HLOCK#
(i) AGTL+ Output BPRI#, BREQ0#, CPURST#, DEFER#, HTRDY#, RS_[2:0]#
(j) Host Clock Input HCLKP, HCLKN
HDVREF_[2:0], HA_VREF, HCC_VREF, HX_RCOMP, HY_RCOMP,
(k) Host Miscellaneous
HX_SWING, HY_SWING
DDR Interface Signal Groups
(l) DDR SSTL_2 I/O SDQ_[63:0], SDQS_[7:0]
SDM_[7:0], SCMDCLK_[5:0], SCMDCLK_[5:0]#, SMAA_[12:0],
(m) DDR SSTL_2 Output SMAB_[5,4,2,1], SBA_[1:0], SRAS#, SCAS#, SWE#, SCS_[3:0]#,
SCKE_[3:0], SRCVEN_OUT#
(n) DDR SSTL_2 Input SRCVEN_IN#
(o) DDR Miscellaneous SMXRCOMP, SMYRCOMP, SM_VREF
SDR Interface Signal Groups
(p) SDRAM LVTTL I/O SDQ_[63:0]
SDM_[7:0], SMAA_[12:0], SBA_[1:0], SRAS#, SCAS#, SWE#, SCS[7:0]#,
(q) SDRAM LVTTL Output
SCK_[7:0], SCKE_[3:0], SRDCLK_OUT
(r) SDRAM LVTTL Input SRDCLK_IN
SDRAM Miscella-
(s) SMXRCOMP, SMYRCOMP, SM_VREF
neous
DAC Signal Groups
(t) Display LVTTL Output VSYNC, HSYNC
Display Analog
(u) RED, GREEN, BLUE, RED#, GREEN#, BLUE#
Outputs
(v) Display Miscellaneous REFSET
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Intel DVO Signal Groups
(w) DVOx Input DVOBC_CLKINT, DVOx_FLD/STL, DVOBC_INTR#
DVOx_CLK, DVOx_CLK#, DVOx_D[11:0], DVOx_HSYNC,
(x) DVOx Output
DVOx_VSYNC, DVOx_BLANK#
Reset and Miscellaneous Signal Groups
(y) CMOS I/O GCLKIN, RSTIN#, PWROK, DREFCLK, DDCA_CLK, DDCA_DATA
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6.5 DC Parameters
Table 6-5. DC Operating Characteristics
Signal Name Parameter Min Nom Max Unit
I/O Buffer Supply Voltage
VCC Core Voltage 1.425 1.5 1.575 V
VCCAGP AGP I/O Voltage 1.425 1.5 1.575 V
VCCHI Hub Interface I/O Voltage 1.425 1.5 1.575 V
VCCA_DAC DAC Supply Voltage 1.425 1.5 1.575 V
Host AGTL+ Termination
VTT 1.15 N/A 1.75 V
Voltage
VCCSM(DDR) DDR I/O Supply Voltage 2.375 2.5 2.625 V
VCCSM(SDR) SDR I/O Supply Voltage 3.135 3.3 3.465 V
Reference Voltages
1/2 VCCAGP 1/2 x 1/2 VCCAGP
AGP_VREF AGP Reference Voltage V
– 2% VCCAGP + 2%
Hub Interface Reference
HI_VREF 0.343 0.35 0.357 V
Voltage
Hub Interface Compensation
HI_SWING 0.686 0.7 0.714 V
Reference Voltage
HA_VREF/
Host Address and Data
2/3 x VTT – 2% 2/3 x VTT 2/3 x VTT + 2% V
Reference Voltage
HD_VREF
HX_SWING/
Host Compensation
1/3 x VTT – 2% 1/3 x VTT 1/3 x VTT + 2% V
Reference Voltage
HY_SWING
Host Common Clock
HCC_VREF 2/3 x VTT – 2% 2/3 x VTT 2/3 x VTT + 2% V
Reference Voltage
SM_VREF 0.5 VCCSM 1/2 x VCCSM 0.5 VCCSM
DDR Reference Voltage V
(DDR) (DDR) – 2% (DDR) (DDR) + 2%
SM_VREF 0.5 VCCSM 1/2 x VCCSM 0.5 VCCSM
SDR Reference Voltage V
(SDR) (SDR) – 2% (SDR) (SDR) + 2%
NOTES:
1. HA_VREF/HD_VREF and HCC_VREF are generically referred to as GTLREF throughout the rest of this
document.
2. HI_VREF and HI_SWING are set according to the nominal VCC.
3. The DC specifications are intended solely for DC measurements and do not comprehend any AC noise
components.
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Table 6-6. DC Characteristics (Sheet 1 of 2)
Signal
Symbol Parameter Min Nom Max Unit Notes
Group
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1.5 V AGP and Intel DVO Interface: Functional Operating Range (VCC=1.5 V ± 5%)
V (a,b,w) AGP/DVO Input Low Voltage –0.5 0.4VDDQ V
IL_AGP
V (a,b,w) AGP/DVO Input High Voltage 0.6VDDQ VDDQ+0.5 V
IH_AGP
V (a,c,x) AGP/DVO Output Low Voltage 0.15VDDQ V Iol = 1 mA
OL_AGP
V (a,c,x) AGP/DVO Output High Voltage 0.85VDDQ V Ioh = -0.2 mA
OH_AGP
I (a,b,w) AGP/DVO Input Leakage Current ±10 µA 0
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