AMD SP5100 Data Book page 9

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Supports both SATA 1.5 and SATA 3.0
compliance devices
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Two modes of operation are supported
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Legacy Mode using I/O space
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AHCI mode using the Memory space
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Parallel ATA emulation supported to allow
seamless support for IDE software.
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Supports e-SATA
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Supports hot plug for AHCI mode
Legacy IDE Emulation Support
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Legacy Mode using I/O space
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Parallel ATA emulation supported to allow
seamless support for IDE software.
RAID Support
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Supports integrated RAID 0, RAID 1, and
RAID 10 (requires use of 4 or more SATA
ports) functionalities across all 6 ports.
Note: AMD does not provide RAID drivers
for the SP5100.
AHCI Support
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AHCI mode using the memory space
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Supports AHCI hardware assist to support
advanced features such as NCQ (Native
Command Queuing), hot plug, and Device
or Host initiated power Management (DIPM
/HIPM)
IDE Controller
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Single PATA channel support
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Supports PIO, Multi-word DMA, and Ultra
DMA 33/66/100/133 modes.
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32x32-byte buffers each channel for
buffering
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Swap bay support by tri-state IDE signals
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Integrated IDE series resistor
High Definition Audio
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4 Independent output streams (DMA)
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4 Independent input streams (DMA)
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Multiple channels of audio output per stream
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Support up to 4 codec's
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Up to 192 kHz Sample Rate and 32-bit
Audio
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64-bit addressing capability for DMA Bus
Master
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Unified Audio Architecture (UAA) compatible
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HD Audio registers can be located anywhere
in the 64-bit address space
Timers
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8254 compatible timer
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Microsoft High Precision Event Timer
(HPET)
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ACPI power management timer
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Watchdog timer
RTC (Real Time Clock)
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256-byte battery-backed CMOS RAM
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Hardware supported century rollover
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RTC battery monitoring feature
Power Management
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ACPI specification 3.0 compliant power
management schemes
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Supports C1e, C2, C3 and C3 pop-up
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Supports S0, S1, S3, S4, and S5
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Wakeup events for S1, S3, S4/S5 generated
by:
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Any GEVENT pin
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Any GPM pin
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USB
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Power Button
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Internal RTC wakeup
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SMI# event
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Full support for On-Now
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CPU SMM support, generating SMI# signal
upon power management events
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GPIO supports on external wake up events
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CLKRUN# supported on PCI power
management
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ALPM (HIPM) on SATA
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