Intel 6 SERIES CHIPSET - DATASHEET 01-2011 Datasheet page 38

Platform Controller Hub Features
Direct Media Interface
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— NEW: Up to 20 Gb/s each direction, full
duplex
— Transparent to software
PCI Express*
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— Up to eight PCI Express root ports
— NEW: Supports PCI Express Rev 2.0
running at up to 5.0 GT/s
— Ports 1-4 and 5-8 can independently be
configured to support eight x1s, two x4s,
two x2s and four x1s, or one x4 and four x1
port widths
— Module based Hot-Plug supported (that is,
ExpressCard*)
Integrated Serial ATA Host Controller
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— Up to six SATA ports
— NEW: Data transfer rates up to 6.0 Gb/s
(600 MB/s) on up to two ports
— Data transfer rates up to 3.0 Gb/s
(300 MB/s) and up to 1.5 Gb/s
(150 MB/s) on all ports
— Integrated AHCI controller
External SATA support on all ports
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— 3.0 Gb/s / 1.5 Gb/s support
— Port Disable Capability
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Intel Rapid Storage Technology
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— Configures the PCH SATA controller as a
RAID controller supporting RAID 0/1/5/10
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Intel High Definition Audio Interface
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— PCI Express endpoint
— Independent Bus Master logic for eight
general purpose streams: four input and
four output
— Support four external Codecs
— Supports variable length stream slots
— Supports multichannel, 32-bit sample
depth, 192 kHz sample rate output
— Provides mic array support
— Allows for non-48 kHz sampling output
— Support for ACPI Device States
— Low Voltage
Platform Environmental Control Interface
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(PECI)
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USB
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— Two EHCI Host Controllers, supporting up
to fourteen external USB 2.0 ports
— Two USB 2.0 Rate Matching Hubs
— Per-Port-Disable Capability
— Includes up to two USB 2.0 High-speed
Debug Ports
— Supports wake-up from sleeping states S1-
S4
— Supports legacy Keyboard/Mouse software
Integrated Gigabit LAN Controller
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— Connection utilizes PCI Express pins
— Integrated ASF Management Controller
— Network security with System Defense
— Supports IEEE 802.3
— 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet Support
— Jumbo Frame Support
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Intel I/O Virtualization (Intel
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Intel Trusted Execution Technology Support
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Intel Anti-Theft Technology
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Power Management Logic
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— Supports ACPI 4.0a
— ACPI-defined power states (processor
driven C states)
— ACPI Power Management Timer
— SMI# generation
— All registers readable/restorable for proper
resume from 0 V core well suspend states
— Support for APM-based legacy power
management for non-ACPI
implementations
Integrated Clock Controller
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— Full featured platform clocking without
need for a discrete clock chip
— Ten PCIe 2.0 specification compliant clocks,
four 33 MHz PCI clocks, four Flex Clocks
that can be configured for various crystal
replacement frequencies, one 120 MHz
clock for embedded DisplayPort*
— Two isolated PCIe* 2.0 jitter specification
compliant clock domains
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VT-d) Support
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