Table Of Contents - Intel X38 Configuration Manual

Contents
1 Introduction .....................................................................................................5
2 Technology Enhancements of Intel
2.1 Just in Time Command Scheduling............................................................6
2.2 Command Overlap..................................................................................6
2.3 Out of Order Scheduling ..........................................................................7
2.4 Opportunistic Writes ...............................................................................7
3 Supported Memory Technologies and Configurations ..............................................8
3.1 Memory Technology Supported.................................................................8
3.2 DRAM Device Timing Support .................................................................10
3.3 ECC Support ........................................................................................10
3.4 Valid Front Side Bus and Memory Speeds.................................................11
3.5 System Memory DIMM Configuration Support ...........................................11
4 Memory Organization and Operating Modes ........................................................12
4.1 Single-Channel Mode ............................................................................12
4.2 Dual Channel Modes .............................................................................12
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4.2.2
Tables
Table 3-1. Memory Technology Support Details .....................................................9
Table 3-2. DDR2 and DDR3 DRAM Device Timing Support ..................................... 10
Table 3-3. Intel
Table 4-1. Sample Dual Channel Symmetric Organization Mode .............................13
Table 4-2. Sample Dual Channel Stacked Asymmetric Organization Mode................13
Table 4-3. Sample Dual Channel L-Shaped Asymmetric Organization Mode..............14
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Fast Memory Access (Intel
Dual Channel Symmetric Mode ..................................................12
Dual Channel Asymmetric Modes ...............................................13
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X38 Valid FSB/Memory Speed Configurations ..............................11
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FMA) .....................6
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