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1.6 Super I/O
The Super I/O (NCT5523 chip) provides two high-speed, 16550 compatible serial
communication ports (UARTs), one of which supports serial infrared communication. Each
UART includes a 16-byte send/receive FIFO, a programmable baud rate generator, complete
modem control capability and a processor interrupt system. Both UARTs provide legacy speed
with baud rate of up to 115.2 Kbps as well as an advanced speed with baud rates of 250 K,
500 K, or 1 Mb/s, which support higher speed modems.
The Super I/O provides functions that comply with ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power
Interface), which includes support of legacy and ACPI power management through a SMI
or SCI function pin. It also features auto power management to reduce power consumption.
The IRQs, DMAs and I/O space resources of the Super I/O can be flexibly adjusted to meet
ISA PnP requirements, which support ACPI and APM (Advanced Power Management).
1.7 Advanced Power Management
The following new advanced power management features are supported by the motherboard.
Management Engine (ME)
Intel Atom SoC only supports the TXE function, also called CSE (Converged Security Engine),
which is the lite ME function.
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