1.8 Intel
®
850 Chipset
The Intel 850 chipset consists of the following devices:
Intel 82850 MCH with Accelerated Hub Architecture (AHA) bus
Intel 82801BA ICH2 with AHA bus
Intel 82802AB FWH
The MCH is a centralized controller for the system bus, the memory bus, the AGP bus, and the
AHA interface. The ICH2 is a centralized controller for the board's I/O paths. The FWH provides
the nonvolatile storage of the BIOS. The component combination provides the chipset interfaces
as shown in Figure 5.
System Bus
Memory Controller
Hub (MCH)
Dual RAMBUS
Channels
NOTE
The USB bus is routed from the NEC USB 2.0 controller if the USB 2.0 option is supported.
For information about
The Intel 850 chipset
Chipset resources
ATA-66/100
850 Chipset
82850
AHA
Bus
AGP
SMBus
Interface
Figure 5. Intel 850 Chipset Block Diagram
Network
USB
82801BA
I/O Controller Hub
(ICH2)
LPC Bus
PCI Bus
AC Link
Product Description
82802AB 4 Mbit
Firmware Hub
(FWH)
OM12396
Refer to
http://developer.intel.com
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