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9.0 compliant 2D/3D graphics core and a system controller in a single chip. It supports the AMD Athlon™ 64, Athlon 64 FX, Athlon 64 X2, AMD Sempron™, and AMD Turion™ 64 processors, including both AM2 and S1 socket CPUs. All CPUs are supported on both high performance and value platforms.
RS690MC Software Compatibility The graphics driver for the RS690M is fully compatible with all other ATI Radeon class graphics controllers from AMD. A single driver can support multiple graphics configurations across AMD's product lines, including the ATI Radeon family and the AMD chipset family. In addition, this driver compatibility allows the RS690M to benefit immediately from ®...
• One x4 link. 1.5.5 A-Link Express II Interface • One x4 A-Link Express II interface (PCI Express 1.1 compliant) for connection to an AMD Southbridge, providing more bandwidth than the older A-Link Express interface. 1.5.6 2D Acceleration Features •...
2456x1536 @60Hz (pixel clock at 320MHz) for 16:10 format TV Out • An integrated TV encoder from AMD’s Xilleon products, with an on-chip DAC (shared with the CRT analog output) (Note: Simultaneous output for TV and CRT is not supported). •...
• Supports industry standard EIA-861B video modes including 480p, 720p, and 1080i. For a full list of currently supported modes, contact your AMD CSS representative. Maximum resolutions supported by various modes are: • Single-link DVI: 1600x1200 @60Hz with pixel clock at 162 MHz and standard timings; 1920x1200 @60Hz with pixel clock at 154MHz and reduced blanking timings.
Branding Diagrams • Hot-key support (Windows ACPI 1.0b or AMD Event Handler Utility where appropriate). • Extensive power management support. • Rotation mode support in software. • Dual CRTC, simultaneous view, extended desktop support (Windows XP and Windows Vista) •...
Host Interface Host Interface The RS690M is optimized to interface with the Athlon 64/Athlon 64 FX/Athlon X2/AMD Sempron/AMD Turion 64 processors, including both AM2 and S1 socket CPUs. This section presents an overview of the HyperTransport™ interface. For a detailed description of the interface, please refer to the HyperTransport I/O Link Specification from the HyperTransport Consortium.
• Setting through an external debug port, if implemented (contact your AMD CSS representative for details). All of the straps below are defined active low. They are pulled up internally by default, so that no external pull-ups are required to select “1”s for those straps.
AMD’s reference heat sink solution for the RS690M. Refer to Chapter 7 in the Thermal Design and Analysis Guidelines for the RS690 Product Family for heatsink and thermal design guidelines.
ASIC package, for which a maximum size of 400µm is recommended (see Figure below). This recommendation is based on AMD’s sample land pattern design for the RS690M, which is available from your AMD CSS representative.
AMD RS690E Introduction The RS690T and RS690E are two members of the same AMD RS690-series Northbridge and chipset family. The RS690E and RS690T have exactly the same package, pin-out, and fabrication process. All peripheral functions and features are the same as well, except for the differences explained in Section B.2...
BIOS to configure the enhanced LVDS/TMDS (LVTM) interface to drive out either LVDS or TMDS/DVI signals. The video BIOS is available from AMD. The minimum version number for the LVDS output is 10.55.0.15 and for the TMDS/DVI output is 10.55.0.31. Contact your AMD CSS representative for the latest video BIOS.
VGA Signals Figure B-4 Pins for Analog Output on the DVI-I Connector For the single-link DVI output portion of the DVI-I connector, AMD recommends using the RS690E’s LVTM interface to provide the DVI output and routing these digital signals (see Figure B-3, “RS690E LVTM Interface”...
Creating a DVI-I configuration using the DAC signals (RED, GREEN, BLUE, DACHSYNC, etc.) plus the TMDS output multiplexed on the PCI-E graphics links is supposed to work as well, but the configuration is not recommended since it cannot be validated using any of AMD's current internal reference boards. HDMI The RS690E has an integrated controller that allows support for a single-link HDMI (video and audio) transmission on the LVTM interface.
Updated Table 3-17, “Strap Definitions for the RS690M”: Added descriptions for two Reserved straps for the RS690M. • Added Section 4.1, “CPU HyperTransport™ Bus Timing”: Referred designers to AMD specifications. • Updated Section 4.6, “OSCIN Timing”: Removed high and low time requirements.
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Updated Table 5-4, “DC Characteristics for the HTREFCLK Pad (66.66MHz)”: Revised VIH minimum to 1.4V. Rev 3.00 (Jan 2007) • Changed general document styles and legal statements to reflect AMD identity. • Raised revision number to 3.00, following the AMD scheme.
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Updated the solder reflow profile (Section 5.3.3.2, “Reflow Profile”). Rev 3.05 (Oct 2007) • Added information on the RS690E (Appendix B, “AMD RS690E”). Rev 3.06 (Feb 2008) • Clarified on the maximum resolutions supported by different display interfaces (Section 1.5.9, “Multiple Display Features”...
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