DFI NP101-D16C, User Manual

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Introduction
Features
The Watchdog Timer function allows your
application to regularly “clear” the system at
the set time interval. If the system hangs or fails to function, it will
reset at the set time interval so that your system will continue to
operate.
DDR2 is a higher performance DDR technology
whose data transfer rate delivers bandwidth of 4.3
GB per second and beyond. That is twice the speed of the conven-
tional DDR without increasing its power consumption. DDR2
SDRAM modules work at 1.8V supply compared to 2.6V memory
voltage for DDR modules. DDR2 also incorporates new innovations
such as the On-Die Termination (ODT) as well as larger 4-bit pre-
fetch against DDR which fetches 2 bits per clock cycle.
The Intel ® 945GSE Express Chipset features an
integrated 32-bit 3D graphics engine based on the
Intel
®
Graphics Media Accelerator 950 architecture; delivering
sophisticated graphics for large display applications. Graphics
interfaces such as single-channel SDVO, VGA and dual-channel LVDS
support multiple graphics display options.
PCI Express is a high bandwidth I/O
infrastructure that possesses the ability to
scale speeds by forming multiple lanes. The x1 PCI Express lane
supports transfer rate of 2.5 Gigabytes (250MBbps) per second
which is nearly 4 times faster than the traditional PCI.
S/PDIF is a standard audio file transfer format that
transfers digital audio signals to a device without
having to be converted first to an analog format. This prevents the
quality of the audio signal from degrading whenever it is converted
to analog. S/PDIF is usually found on digital audio equipment such as
a DAT machine or audio processing device. The S/PDIF connector on
the system board sends surround sound and 3D audio signal out-
puts to amplifiers and speakers and to digital recording devices like
CD recorders.
watchdog timer
DDR2
graphics
S/PDIF
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