Eurotech ALUDRA, User Manual

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Detailed Specifications
Issue A
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Intel
®
ICH7-M Southbridge Chipset
The Intel
®
ICH7-M chipset is connected to the Intel
®
945GSE GMCH through the chip-to-
chip Direct Media Interface (DMI). Some of the features of the Intel
®
ICH7-M are listed
below.

Complies with PCI Express Base Specification, Revision 1.0a

Complies with PCI Local Bus Specification, Revision 2.3 and supports 33MHz PCI
operations

Supports ACPI Power Management Logic

Contains:
- Enhanced DMA controller
- Interrupt controller
- Timer functions

Integrated SATA host controller with DMA operations interfaced to two SATA
connectors on the ALUDRA

Supports the four USB 2.0 devices on the ALUDRA with four UHCI controllers and
one EHCI controller

Complies with System Management Bus (SMBus) Specification, Version 2.0

Supports Audio Codec ’97 (AC’97) Revision 2.3

Supports Intel
®
High Definition Audio

Contains Low Pin Count (LPC) interface

Supports Firmware Hub (FWH) interface

Serial peripheral interface support