Global American 3308290, User Manual

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Features of the Intel® GME965 to Intel® ICH8M-E DMI are listed below:
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2GB/s (1GB/s in each direction) bus speed
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Configurable as x2 or x4 DMI lanes
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32-bit downstream address
2.6 Intel
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ICH8M-E I/O Controller Hub
The Intel® ICH8M-E I/O Controller Hub (ICH) is connected to the Intel® GME965 GMCH
through the chip-to-chip Direct Media Interface (DMI). Some of the features of the Intel®
ICH8M-E are listed below.
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Complies with PCI Express Base Specification, Revision 1.1
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Complies with PCI Local Bus Specification, Revision 2.3 and supports 33
MHz PCI operations
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Supports ACPI Power Management Logic
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Contains:
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Enhanced DMA controller
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Interrupt controller
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Timer functions
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Integrated SATA host controller with DMA operations and RAID 0 and RAID 1
interfaced to three SATA connectors on the 3308290
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Supports the eight USB 2.0 devices on the 3308290 with four UHCI
controllers and one EHCI controller
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Complies with System Management Bus (SMBus) Specification, Version 2.0
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Supports Intel® High Definition Audio
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Supports Intel® Active Management Technology 2.5
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Contains Low Pin Count (LPC) interface
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Supports Firmware Hub (FWH) interface
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Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) support
2.6.1 HD Audio Controller
The HD Audio controller integrated into the ICH8M-E complies with the Intel High
Definition Audio specification.
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