IEI Technology PICOe-GM45A, User Manual

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PICOe-GM45A Half-Size CPU Card
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2.4.3.3 TV Out Interface
The TV Out interface (
717H
Figure 2-7 ) has the following features.
Overscaling
NTSC/PAL
Component, S-Video and Composite Output interfaces
HDTV graphics mode support
2.4.3.4 Serial Digital Video Output (SDVO)
Some of the features of the SDVO ports are listed below.
Concurrent operation of PCIe x 1 with SDVO
Two SDVO ports supported
o
SDVO is muxed onto the PCIe pins
o
DVI 1.0 support for external digital monitor
o
Only Downstream HDCP support
o
Supports TV and DVD formats
o
Display hot plug support
2.5 Intel
®
ICH9M Southbridge Chipset
2.5.1 Intel
®
ICH9M Overview
The Intel® ICH9M chipset is connected to the Intel® GM45 GMCH through the
chip-to-chip Direct Media Interface (DMI). Some of the features of the Intel® ICH9M are
listed below.
Complies with PCI Express Base Specification, Revision 1.1
Complies with PCI Local Bus Specification, Revision 2.3 and supports
33 MHz PCI operations
Supports ACPI Power Management Logic
Contains:
o
Enhanced DMA controller
o
Interrupt controller
o
Timer functions