IEI Technology WSB-9152, User Manual

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WSB-9152 PICMG 1.0 SBC
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Supports Intel SDVO technology
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DVI 1.0 compliant
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Supports full operating range of Intel’s SDVO input port
2.5.3 Intel
®
915GME Direct Media Interface (DMI)
Intel® 915GME Northbridge GMCH is connected to the Intel
®
ICH6M Southbridge Chipset
through the chip-to-chip Direct Media Interface (DMI). Features of the Intel
®
915GME DMI
are listed below:
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Chip-to-chip interface between GMCH and ICH6M
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Configurable as x2 or x4 DMI lanes
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2 GB/s point-to-point DMI to ICH6M (1 GB/s each direction)
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100 MHz reference clock (shared with PCI Express Graphics Attach).
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32-bit downstream addressing
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APIC and MSI interrupt messaging support.
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Message Signaled Interrupt (MSI) messages
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SMI, SCI and SERR error indication
2.6 Intel
®
ICH6M Southbridge Chipset
The Intel® ICH6M Southbridge chipset is connected to the Intel® 915GME Northbridge
GMCH through the chip-to-chip Direct Media Interface (DMI).
Figure 2-9: Intel ICH6M Southbridge
Some of the features of the Intel® ICH6M are listed below.