RXi2-UP IPC Hardware Reference Manual
Appendix C
GFK-3047D
Oct 2021
Appendix C: Glossary
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Word
Description
SATA
Serial AT Attachment: serial-interface standard for hard disks.
SBC
Single Board Computer
SB-TSI
Side Band Temperature Sensor Interface
SCI
System Control Interrupt
SPD
Serial Presence Detect refers to serial EEPROM on DRAMs that has DRAM
module configuration information
SPI
Serial Peripheral Interface standard for asynchronous serial data bus with
Master-Slave devices
Super I/O
An integrated circuit, typically interfaced via the LPC bus that provides
legacy PC I/O functions including PS2 keyboard and mouse ports, serial and
parallel port (s), and a floppy interface
SVI2
Serial VID Interface Rev 2
VR
Voltage Regulator
TMDS
A digital Transition Minimized Differential signaling protocol between the
graphics subsystem and display that is used for the DVI digital signals
UMI
Unified Media interface between APU and FCH
VGA
PC-AT video graphics adapter standard defined by IBM
VID
Voltage Identification
ʹ
#
ʹ
(hash) suffix to a
signal name
Indicates an active low signal. The signal is either true when it is at logic
zero level (voltage close to 0 V) or the signal initiates actions on a high-to-
low transition
ʹ
\
ʹ
(backslash) prefix
to a signal name
Indicates an active low signal. The signal is either true when it is at logic
zero level (voltage close to 0 V) or the signal initiates actions on a high-to-
low transition