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1-6 CHIPSET
The Intel ® 815EP Chipset is a
1-6.1 The Intel® 815EP Chipset System
The Intel ® 815EP Chipset uses a hub architecture with the Intel ® 815EP MCH as the host bridge hub and the 82801BA I/O Controller Hub2(ICH2) as the I/O hub. The ICH2 is a highly integrated multifunctional I/O Controller Hub that provides the interface to the PCI Bus and integrates many of the functions needed in today’s PC platforms. The Intel ® 815EP MCH and ICH2 communicate over a dedicated hub interface.
82801BA(ICH2) functions and capabilities include:
•PCI Rev2.2 compliant with support for 33MHz PCI operations
•ICH2 supports up to 6 PCI/Req/Gnt pairs
•Integrated System Management Controller
•Enhanced DMA Controller, Interrupt Controller & Timer Functions
•Bus Master IDE controller – Supports Ultra ATA/100
•USB host interface with support for 4 USB ports
•AC’97 2.1 interface
•Low Pin Count (LPC) interface
•Firmware Hub(FWH)interface support
•Alert On LAN
•SIM Bus controller
•I/O APIC
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