Acer 5625 manual Southbridge Chipset Feature

Southbridge Chipset

Item	Feature
Chipset	SB820M
Package
Features	*Processor Interface
	Supports AMD mobile processors code-named “Champlain,” and “Geneva.”
	*A-Link Express II interface to Northbridges
	1-, 2-, or 4-lane A-Link Express II
	*interface
	Automatic detection of lane configuration on boot-up
	Dynamic lane width up/down configuration on detecting bandwidth
	requirement Supports transfer rate of up to 2.5 GT/s per lane.
	*PCI ExpressR Controller
	Two-lane PCI ExpressR (PCIeR) 1.x interface, supporting up to two general
	purpose devices. Supported configurations include:
	1x2
	2x1
	*PCI Host Bus Controller
	Supports PCI bus at 33MHz
	Supports PCI Rev. 2.3 specification
	Supports up to 4 bus master devices
	Supports 40-bit addressing
	Interrupt steering supported for plugn-play devices
	Supports concurrent PCI operations BIOS/hardware support to hide PCI device
	Supports spread spectrum
	*USB Controllers
	4 OHCI and 3 EHCI host controllers to support 14 USB 2.0 ports and 2 dedicated
	USB 1.1 ports
	Supports ACPI S1 ~ S5 Supports legacy keyboard/mouse
	USB debug port
	*Supports port disable with individual control
	*SMBus Controller
	Supports SMBALERT # signal
	*Interrupt Controller
	Supports IOAPIC/X-IO APIC mode for 24 channels of interrupts
	Supports 8259 legacy mode for 15 interrupts
	Supports programmable level/edge triggering on each channels
	Supports serial interrupt on quiet and continuous modes
	*DMA Controller
	Two cascaded 8237 DMA controllers
	Supports LPC DMA
	Supports type F DMA
	*LPC host bus Controller
	Supports LPC-based super USB and flash devices
	Supports two master/DMA devices
	Supports TPM version 1.1/1.2 devices for enhanced security
	Supports SPI devices and SPI ROM sharing
	Supports a maximum SPI ROM size of 16MB

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