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Item (SB Cont.) Feature
*SATA Controller
Supports six Third generation SATA ports (compatible with devices running at 6
Gbits/s, 3 Gbit/s, and1.5 Gbit/s)
Complies with SATA 2.6 specification
Supports three modes of operation:
*IDE emulation mode
AHCI mode (compliant with AHCI specification revision 1.2)
RAID mode
*Any of the six ports can be configured to a lower transfer rate of 3 or 1.5 Gbit/s
for saving power.
Any of the six SATA ports can be configured to support Second generation e-
SATA port (compatible with devices running at 3 Gbit/s and 1.5 Gbit/s; Third
generation e-SATA not supported as per the SATA 3.0 Specification).
Supports DIPM, HIPM, hot plug, and NCQ in AHCI mode.
*AMD RAID Support
Supports integrated RAID 0 and RAID 1 functionality across all 6 ports
*AHCI Support
Supports AHCI hardware assist (version 1.2) to support advanced features such
as NCQ (Native Command Queuing), hotplug, and *Device or Host Initiated
Power Management (DIPM /HIPM)
*High Definition Audio
Four independent output streams (DMA)
Four independent input streams (DMA)
Multiple channels of audio output per stream
*Supports up to 4 codecs
Up to 192kHz sample rate and 32-bit audio
64-bit addressing capability for DMA bus master and MSI
Unified Audio Architecture (UAA) compatible
HD Audio registers can be located anywhere in the 64-bit address space
Supports 3.3V/1.5V dual-voltage interface for power saving
*Gigabit Ethernet Media Access
*Controller (GbE MAC)
Supports RGMII/MII interface to Ethernet PHY (for selected
BroadcomRtransceivers only)
10/100/1000Base-T full duplex or half duplex MAC
Supports Receive Side Scaling (RSS)
IPv4 and IPv6 Large Send Offload (LSO)
IPv4 and IPv6 Checksum Offload
Wake-on-LAN (WoL) support
*Timers
8254-compatible timer
Microsoft High Precision Event Timer (HPET)
ACPI power management timer
Watchdog timer
*Real Time Clock (RTC)
256-byte battery-backed CMOS RAM
Hardware supported century rollover
Hardware supported day-light saving feature
RTC battery monitoring feature