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Processor/Memory Subsystem

3.1Introduction

This systems support an Intel Pentium Dual-Core G6950, Core i3, Core i5, or Core i7 processor. These processors include an integrated dual-channel DDR3 memory controller (Figure 3-1) and support PC3-6400, PC3-8500, and PC3-10600 memory modules. This chapter describes the processor/memory subsystem.

XMM1 XMM2

DIMM

or DIMM SODIMM

Intel

DDR3

 

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SDRAM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Processor

 

Channel B

 

Cntlr

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DIMM

 

DIMM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FDI

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DMI

 

SODIMM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

XMM3

 

XMM4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PCH

 

 

 

 

Figure 3-1. Processor/Memory Subsystem Architecture

This chapter includes the following topics:

Intel processor(3.2)

Memory subsystem (3.3)

 

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