2 System Board

Memory Controller Hub (82850)

AGP PCI Bus

Implementation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pentium 4 Processor

 

 

AGP 4x Bus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GX-Device 1

 

 

Device 0

 

 

1.5V

(133 MHz)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I850

 

 

AGP

 

 

AGP Port

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Memory

 

 

 

 

Interface

 

 

 

 

PRO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Controller Hub

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Connector

 

 

 

PCI-to-PCI

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(MCH)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hub Link 8-bit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I/O Controller

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hub (ICH2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Main Memory Controller

The main memory controller is integrated in the MCH supporting two primary rambus channels (A and B).

DRAM Interface

The MCH provides optional System bus error checking for data, address, request and response signals. Only 400 MHz Direct Rambus devices are supported in any of 128 or 256 Mbit technology. 128 Mbit RDRAM uses page sizes of 1 kbytes, while 256 Mbit devices target 1 kbyte or 2 kbyte pages.

A maximum number of 32 Rambus devices (128 Mbit technology implies 1 GB maximum in 32 MB increments, 256 Mbit technology implies 2 GB maximum in 64 MB increments) are supported on the Direct Rambus channel without external logic.

The MCH also provides optional data integrity features including ECC in the memory array. During DRAM writes, ECC is generated on a QWord (64 bit) basis. During DRAM reads, the MCH supports multiple-bit error detection and single-bit error correction when the ECC mode is enabled.

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