Land Listing and Signal Descriptions

Table 4-3. Signal Description (Sheet 3 of 8)

Name

Type

 

Description

 

 

 

 

 

D[63:0]# (Data) are the data signals. These signals provide a 64-bit data path

 

 

between the processor FSB agents, and must connect the appropriate pins/

 

 

lands on all such agents. The data driver asserts DRDY# to indicate a valid data

 

 

transfer.

 

 

 

 

D[63:0]# are quad-pumped signals and will, thus, be driven four times in a

 

 

common clock period. D[63:0]# are latched off the falling edge of both

 

 

DSTBP[3:0]# and DSTBN[3:0]#. Each group of 16 data signals correspond to a

 

 

pair of one DSTBP# and one DSTBN#. The following table shows the grouping

 

 

of data signals to data strobes and DBI#.

 

 

 

Quad-Pumped Signal Groups

 

D[63:0]#

Input/

Data Group

DSTBN#/

DBI#

Output

DSTBP#

 

 

 

 

 

D[15:0]#

0

0

 

 

D[31:16]#

1

1

 

 

D[47:32]#

2

2

 

 

D[63:48]#

3

3

 

 

Furthermore, the DBI# signals determine the polarity of the data signals. Each

 

 

group of 16 data signals corresponds to one DBI# signal. When the DBI# signal

 

 

is active, the corresponding data group is inverted and therefore sampled active

 

 

high.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DBI[3:0]# (Data Bus Inversion) are source synchronous and indicate the

 

 

polarity of the D[63:0]# signals.The DBI[3:0]# signals are activated when the

 

 

data on the data bus is inverted. If more than half the data bits, within a 16-bit

 

 

group, would have been asserted electrically low, the bus agent may invert the

 

 

data bus signals for that particular sub-phase for that 16-bit group.

 

 

DBI[3:0] Assignment To Data Bus

 

DBI[3:0]#

Input/

Bus Signal

Data Bus Signals

 

Output

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DBI3#

D[63:48]#

 

 

 

DBI2#

D[47:32]#

 

 

 

DBI1#

D[31:16]#

 

 

 

DBI0#

D[15:0]#

 

 

 

 

 

 

DBR# (Debug Reset) is used only in processor systems where no debug port is

 

 

implemented on the system board. DBR# is used by a debug port interposer so

DBR#

Output

that an in-target probe can drive system reset. If a debug port is implemented in

 

 

the system, DBR# is a no connect in the system. DBR# is not a processor

 

 

signal.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DBSY# (Data Bus Busy) is asserted by the agent responsible for driving data on

DBSY#

Input/

the processor FSB to indicate that the data bus is in use. The data bus is

Output

released after DBSY# is de-asserted. This signal must connect the appropriate

 

 

 

pins/lands on all processor FSB agents.

 

 

 

 

 

 

DEFER# is asserted by an agent to indicate that a transaction cannot be

DEFER#

Input

ensured in-order completion. Assertion of DEFER# is normally the

responsibility of the addressed memory or input/output agent. This signal must

 

 

 

 

connect the appropriate pins/lands of all processor FSB agents.

 

 

 

 

Input/

DP[3:0]# (Data parity) provide parity protection for the D[63:0]# signals. They

DP[3:0]#

are driven by the agent responsible for driving D[63:0]#, and must connect the

Output

 

appropriate pins/lands of all processor FSB agents.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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