MiTAC service manual 8355 N/B Maintenance

8355 N/B MAINTENANCE

LRU replacement scheme

Independent GART lookup control for host / AGP / PCI master accesses

Windows 95 OSR-2 VXD and integrated Windows 98 / 2000 / XP miniport driver support

High Bandwidth 533 MB / Sec 8-bit V-Link Host Controller South Bridge Interface

Supports 66 MHz V-Link Host interface with total bandwidth of 533 MB/sec

Operates in 2x, 4x, and 8x modes

Full duplex commands with separate command / strobe

Request / Data split transaction

Configurable outstanding transaction queue for Host to V-Link Client accesses

Supports Defer / Defer-Reply transactions

Transaction assurance for V-Link Host to Client access eliminates V-Link Host-Client Retry cycles Intelligent V-Link transaction protocol to eliminate data wait-state / throttle transfer latency

All V-Link transactions for both Host and Client have a consistent view of transaction data depth and buffer size to

avoid data overflow

Highly efficient V-Link arbitration with minimum overhead

All V-Link transactions have predictable cycle length with known command / data duration

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