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Chapter 1: Introduction

Figure 1-1. nVidia MCP55 Pro/AMD-8132 Chipset:

System Block Diagram

Note: This is a general block diagram. Please see Chapter 5 for details.

nVidia

MCP55

Pro

AMD Socket F Type
Processor (CPU2)
16 x 16 HT link (1 GHz)
DDR2-667/533/400 DDR2-667/533/400
SATA Ports (6)
IDE (ATA133)
USB Ports (4)
S I/O BIOS
Floppy Kybd/
Mouse
Serial Port
(1)
AMD Socket F Type
Processor (CPU1)
AIC 7902W
PCI-X
CH A
SCSI
Ports (2)
LPC
IPMI
ATI
ES 1000

AMD-8132

AMD Socket F Type
Processor (CPU3)
AMD Socket F Type
Processor (CPU4)
16 x 16 HT link (1 GHz)
Gb LAN Ports (2 )
PCI-X
CH B
Slot #6: x16 PCI-E
PCI-E
SIMSO SATA
UDMA133
USB 2.0
DIMMC 2A
DIMMC 2B
DIMMC 1A
DIMMC 1B
DIMMA 2A
DIMMA 2B
DIMMA 1A
DIMMA 1B
DIMMB 1B
DIMMB 1A
DIMMB 2B
DIMMB 2A
DIMMD 1B
DIMMD 1A
DIMMD 2B
DIMMD 2A