Overview

The PCH provides extensive I/O support. Functions and capabilities include:

• PCI Express* Base Specification, Revision 2.0 support for up to eight ports with transfers up to 5 GT/s

• PCI Local Bus Specification, Revision 2.3 support for 33 MHz PCI operations (supports up to four Req/Gnt pairs)

• ACPI Power Management Logic Support, Revision 4.0a

• Enhanced DMA controller, interrupt controller, and timer functions

• Integrated Serial ATA host controllers with independent DMA operation on up to six ports

• USB host interface with two EHCI high-speed USB 2.0 Host controllers and two rate matching hubs provide support for up to fourteen USB 2.0 ports

• Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet MAC with System Defense

• System Management Bus (SMBus) Specification, Version 2.0 with additional support for I2C devices

• Supports Intel® High Definition Audio (Intel® HD Audio)

• Supports Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (Intel® RST)

• Supports Intel® Active Management Technology (Intel® AMT)

• Supports Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (Intel® VT-d)

• Supports Intel® Trusted Execution Technology (Intel® TXT)

• Integrated Clock Controller

• Intel® Flexible Display Interconnect (Intel® FDI)

• Analog and digital display ports

— Analog VGA

— HDMI

— DVI

— DisplayPort* 1.1, Embedded DisplayPort

— SDVO

— LVDS (Mobile Only)

• Low Pin Count (LPC) interface

• Firmware Hub (FWH) interface support

• Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) support

• Intel® Anti-Theft Technology (Intel® AT)

• JTAG Boundary Scan support