Datasheet 41
Introduction
1 Introduction
1.1 About This Manual
This document is intended for Original Equipment Manufacturers and BIOS vendors
creating Intel
®
6 Series Chipset based products (See Section 1.3 for currently defined
SKUs).
Note: Throughout this document, Platform Controller Hub (PCH) is used as a general term
and refers to all Intel 6 Series Chipset SKUs, unless specifically noted otherwise.
Note: Throughout this document, the terms “Desktop” and “Desktop Only” refer to
information that is applicable only to the Intel
®
H67 Chipset and Intel
®
P67 Chipset,
unless specifically noted otherwise.
Note: Throughout this document, the terms “Mobile” and “Mobile Only” refers to information
that is applicable only to the Intel
®
HM67 Chipset and Intel
®
HM65 Chipset, unless
specifically noted otherwise.
This manual assumes a working knowledge of the vocabulary and principles of PCI
Express*, USB, AHCI, SATA, Intel
®
High Definition Audio (Intel
®
HD Audio), SMBus,
PCI, ACPI and LPC. Although some details of these features are described within this
manual, refer to the individual industry specifications listed in Table 1-1 for the
complete details.
All PCI buses, devices and functions in this manual are abbreviated using the following
nomenclature; Bus:Device:Function. This manual abbreviates buses as Bn, devices as
Dn and functions as Fn. For example Device 31 Function 0 is abbreviated as D31:F0,
Bus 1 Device 8 Function 0 is abbreviated as B1:D8:F0. Generally, the bus number will
not be used, and can be considered to be Bus 0. Note that the PCH’s external PCI bus is
typically Bus 1, but may be assigned a different number depending upon system
configuration.
Table 1-1. Industry Specifications (Sheet 1 of 2)
Specification Location
PCI Express* Base Specification, Revision 2.0 http://www.pcisig.com/specifications
Low Pin Count Interface Specification, Revision 1.1
(LPC)
http://developer.intel.com/design/
chipsets/industry/lpc.htm
System Management Bus Specification, Version 2.0
(SMBus)
http://www.smbus.org/specs/
PCI Local Bus Specification, Revision 2.3 (PCI) http://www.pcisig.com/specifications
PCI Power Management Specification, Revision 1.1 http://www.pcisig.com/specifications
Universal Serial Bus Specification (USB), Revision 2.0 http://www.usb.org/developers/docs
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface, Version
4.0a (ACPI)
http://www.acpi.info/spec.htm
Enhanced Host Controller Interface Specification for
Universal Serial Bus, Revision 1.0 (EHCI)
http://developer.intel.com/
technology/usb/ehcispec.htm
Serial ATA Specification, Revision 3.0 http://www.serialata.org/
Serial ATA II: Extensions to Serial ATA 1.0, Revision 1.0 http://www.serialata.org
Serial ATA II Cables and Connectors Volume 2 Gold http://www.serialata.org
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