Intel EP80579 Guide

Intel
®
EP80579 Integrated Processor Product Line—System Overview
Intel
®
EP80579 Integrated Processor Product Line
Platform Design Guide May 2010
28 Order Number: 320068-005US
2.2.1 Development Board Features
Table 4. Development Board Feature List (Sheet 1 of 3)
Feature Board Implementation Comments
CPU Support
IA-32 core EP80579 Processor core
IA-32 core
connector style
Internal bus only no connector
IA-32 core
operating
frequency
600 MHz/1066 MHz/1200 MHz
IA-32 core
regulator
Fixed voltage per bus and core frequency
two control pins for 2 voltage
selection points, 1.0 V and 1.3 V
Chipset
Chipset EP80579 SOC Chip
combination of IMCH and IICH
connected together through on-
chip North-South Bridge (NSI)
Internal Bus Interface
Package 1088-pin FCBGA
BIOS FWH TSOP40 16Mb (2 MB) Socketed
Graphics
Graphics None integrated
PCI Express x1 PEG supported in PCI Express slots card only
System Memory
Memory support Single channel DDR2
Frequency 400 / 533 / 667 / 800 MT/s
Slots 2 DIMMs
Capacity 4 GB max
CPU limited (32-bit address
space)
Ranks 1 or 2 ranks supported
two DIMMs - 1 rank Memory
Module per DIMM
or
one DIMM - Up to 2 rank
Memory Module
S3 Suspend to RAM (STR) is supported
PCI Express
PCI Express Rev 1.0a
x4 lanes 1
x8 connector with bottom four
lanes as no-connect
Hot plug Not implemented
PCI-E switch PLX PEX8508
bridge on the lower 4 lanes of
the host port from EP80579
PCI-E behind the
switch
4 x1 slots
x4 connectors with bottom 3
lanes as no-connect
SATA
SATA
2 vertical connectors fully shrouded

Intel EP80579 Specifications

General

Brand	Intel
Model	EP80579
Category	Computer Hardware
Language	English