Development Kit User’s Guide
October 2008 Order Number: 320067-002US
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Product Specification—Intel
®
EP80579 Integrated Processor with Intel
®
QuickAssist
Technology
2.1.2 Feature List
Table 3 summarizes the major features of the Intel
®
EP80579 Development Board.
2.2 Package Components
The complete package for the Intel
®
EP80579 Integrated Processor with Intel
®
QuickAssist Technology Develpment Kit includes the following:
•Intel
®
EP80579 Integrated Processor:
—One Intel
®
EP80579 Integrated Processor with Intel
®
QuickAssist Technology
at 1200 MHz (installed with heatsink and fan)
—One Intel
®
EP80579 Integrated Processor with Intel
®
QuickAssist Technology
at 600 MHz (supplied)
• Hardware:
— Memory SDRAM: One 1 GB DDR2 800 MHz
— Video Card: One PCI Express* x1 Graphics Adapter card
— Hard drive: SATA hard drive
Table 3. Feature List
Feature Description Comments
Form Factor 13.00 inches x 10.75 inches
SOC (processor and
chipset)
Intel
®
EP80579 Integrated Processor with Intel
®
QuickAssist Technology
Integrated IA SOC
Video External PCIe card Matrox Millennium G550 PCIe
System Memory
• Support for two 240-pin DDR2 DIMMs
• Support for 400\533\667\800 MHz DDR2
• Support for 256 MB to 4 GB memory
• Support for ECC and non-ECC
• Support for both registered and unbuffered
DIMMs
For DDR2-800 MHz, only single
rank or dual rank DIMM on
DIMM 0 slot is supported
Pre-boot Firmware • EFI v1.1 compliant based on AMI Aptio* 4.5
Peripheral/IO
Interfaces
• Three UART ports
• Three Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) with RJ45 ports
• Two Controller Area Network (CAN) buses with
2x5 headers
•Two USB ports
•Two SATA ports
• One floppy drive interface
•PS/2 mouse and keyboard
• One parallel port
• CompactFlash* connector
•Two USB ports support
UHCI or EHCI
configurations
• Two serial ports supported
from SOC connected to 9-
pin D-sub and the 3rd
serial port from SIO
connected to 2x5 header
• Two SATA ports support
Gen 2.0
Expansion Capabilities
• One PCI Express x4 interface in x8 slot
• Four PCI Express x1 interfaces in x4 slots
• Three HSS/SSP/LEB mezzanine slots
Mezzanine slots provide
support for acceleration
services SKU applications
Firmware Hub and SPI
Flash
•Socketed 2 MB FWH
•Socketed 2 MB SPI Flash
Selectable Boot Options
between FWH and SPI Flash.
Hardware Control or
Monitor Subsystem
• Voltage sensor to detect out of range voltage
values
• Thermal sensor to detect out of range thermal
values
• One processor and three AUX fan connectors
• Fan speed control