Intel
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EP80579 Integrated Processor with Intel
®
QuickAssist Technology—Product
Specification
Development Kit User’s Guide October 2008
14 Order Number: 320067-002US
— DVD-ROM drive: SATA DVD-ROM drive
•Cable:
— 10-pin header to DB9 Serial cable: CAN interface adapter cables (also used for
SIO Tertiary UART)
—Serial ATA cables
—Power cord
• Power Supply:
— One standard ATX12V power supply
2.3 System I/O
2.3.1 Intel
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EP80579 Development Board I/O
The Intel
®
EP80579 Integrated Processor provides the following I/O capabilities on the
Intel
®
EP80579 Development Board:
• Two DDR2 DIMM sockets
•Two UART ports
•Two SATA ports
•Two USB ports
•Two CAN interfaces
• Three HSS/SSP/LEB mezzanine slots
• One x4 PCI Express* interface in x8 slot
• Four x1 PCI Express interfaces in x4 slots through PEX 8508 PCIe switch
• Three GbE RJ45 ports
Note: The mezzanine slots support add-in cards. See Section 2.10 for order information for
supported add-in cards.
2.3.2 Super I/O (SIO)
The Intel
®
EP80579 Development Board utilizes SIO to provide the following I/O
capabilities:
• PS/2 mouse and keyboard port
• One parallel port
• One floppy drive interface
•One UART port
2.3.3 PEX 8508 PCI Express* Switch
The Intel
®
EP80579 Integrated Processor provides a x8 PCI Express interface that is
configured as two independent x4 PCI Express interfaces. One of the x4 PCI Express
interfaces is connected to a PEX 8508 PCI Express switch to provide support for four x1
PCI Express interfaces in x4 slots.