IEI Integration PICOe-945GSE - Manual (Page 36)

PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card
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2.5 Intel
®
ICH7-M Southbridge Chipset
2.5.1 Intel
®
ICH7-M Overview
The Intel® ICH7-M chipset is connected to the Intel® 945GSE GMCH through the
chip-to-chip Direct Media Interface (DMI). Some of the features of the Intel® ICH7-M are
listed below.
Complies with PCI Express Base Specification, Revision 1.0a
Complies with PCI Local Bus Specification, Revision 2.3 and supports 33MHz
PCI operations
Supports ACPI Power Management Logic
Contains:
o Enhanced DMA controller
o Interrupt controller
o Timer functions
Integrated SATA host controller with DMA operations interfaced to two SATA
connectors on the PICOe-945GSE
Supports the four USB 2.0 devices on the PICOe-945GSE with four UHCI
controllers and one EHCI controller
Complies with System Management Bus (SMBus) Specification, Version 2.0
Supports Audio Codec ’97 (AC’97) Revision 2.3
Supports Intel® High Definition Audio
Contains Low Pin Count (LPC) interface
Supports Firmware Hub (FWH) interface
Serial peripheral interface support
2.5.2 Intel
®
ICH7-M Audio Controllers
The Intel® ICH7-M has the following to audio controllers.
AC’97 controller
HD Audio controller