IEI Integration ICE-DB-9S - Manual (Page 15)

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1.1 Introduction
This design guide describes the design concept of the IEI COM Express module and
how to teach customers to develop their own COM Express baseboard. IEI COM
Express module is compatible with all baseboards compliant with COM Express
specification.
1.2 Acronyms and Abbreviations Definition
Table 1-1 defines the acronyms, conventions, and terminology that are used
throughout the design guide.
Table 1-1: Conventions and Terminology
Terminology Description
AC97 Audio Codec 97’
HDA High Definition Audio
SATA Serial AT Attachment: serial-interface standard for hard disks
IDE (ATA) Integrated Drive Electronics (Advanced Technology Attachment)
SDVO Serial Digital Video Out is a proprietary technology introduced by Intel®
to add additional video signaling interfaces to a system
EMI Electromagnetic Interference
ESD Electrostatic Discharge
PCIe x1, x2, x4, x16 x1 refers to one PCI Express Lane of basic bandwidth; x2 to two PCI
Express Lanes; etc.. Also referred to as x1, x2, x4, x16 link.
PCI Express (PCIe) Peripheral Component Interface Express – next-generation high speed
Serialized I/O bus
ExpressCard A PCMCIA standard built on the latest USB 2.0 and PCI Express buses
GBE Gigabit Ethernet
CRT Cathode Ray Tube
DDR Double Data Rate SDRAM memory technology
DVI Digital Visual Interface is the interface specified by the DDWG (Digital
Display working Group) DVI Spec. Rev. 1.0
DDC Display Data Channel is an I2C bus interface between a display and a
graphics adapter.