IEI Integration NANO-9453 v1.0 - Manual (Page 37)

NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard
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2.8 LPC Bus Components
2.8.1 LPC Bus Overview
The LPC bus is connected to components listed below:
BIOS chipset
Super I/O chipset
2.8.2 BIOS Chipset
The BIOS chipset has a licensed copy of AMI BIOS installed on the chipset. Some of the
BIOS features are listed below:
AMI Flash BIOS
SMIBIOS (DMI) compliant
Console redirection function support
PXE (Pre-boot Execution Environment) support
USB booting support
2.8.3 Super I/O chipset
The iTE IT8712F Super I/O chipset is connected to the ICH6 southbridge through the LPC
bus. The iTE IT8712F is an LPC interface-based Super I/O device that comes with
Environment Controller integration. Some of the features of the iTE IT8712F chipset are
listed below:
LPC Interface
PC98/99/2001, ACPI and LANDesk Compliant
Enhanced Hardware Monitor
Fan Speed Controller
SmartGuardian Controller
Single +5V Power Supply
Two 16C550 UARTs for serial port control
One IEEE 1284 Parallel Port
Floppy Disk Controller
Keyboard Controller