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5 intel® ich7-m southbridge chipset, 1 intel® ich7-m overview, 5 intel – IEI Integration WAFER-945GSE v1.04 User Manual

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WAFER-945GSE 3.5” Motherboard

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2.5 Intel

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ICH7-M Southbridge Chipset

2.5.1 Intel

®

ICH7-M Overview

The Intel® ICH7-M southbridge chipset is connected to the Intel® 945GSE northbridge

GMCH through the chip-to-chip Direct Media Interface (DMI).

Figure 2-9: Direct Media Interface

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:

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Enhanced DMA controller