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3 intel® ich7-m low pin count (lpc) interface, 4 intel® ich7-m pcie bus, 1 pcie gbe ethernet – IEI Integration WAFER-945GSE v1.04 User Manual

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2.5.3 Intel

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ICH7-M Low Pin Count (LPC) Interface

The ICH7-M LPC interface complies with the LPC 1.1 specifications. The LPC bus from

the ICH6 is connected to the following components:

BIOS chipset

Super I/O chipset

2.5.4 Intel

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ICH7-M PCIe Bus

The Intel® ICH7-M southbridge chipset has four PCIe lanes. Two of the four PCIe lanes

are interfaced to PCIe GbE controller. A third PCIe lane is interfaced to a PCIe mini

socket.

2.5.4.1 PCIe GbE Ethernet

Two PCIe lanes are connected to two Realtek RTL8111C PCIe GbE controllers shown in

716H

Figure 2-11 below.