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Introduction

AM4020

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ID 1036-1863, Rev. 3.0

P R E L I M I N A R Y

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Board-Specific Information

Due to the outstanding features of the AM4020, such as superior processing power and flexible
interconnect topologies, this AMC board provides a highly scalable solution not only for a wide
range of telecom and data network applications, but also for several highly integrated industrial
environment applications with solid mechanical interfacing.

Some of the AM4020's outstanding features are:

Support for the following processors:

Intel® Core™ i7-610E (SV) processor with ECC, 2.53 GHz, 4 MB L3 cache

Intel® Core™ i7-620LE (LV) processor with ECC, 2.0 GHz, 4 MB L3 cache

Intel® QM57 Express Chipset

Up to 8 GB, dual-channel, DDR3 SDRAM memory with ECC running at 1066 MHz

Integrated 3D high performance graphics controller

Display support for resolutions up to 2560 x 1600 pixels @ 60 Hz

AMC interconnection:

Dual Gigabit SerDes connection in the Common Options Region

Dual SATA storage interface in the Common Options Region

Two x4 or eight x1 PCI Express in the Fat Pipes Region (operates at 2.5 GT/s and as
a root complex controller only)

Dual SATA storage interface in the Extended Options Region

DisplayPort interface (on request) in the Extended Options Region

Serial port in the Extended Options Region

Debug port in the Extended Options Region

Bidirectional PCI Express reference clock, FCLKA

Full hot swap support

One Quad Gigabit Ethernet Controller, 82580EB

Onboard extension connector for a dedicated SATA Flash module with up to 32 GB
NAND Flash memory

One mini USB 2.0 host port on Front I/O

Two Gigabit Ethernet ports on Front I/O

One Serial port (RS-232) or DisplayPort on Front I/O, depending on the front panel version

TCG 1.2-compliant Trusted Platform Module (TPM), on request

Two redundant SPI Flash chips for uEFI BIOS (2 x 8 MB)

Dedicated IPMI Module Management Controller with redundant Firmware Flash (2 x 512 kB)

Watchdog Timer

JTAG interface for debugging and manufacturing

Four bicolor User-Specific LEDs (providing debugging and POST code information, etc.)

Two onboard DIP switches (for selecting the uEFI BIOS bank, overwriting E-Keying, etc.)

Standard temperature range: -5°C to + 55°C

Extended temperature range: -40°C to +70°C

Thermal management

Passive heat sink solution for forced airflow cooling

Single Mid-size and Full-size AMC module

Designed to be compliant with the following PICMG specifications:

PICMG AMC.0 R2.0 Advanced Mezzanine Card Base Specification

PICMG AMC.1 R2.0 PCI Express on AdvancedMC

PICMG AMC.2 R1.0 Ethernet Advanced Mezzanine Card Specification

PICMG AMC.3 R1.0 Advanced Mezzanine Card Specification for Storage

PICMG MTCA.0 R1.0 Micro Telecommunications Computing Architecture Base Spec.

PICMG MTCA.1 R1.0 Air Cooled Rugged MicroTCA Specification

AMI Aptio®, a uEFI-compliant platform firmware