Introduction
1.3.2
System Memory Interface
The GMCH integrates a system memory DDR2 controller with two, 64-bit wide
interfaces. Only Double Data Rate (DDR2) memory is supported; consequently, the
buffers support only SSTL_1.8 V signal interfaces. The memory controller interface is
fully configurable through a set of control registers.
System Memory Interface Details
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The GMCH System Memory Controller directly supports one or two channels of
memory (each channel consisting of 64 data lines)
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The memory channels are asymmetric: "Flex Memory" channels are assigned
addresses serially. Channel B addresses are assigned after all Channel A
addresses
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The memory channels are interleaved: Addresses are ping-ponged between
the channels after each cache line (64-B boundary)
Supports DDR2 memory DIMM frequencies of 533, 667 and 800 MHz. The speed
used in all channels is the speed of the slowest DIMM in the system
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I/O Voltage of 1.8 V for DDR2
Supports only unbuffered DIMMs
Supports maximum memory bandwidth of 6.4 GB/s in single-channel or dual-
channel asymmetric mode, or 12.8 GB/s in dual-channel interleaved mode
assuming DDR2 800MHz
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Supports 256-Mb, 512-Mb, and 1-Gb technologies for x8 and x16 devices
Supports four banks for all DDR2 devices up to 512-Mbit density. Supports eight
banks for 1-Gbit DDR2 devices
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Using 256 Mb technologies, the smallest memory capacity possible is 128 MB,
assuming Single-Channel Mode. (8 K rows * 512 columns * 1 cell/(row * column)
* 16 b/cell * 4 banks/devices * 4 devices/DIMM-side * 1 DIMM-side/channel * 1
channel * 1 B/8 b * 1 M/1024 K = 128 MB)
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By using 1 Gb technology in Dual Channel Interleaved Mode, the largest memory
capacity possible is 8 GB. (16 K rows * 1 K columns * 1 cell/(row * column) * 8
b/cell * 8 banks/device * 8 devices/DIMM-side * 4 DIMM-sides/channel * 2
channels * 1 B/8 b * 1 G/1024 M * 1 M/(K*K) = 8 GB)
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Maximum DRAM address decode space is 8 GB (assuming 36-bit addressing)
Supports up to 32 simultaneous open pages per channel (assuming 4 ranks of 8
bank devices)
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Supports opportunistic refresh scheme
Supports Partial Writes to memory using Data Mask (DM) signals
Supports page sizes of 4 KB, 8 KB, and 16 KB
Supports a burst length of 8 for single-channel and dual-channel interleaved and
asymmetric operating modes
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Improved flexible memory architecture
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