Introduction
1.1
Terminology
Term
Description
Advanced Control Programmable Interface.
ACPI
Advanced Digital Display 2. An interface specification that accepts serial DVO
inputs and translates them into different display outputs such as DVO, TV-
OUT, and LVDS.
ADD2
Core
CRT
The internal base logic in the Intel® SCH.
Cathode Ray Tube
DBI
Dynamic Bus Inversion
DDR2
A second generation Double Data Rate SDRAM memory technology.
Digital Video Interface. DVI is a specification that defines the connector and
interface for digital displays.
DVI
System Management Controller or External Controller. Refers to a separate
system management controller that handles reset sequences, sleep state
transitions, and other system management tasks.
SMC
Enhanced Host Controller Interface. A controller interface that, on the Intel®
SCH, supports up to eight USB 2.0 high-speed root ports, two of which are to
be used internally only.
EHCI
FSB
Front Side Bus. FSB is synonymous with host bus or processor bus.
Firmware Hub
FWH
Full reset is when PWROK is deasserted and all system rails except VCCRTC are
powered down.
Cold Reset
Warm Reset
Warm reset is when both RESET# and PWROK are asserted.
High Definition Multimedia Interface. HDMI supports standard, enhanced, or
high-definition video, plus multi-channel digital audio on a single cable. HDMI
transmits all ATSC HDTV standards and supports 8-channel digital audio, with
bandwidth to spare for future requirements and enhancements (additional
details available through: http://www.hdmi.org/).
HDMI
Host
This term is used synonymously with processor.
Intel Graphics
Media Adapter
Internal Graphics Device. Generic name for a graphics accelerator that
performs decoding of digital video signals.
Intel® GMA
500
Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 500. A hardware accelerator for 2D and 3D
graphics.
INTx
LCD
An interrupt request signal where “x” stands for interrupts A, B, C, and D.
Liquid Crystal Display.
Low Voltage Differential Signaling. LVDS is a high speed, low power data
transmission standard used for display connections to LCD panels.
LVDS
MSI
Message Signaled Interrupt. MSI is a transaction initiated outside the host,
conveying interrupt information to the receiving agent through the same path
that normally carries read and write commands.
PCI Express* is a high-speed serial interface. The PCI Express configuration is
software compatible with the existing PCI specifications.
PCI Express*
Processor
Intel® Atom™ processor Z5xx series
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Datasheet
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