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Figure 1-2. Intel® 915P Express Chipset System Block Diagram Example
Intel® Pentium®
4
Processor or Intel®
Celeron® D Processor
533/800 MHz FSB
Intel® 915P Express Chipset
System Memory
DDR or DDR2
DDR or DDR2
Channel A
Channel B
PCI Express
x16 Graphics
Intel® 82915P MCH
Graphics
Card
Display
DDR or DDR2
DDR or DDR2
DMI Interface
USB 2.0
8 ports, 480 Mb/s
Power Management
IDE
Clock Generation
LAN Connect/ASF
4 SATA Ports
150 MB/s
Intel® ICH6x
AC '97/Intel® High
Definition Audio
CODECs
System
Management (TCO)
SMBus 2.0/I2C
PCI Express* x1
Intel® PCI Express
Gigabit Ethernet
Seven PCI Masters
PCI Bus
GPIO
Flash
BIOS
SIO
LPC
Interface
Sys_Blk_P
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