Signal Description
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Signal Name
Type
Description
HDRDY#
HEDRDY#
HA[31:3]#
I/O
GTL+
O
Data Ready: This signal is asserted for each cycle that data is transferred.
Early Data Ready: This signal indicates that the data phase of a read
transaction will start on the bus exactly one common clock after assertion.
GTL+
I/O
Host Address Bus: HA[31:3]# connect to the processor address bus.
During processor cycles, the HA[31:3]# are inputs. The (G)MCH drives
HA[31:3]# during snoop cycles on behalf of DMI and PCI Express Graphics
initiators. HA[31:3]# are transferred at 2x rate.
GTL+
HADSTB[1:0]#
HD[63:0]
I/O
GTL+
I/O
Host Address Strobe: The source synchronous strobes used to transfer
HA[31:3]# and HREQ[4:0] at the 2x transfer rate.
Host Data: These signals are connected to the processor data bus. Data on
HD[63:0] is transferred at 4x rate. Note that the data signals may be
inverted on the processor bus, depending on the HDINV[3:0]# signals.
GTL+
HDSTBP[3:0]#
HDSTBN[3:0]#
I/O
Differential Host Data Strobes: The differential source synchronous
strobes are used to transfer HD[63:0] and HDINV[3:0]# at 4x transfer rate.
GTL+
These signals are named this way because they are not level sensitive.
Data is captured on the falling edge of both strobes. Hence, they are
pseudo-differential, and not true differential.
Strobes
Data
Bits
HDSTBP3#, HDSTBN3#
HDSTBP2#, HDSTBN2#
HDSTBP1#, HDSTBN1#
HDSTBP0#, HDSTBN0#
HD[63:48]
HD[47:32]
HD[31:16]
HD[15:0]
HDINV3#
HDINV2#
HDINV1#
HDINV0#
HHIT#
I/O
Hit: This signal indicates that a caching agent holds an unmodified version
of the requested line. Also, driven in conjunction with HHITM# by the target
to extend the snoop window.
GTL+
HHITM#
I/O
Hit Modified: This signal indicates that a caching agent holds a modified
version of the requested line and that this agent assumes responsibility for
providing the line. This signal is also driven in conjunction with HHIT# to
extend the snoop window.
GTL+
HLOCK#
I/O
Host Lock: All processor bus cycles sampled with the assertion of HLOCK#
and HADS#, until the negation of HLOCK# must be atomic (i.e., no DMI or
PCI Express Graphics accesses to DRAM are allowed when HLOCK# is
asserted by the processor).
GTL+
HPCREQ#
I
Precharge Request: The processor provides a “hint” to the (G)MCH that it
is OK to close the DRAM page of the memory read request with which the
hint is associated. The (G)MCH uses this information to schedule the read
request to memory using the special “AutoPrecharge” attribute. This causes
the DRAM to immediately close (Precharge) the page after the read data
has been returned. This allows subsequent processor requests to more
quickly access information on other DRAM pages, since it will no longer be
necessary to close an open page prior to opening the proper page.
Asserted by the requesting agent during both halves of Request Phase. The
same information is provided in both halves of the request phase.
GTL+
2x
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