Chipset – HP XU700 User Manual
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Chipset
Chipset
The Intel
®
I850 chipset is a high-integration chipset designed for
graphics/multimedia PC platforms and is comprised of the following:
• The 82850 Memory Controller Hub (MCH) is a bridge between: the Sys-
tem bus, Dual Rambus bus (main memory), AGP 4x (graphic) bus and
Hub Link 8-bit. The MCH chip feature is described in detail on
.
• The 82801BA Input/Output Controller Hub2 (ICH2) is a bridge between
the following buses: the PCI bus (32-bits/33 MHz) and SMBus. In addi-
tion,
the ICH2 supports the integrated IDE controller (Ultra ATA/100), En-
hanced DMA controller, USB controller, Interrupt controller, Low Pin
Count (LPC) interface, FWH interface, ACPI Power Management
Logic, AC’97 2.1 Compliant Link, AOL (Alert-On-LAN) and Real
Time Clock (RTC) and CMOS. The ICH2 is described in detail on
.
•
The 82802AB Firmware Hub (FWH) stores system BIOS and SCSI BIOS,
nonvolatile memory component. In addition, the FWH contains an Intel®
Random Number Generator (RNG). The RNG provides random numbers
to enable fundamental security building blocks for stronger encryption,
digital signing and security protocols for the PC Workstation. The FWH is
described in detail on
.
MCH
ICH2