Intel E8200 BX80570E8200A User Manual

Product codes
BX80570E8200A
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Introduction 
 
 
14  
 
Thermal and Mechanical Design Guidelines  
Term Description 
Sa
 
Sink-to-ambient thermal characterization parameter. A measure of heatsink 
thermal performance using total package power. This is defined  as: (T
S
 – T
A
/ Total Package Power. 
Note: Heat source must be specified for 
 measurements. 
TIM 
Thermal Interface Material: The thermally conductive compound between the 
heatsink and the processor case. This material fills the air gaps and voids, and 
enhances the transfer of the heat from the processor case to the heatsink. 
P
MAX
 
The maximum power dissipated by a semiconductor component. 
TDP 
Thermal Design Power: a power dissipation target based on worst-case 
applications. Thermal solutions should be designed to dissipate the thermal 
design power.  
IHS 
Integrated Heat Spreader: a thermally conductive lid integrated into a 
processor package to improve heat transfer to a thermal solution through heat 
spreading. 
LGA775 
Socket 
The surface mount socket designed to accept the processors in the 775–Land 
LGA package.  
ACPI 
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface. 
Bypass 
Bypass is the area between a passive heatsink and any object that can act to 
form a duct. For this example, it can be expressed as a dimension away from 
the outside dimension of the fins to the nearest surface. 
Thermal 
Monitor 
A feature on the processor that attempts to keep the processor die 
temperature within factory specifications. 
TCC 
Thermal Control Circuit: Thermal Monitor uses the TCC to reduce die 
temperature by lowering the effective processor frequency when the die 
temperature has exceeded its operating limits. 
DTS 
Digital Thermal Sensor: Processor die sensor temperature defined as an offset 
from the onset of PROCHOT#.  
FSC 
Fan Speed Control: Thermal solution that includes a variable fan speed which 
is driven by a PWM signal and uses the on-die thermal diode as a reference to 
change the duty cycle of the PWM signal. 
T
CONTROL
 
T
CONTROL
 is the specification limit for use with the on-die thermal diode.  
PWM 
Pulse width modulation is a method of controlling a variable speed fan. The 
enabled 4-wire fans use the PWM duty cycle % from the fan speed controller 
to modulate the fan speed. 
Health 
Monitor 
Component 
Any standalone or integrated component that is capable of reading the 
processor temperature and providing the PWM signal to the 4-pin fan header. 
BTX 
Balanced Technology Extended. 
TMA 
Thermal Module Assembly. The heatsink, fan and duct assembly for the BTX 
thermal solution 
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