Gateway Intel Xeon L5520 TC.32500.005 User Manual

Product codes
TC.32500.005
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Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500 Series Datasheet, Volume 2
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Introduction
• Unit Interval (UI) — Signaling convention that is binary and unidirectional. In 
this binary signaling, one bit is sent for every edge of the forwarded clock, whether 
it be a rising edge or a falling edge. If a number of edges are collected at instances 
t
1
, t
2
, t
n
,...., t
then the UI at instance “n” is defined as:
UI 
n
 = t 
- t 
n - 1
1.2
References
Material and concepts available in the following documents may be beneficial when 
reading this document:
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Table 1-1.
References
Document
Reference #
Notes
Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer’s Manual 
Volume 1: Basic Architecture
Volume 2A: Instruction Set Reference, A-M
Volume 2B: Instruction Set Reference, N-Z
Volume 3A: System Programming Guide, Part 1
Volume 3B: Systems Programming Guide, Part 2
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Notes:
1. Document is available publicly at http://www.intel.com.
Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Optimization Reference Manual
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Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500 Series Specification Update
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Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500 Series Datasheet, Volume 1
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