Intel G870 BX80623G870 User Manual

Product codes
BX80623G870
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Introduction
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Datasheet, Volume 1
1.2.4
Platform Environment Control Interface (PECI)
The PECI is a one-wire interface that provides a communication channel between a 
PECI client (the processor) and a PECI master. The processors support the PECI 3.0 
Specification.
1.2.5
Processor Graphics
• The Processor Graphics contains a refresh of the sixth generation graphics core 
enabling substantial gains in performance and lower power consumption.
• Next Generation Intel Clear Video Technology HD support is a collection of video 
playback and enhancement features that improve the end user’s viewing 
experience.
— Encode/transcode HD content 
— Playback of high definition content including Blu-ray Disc*
— Superior image quality with sharper, more colorful images
— Playback of Blu-ray disc S3D content using HDMI (V.1.4 with 3D)
• DirectX* Video Acceleration (DXVA) support for accelerating video processing
— Full AVC/VC1/MPEG2 HW Decode
• Advanced Scheduler 2.0, 1.0, XPDM support
• Windows* 7, XP, Windows Vista*, OSX, Linux OS Support
• DX10.1, DX10, DX9 support
• OGL 3.0 support
• Switchable graphics support on desktop AIO platforms with MxM solutions only
1.2.6
Intel
®
 Flexible Display Interface (Intel
®
 FDI)
• For SKUs with graphics, FDI carries display traffic from the Processor Graphics in 
the processor to the legacy display connectors in the PCH
• Based on DisplayPort standard 
• Two independent links – one for each display pipe
• Four unidirectional downstream differential transmitter pairs
— Scalable down to 3X, 2X, or 1X based on actual display bandwidth 
requirements
— Fixed frequency 2.7 GT/s data rate
• Two sideband signals for Display synchronization
— FDI_FSYNC and FDI_LSYNC (Frame and Line Synchronization) 
• One Interrupt signal used for various interrupts from the PCH
— FDI_INT signal shared by both Intel FDI Links
• PCH supports end-to-end lane reversal across both links
• Common 100-MHz reference clock