Intel C2518 FH8065501516710 Data Sheet

Intel

®

 Atom™ Processor C2000 Product Family for Microserver

Datasheet, Vol. 2 of 3

September 2014

476

Order Number: 330061-002US

The maximum size of the Flash Descriptor is 4 KB. If the block/sector size of the SPI 

Flash device is greater than 4 KB, the Flash Descriptor only uses the first 4 KB of the 

first block. The Flash Descriptor requires its own block at the bottom of memory (00h).

The information stored in the Flash Descriptor is only written during the board-level 

manufacturing process. The read/write permissions are set to read only when the 

system containing the SoC leaves the manufacturing floor.

The Flash Descriptor is made up of eleven sections as indicated in 

. 

Descriptor

Map

Component

Signature

Region

Master

Soft Straps

4KB

VSCC Table

Descriptor 

Upper Map

256B OEM 

Section

Reserved

10 h

Reserved

0 h