Intel C2518 FH8065501516710 Data Sheet

Intel

®

 Atom™ Processor C2000 Product Family for Microserver

Datasheet, Vol. 3 of 3

September 2014

658

Order Number: 330061-002US

The SoC has up to four SATA2 ports and two SATA3 ports depending on product SKU. 

Each port consists of a Transmitter differential pair and a Receiver differential pair 

which are in the 1.0-Volt Core power well of the SoC.

• SATA_TXP[3:0], SATA_TXN[3:0] (Low Voltage Differential)
• SATA_RXP[3:0], SATA_RXN[3:0] (Low Voltage Differential)
• SATA3_TXP[1:0], SATA3_TXN[1:0] (Low Voltage Differential)
• SATA3_RXP[1:0], SATA3_RXN[1:0] (Low Voltage Differential)

For Serial ATA (SATA) interface electrical specifications, refer to Tables 29–34 in Section 

7.2 of the Serial ATA Revision 3.0 Specification. The SoC as a SATA Host supports 

Gen1i, Gen1m, Gen2i, Gen 2m, and Gen3i as defined in the specification. The SoC 

supports Gen1m and Gen2m External SATA (eSATA) on the SATA2 Controller only.

Nominal channel speeds are 1.5 (Gen1) and 3.0 (Gen2) Gbps for the SATA2 and SATA3 

controllers. The SATA3 controller also supports 6.0 Gbps.

The SoC electrical requirements for the SATA2 and SATA3 differential reference clock 

Other SATA Controller signals not part of the Serial ATA Revision 3.0 Specification:

• SATA_GP0, SATA3_GP0 (Input)
• SATA_LEDN, SATA3_LEDN (OD Output)

V

IL

Input Low Voltage

–0.3

0.8

V

V

IH

Input High Voltage

2.0

V3P3S+0.3

V

V

OL

Output Low Voltage

-

0.1

V

Open Drain @ 

4 mA

V

O

Output Voltage applied to 

pin

–

3.47

V

Open  Drain