FIC M295 User Manual

Hardware Functional Overview

FIC M295 / M296 Service Manual 4-1

Chapter

4.1 Overview

The FIC M295 / M296 notebook consists of several important functions and subsystems
including:

• System Processor – implemented on the motherboard using the Intel uFCPGA

Pentium 4 1.6/1.8/2.0/2.26/2.3/2.4/2.5 GHZ Support FSB 400/533

• System North Bridge Core Logic – implemented on the motherboard using the SIS

645DX chipset.
-  CPU Interface
-  AGP BUS Controller
-  DDR DRAM Controller
-  MuTIOL Media I/O

• System South Bridge Core Logic – implemented on the motherboard using the SIS

962L chipset.
-  Integrated MuTIOL Connect to PCI Bridge
-  Dual IDE Master/Slave Controller, Integrated DMA
-  USB 2.0

• Clock Frequency Generator – implemented on the motherboard using the ICS 952001

clock generator chip.

• Cache Memory Subsystem – implemented on-die on the Intel CPU.

- L1 cache (Pentium Processor Internal)

- 12KB code and 8KB data, which implemented 8 way set associative and write

back

- L2 cache (Pentium Processor Internal)

- 256KB Advanced Transfer Cache,8 way associativity
- 8-way set associative, 32-byte line size, 1 line per sector

• Video Subsystem –

M295 NVIDIA MAP17

              High Performance and high quality 3D accelerator
              AGP 4X BUS
              High performance 2D accelerator
              Complete TV-OUT/Digital Flat Panel Solution

M296 ATI Mobility Radeon 8500 M9CSP32

-    High Performance and high quality 3D accelerator
-    Integrated VB bridge
-    High performance 2D accelerator
-    Complete TV-OUT/Digital Flat Panel Solution