Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9300 User Manuals

Table of Contents

• Contents

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  • Figures

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  • Tables

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• 1 Introduction

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  • 1.1 Terminology

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  • 1.2 References

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    • Table 1. References

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• 2 Low Power Features

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  • 2.1 Clock Control and Low Power States

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    • Figure 1. Core Low Power States

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    • Figure 2. Package Low Power States

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    • Table 2. Coordination of Core Low Power States at the Package Level

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    • 2.1.1 Core Low Power State Descriptions

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      • 2.1.1.1 Core C0 State

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      • 2.1.1.2 Core C1/AutoHALT Powerdown State

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      • 2.1.1.3 Core C1/MWAIT Powerdown State

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      • 2.1.1.4 Core C2 State

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      • 2.1.1.5 Core C3 State

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      • 2.1.1.6 Core C4 State

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    • 2.1.2 Package Low Power State Descriptions

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      • 2.1.2.1 Normal State

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      • 2.1.2.2 Stop-Grant State

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      • 2.1.2.3 Stop-Grant Snoop State

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      • 2.1.2.4 Sleep State

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      • 2.1.2.5 Deep Sleep State

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      • 2.1.2.6 Deeper Sleep State

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  • 2.2 Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology

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  • 2.3 Extended Low Power States

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  • 2.4 FSB Low Power Enhancements

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    • 2.4.1 Dual Intel Dynamic Acceleration

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  • 2.5 Processor Power Status Indicator (PSI-2) Signal

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    • Figure 3. PSI-2 Functionality Logic Diagram

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• 3 Electrical Specifications

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  • 3.1 Power and Ground Pins

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  • 3.2 Decoupling Guidelines

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    • 3.2.1 VCC Decoupling

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    • 3.2.2 FSB AGTL+ Decoupling

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    • 3.2.3 FSB Clock (BCLK[1:0]) and Processor Clocking

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  • 3.3 Voltage Identification and Power Sequencing

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    • Table 3. Voltage Identification Definition (Sheet 1 of 4)

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  • 3.4 Catastrophic Thermal Protection

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  • 3.5 Reserved and Unused Pins

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  • 3.6 FSB Frequency Select Signals (BSEL[2:0])

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    • Table 4. BSEL[2:0] Encoding for BCLK Frequency

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  • 3.7 FSB Signal Groups

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    • Table 5. FSB Pin Groups

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  • 3.8 CMOS Signals

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  • 3.9 Maximum Ratings

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    • Table 6. Processor Absolute Maximum Ratings

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  • 3.10 Processor DC Specifications

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    • Table 7. Voltage and Current Specifications for the Quad-Core Extreme Mobile Processors (Sheet 1 of 2)

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    • Table 8. Voltage and Current Specifications for the Quad-Core Mobile Processors (Sheet 1 of 2)

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      • Figure 4. Active VCC and ICC Loadline for Quad-Core Extreme Mobile Processor

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      • Figure 5. Deeper Sleep VCC and ICC Loadline for Quad-Core Extreme Mobile Processor

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    • Table 9. AGTL+ Signal Group DC Specifications (Sheet 1 of 2)

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    • Table 10. CMOS Signal Group DC Specifications

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    • Table 11. Open Drain Signal Group DC Specifications

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• 4 Package Mechanical Specifications and Pin Information

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  • 4.1 Package Mechanical Specifications

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    • Figure 6. Quad-Core Processor Micro-FCPGA Package Drawing (Sheet 1 of 2)

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    • Figure 7. Quad-Core Processor Micro-FCPGA Package Drawing (Sheet 2 of 2)

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  • 4.2 Processor Pinout and Pin List

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    • Figure 8. Quad-Core Processor Pinout (Top Package View, Left Side)

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    • Figure 9. Quad-Core Processor Pinout (Top Package View, Right Side)

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    • Table 12. Pin Listing by Pin Name

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    • Table 13. Pin Listing by Pin Number

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    • Table 14. Signal Description (Sheet 1 of 9)

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    • Table 15. New Pins for the Quad-Core Mobile Processor

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• 5 Thermal Specifications and Design Considerations

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  • Table 16. Processor Power Specifications

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  • 5.1 Monitoring Die Temperature

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    • 5.1.1 Thermal Diode

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      • Table 17. Thermal Diode Interface

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      • Table 18. Thermal Diode Parameters Using Transistor Model

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    • 5.1.2 Intel® Thermal Monitor

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    • 5.1.3 Digital Thermal Sensor

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  • 5.2 PROCHOT# Signal Pin

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