
ICE-945GSE COM Express Type 2 Module
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One SDVO ports supported
o SDVO is muxed onto the PCIe pins
o DVI 1.0 support for external digital monitor
o Only Downstream HDCP support
o Supports TV and DVD formats
o Display hot plug support
2.5 Intel® ICH7M Southbridge Chipset
The Intel® ICH7M Southbridge chipset is connected to the Intel® 945GSE Northbridge
through the chip-to-chip Direct Media Interface (DMI). The Intel® ICH7M provides the I/O
capabilities to the system.
All the connections on the Intel® ICH7M are wired through the COM Express connectors
to connectors on the carrier board. Some of the features of the Intel® ICH7M are listed
below. The connections from the Intel® ICH7M are shown in
Figure 2-4.
Complies with PCI Express Base Specification, Revision 1.0a
Complies with PCI Local Bus Specification, Revision 2.3 and supports
33 MHz PCI operations
Supports ACPI Power Management Logic
Contains:
o Enhanced DMA controller
o Interrupt controller
o Timer functions
Integrated SATA host controller with DMA operations interfaced to two SATA
connectors on the ICE-945GSE
Integrated IDE controller supports Ultra ATA 100/66/33
Supports the four USB 2.0 devices on the ICE-945GSE with four UHCI
controllers and one EHCI controller
Complies with System Management Bus (SMBus) Specification, Version 2.0
Supports Audio Codec ’97 (AC’97) Revision 2.3
Supports Intel® High Definition Audio
Contains Low Pin Count (LPC) interface
Supports Firmware Hub (FWH) interface
Serial peripheral interface support
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