AMD 800 chipset series
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The AMD 800 chipset series is a set of chipsets developed by AMD
, released in 2009. The chipset series was revealed in its presentation slides during the AMD Financial Analyst Day 2007 held on December 13, 2007. This chipset series also marks the return of AMD to the workstation/server market after the completion of the ATI
acquisition in October 2006 with the first server chipsets.
package, supporting both unbuffered or buffered DDR3
(with Socket G3MX
), HyperTransport 3.0 and IOMMU
, all of them forming the codenamed "Piranha" server platform. However as a result of shifted strategy, AMD abandoned plans for Socket G3 and G3MX completely and focused to deliver new server platforms. Also for uni-processor server platform, the combination of SR5580 (Originally codenamed "RS780") and SP5100 formed the codenamed "Catalunya" platform.
The codenamed "Fiorano" platform consists of codenamed "Istanbul" six-core processors, while "Istanbul" processors still feature Socket F+
and support dual-channel registered DDR2 memory, the platform supports HyperTransport 3.0 and IOMMU
.
The codenamed "Maranello" platform consists of six-core "Sao Paolo" or twelve-core "Magny-Cours" processors. These two processors support a new socket called Socket G34
with four-channel DDR3 support, with other platform features such as HyperTransport 3.0 and IOMMU support.
The codenamed "Catalunya" platform consists of codenamed "Suzuka" quad-core processors, featuring Socket AM3
and support dual-channel registered DDR3 memory, the platform supports HyperTransport 3.0.
The codenames of the chipsets "RD890S", "RD870S" and "SB700S" has also changed to "SR5690", "SR5670" and "SP5100".
Advanced Micro Devices
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. or AMD is an American multinational semiconductor company based in Sunnyvale, California, that develops computer processors and related technologies for commercial and consumer markets...
, released in 2009. The chipset series was revealed in its presentation slides during the AMD Financial Analyst Day 2007 held on December 13, 2007. This chipset series also marks the return of AMD to the workstation/server market after the completion of the ATI
ATI Technologies
ATI Technologies Inc. was a semiconductor technology corporation based in Markham, Ontario, Canada, that specialized in the development of graphics processing units and chipsets. Founded in 1985 as Array Technologies Inc., the company was listed publicly in 1993 and was acquired by Advanced Micro...
acquisition in October 2006 with the first server chipsets.
Server
The chipset series is targeted in three markets: the workstation/server market, the desktop market and the notebook market. Current information about the chipset series is very scarce, while the officially published information about the series is the server chipsets with two variants available, the AMD 890S chipset and the AMD 870S chipset, all of them paired with the SB700S series southbridge. The chipsets were supposed to support the codenamed "Montreal" processor made on 45 nm process, in Socket G3Socket G3
The Socket G3, originally as part of the codenamed Piranha server platform, was supposed to be the intermediate successor to Socket F and Socket F+ to be used in AMD Opteron processor for dual-processor and above server platforms scheduled to be launched 2009...
package, supporting both unbuffered or buffered DDR3
DDR3 SDRAM
In computing, DDR3 SDRAM, an abbreviation for double data rate type three synchronous dynamic random access memory, is a modern kind of dynamic random access memory with a high bandwidth interface. It is one of several variants of DRAM and associated interface techniques used since the early 1970s...
(with Socket G3MX
Socket G3 Memory Extender
The Socket G3 Memory Extender or in short G3MX is Advanced Micro Devices' solution to the problem of connecting large amounts of memory to a single microprocessor...
), HyperTransport 3.0 and IOMMU
IOMMU
In computing, an input/output memory management unit is a memory management unit that connects a DMA-capable I/O bus to the main memory...
, all of them forming the codenamed "Piranha" server platform. However as a result of shifted strategy, AMD abandoned plans for Socket G3 and G3MX completely and focused to deliver new server platforms. Also for uni-processor server platform, the combination of SR5580 (Originally codenamed "RS780") and SP5100 formed the codenamed "Catalunya" platform.
The codenamed "Fiorano" platform consists of codenamed "Istanbul" six-core processors, while "Istanbul" processors still feature Socket F+
Socket F+
Socket F+ is a CPU Socket for AMD server processors starting from the 45 nm generation of the K10 CPU family. It is the successor to Socket F...
and support dual-channel registered DDR2 memory, the platform supports HyperTransport 3.0 and IOMMU
IOMMU
In computing, an input/output memory management unit is a memory management unit that connects a DMA-capable I/O bus to the main memory...
.
The codenamed "Maranello" platform consists of six-core "Sao Paolo" or twelve-core "Magny-Cours" processors. These two processors support a new socket called Socket G34
Socket G34
Socket G34 is a CPU socket designed by AMD to support AMD's multi-chip module Opteron 6000-series server processors. G34 was launched on March 29, 2010, alongside the initial grouping of Opteron 6100 processors designed for it. Socket G34 supports four DDR3 SDRAM channels, two for each die in the...
with four-channel DDR3 support, with other platform features such as HyperTransport 3.0 and IOMMU support.
The codenamed "Catalunya" platform consists of codenamed "Suzuka" quad-core processors, featuring Socket AM3
Socket AM3
Socket AM3 is a CPU socket for AMD processors. AM3 was launched as the successor to Socket AM2+ on February 9, 2009, alongside the initial grouping of Phenom II processors designed for it...
and support dual-channel registered DDR3 memory, the platform supports HyperTransport 3.0.
The codenames of the chipsets "RD890S", "RD870S" and "SB700S" has also changed to "SR5690", "SR5670" and "SP5100".
890FX
- Codenamed RD890
- Single AMD processor configuration
- Four physical PCIe 2.0 x16 slots @ x8 electrical which can be combined to create two PCIe 2.0 x16 slots @ x16 electrical, one PCIe 2.0 x4 slot and two PCIe 2.0 x1 slots, the chipset provides a total of 38 PCIe 2.0 lanes and 4 PCIe 2.0 for A-Link Express III solely in the Northbridge
- HyperTransportHyperTransportHyperTransport , formerly known as Lightning Data Transport , is a technology for interconnection of computer processors. It is a bidirectional serial/parallel high-bandwidth, low-latency point-to-point link that was introduced on April 2, 2001...
3.0 and PCI ExpressPCI ExpressPCI Express , officially abbreviated as PCIe, is a computer expansion card standard designed to replace the older PCI, PCI-X, and AGP bus standards...
2.0 - ATI CrossFire X
- AMD OverDrive
- IOMMUIOMMUIn computing, an input/output memory management unit is a memory management unit that connects a DMA-capable I/O bus to the main memory...
- Pairs with SB850 southbridgeSouthbridge (computing)The southbridge is one of the two chips in the core logic chipset on a personal computer motherboard, the other being the northbridge. The southbridge typically implements the slower capabilities of the motherboard in a northbridge/southbridge chipset computer architecture. In Intel chipset...
with support up to six SATA 6.0 Gbit/s ports - Enthusiast discrete multi-graphics segment
890GX
- Codenamed RS880D
- Single AMD processor configuration
- Two physical PCIe 2.0 x16 slots (one @ x16 or two @ x8 in Crossfire mode), one PCIe 2.0 x4 slot and two PCIe 2.0 x1 slots, the chipset provides a total of 22 PCIe 2.0 lanes and 4 PCIe 2.0 for A-Link Express III solely in the Northbridge
- Integrated graphics: Radeon HD 4290
- Side-port memory as local frame buffer, supporting DDR3DDR3 SDRAMIn computing, DDR3 SDRAM, an abbreviation for double data rate type three synchronous dynamic random access memory, is a modern kind of dynamic random access memory with a high bandwidth interface. It is one of several variants of DRAM and associated interface techniques used since the early 1970s...
chips up to DDR3-1333. - ATI PowerPlay technologyATI PowerPlayATI PowerPlay is a collective name for a set of technologies implemented in a series of graphics adapters manufactured by ATI, including the Mobility Radeon, the Imageon handheld chipset, and the Radeon family of desktop GPUs...
- Side-port memory as local frame buffer, supporting DDR3
- Two physical PCI-E x16 slots (one 16x and one 8x electrically. In Crossfire mode, both will revert to 8x electrically)
- HyperTransport 3.0 and PCI Express 2.0
- ATI CrossFire
- Hybrid CrossFire X
- AMD OverDrive
- Performance hybrid multi-graphics segment
880G
- Codenamed RS880
- Single AMD processor configuration
- One physical PCIe 2.0 x16 slot, one PCIe 2.0 x4 slot and two PCIe 2.0 x1 slots, the chipset provides a total of 22 PCIe 2.0 lanes and 4 PCIe 2.0 for A-Link Express III solely in the Northbridge
- Integrated graphics: Radeon HD 4250
- Side-port memory as local frame buffer, supporting DDR3DDR3 SDRAMIn computing, DDR3 SDRAM, an abbreviation for double data rate type three synchronous dynamic random access memory, is a modern kind of dynamic random access memory with a high bandwidth interface. It is one of several variants of DRAM and associated interface techniques used since the early 1970s...
modules up to DDR3-1333. - ATI PowerPlay 7.0 technologyATI PowerPlayATI PowerPlay is a collective name for a set of technologies implemented in a series of graphics adapters manufactured by ATI, including the Mobility Radeon, the Imageon handheld chipset, and the Radeon family of desktop GPUs...
- Side-port memory as local frame buffer, supporting DDR3
- HyperTransport 3.0 and PCI Express 2.0
- ATI CrossFire
- Hybrid CrossFire X
870
- Codenamed RX880
- Single AMD processor configuration
- One physical PCIe 2.0 x16 slot, one PCIe 2.0 x4 slot and two PCIe 2.0 x1 slots, the chipset provides a total of 22 PCIe 2.0 lanes and 4 PCIe 2.0 for A-Link Express III solely in the Northbridge
- HyperTransport 3.0 and PCI Express 2.0
Southbridges
While in the same internal event mentioned above, AMD gave a preview on the features of the SB8xx family of southbridges, as follows:- A-Link Express updated to PCI ExpressPCI ExpressPCI Express , officially abbreviated as PCIe, is a computer expansion card standard designed to replace the older PCI, PCI-X, and AGP bus standards...
2.0 x4 lanes giving 2 GB/s bandwidth, named "A-Link Express 3.0" - Southbridge incorporating 4 PCI Express 2.0 lanes
- Supporting C6 power state, which is featured in FusionAMD FusionAMD Fusion is the marketing name for a series of APUs by AMD. There are two flavors of Fusion currently available, one with its CPU logic based on the Bobcat core and the other its CPU logic based on the 10h core. In both cases the GPU logic is HD6xxx, which itself is based on the mobile variant of...
processors - Southbridge incorporating Gigabit EthernetGigabit EthernetGigabit Ethernet is a term describing various technologies for transmitting Ethernet frames at a rate of a gigabit per second , as defined by the IEEE 802.3-2008 standard. It came into use beginning in 1999, gradually supplanting Fast Ethernet in wired local networks where it performed...
MACMedia Access ControlThe media access control data communication protocol sub-layer, also known as the medium access control, is a sublayer of the data link layer specified in the seven-layer OSI model , and in the four-layer TCP/IP model... - Support integrated clock generator as optional feature
- Support for AHCIAdvanced Host Controller InterfaceThe Advanced Host Controller Interface is a technical standard defined by Intel that specifies the operation of Serial ATA host bus adapters in a non-implementation-specific manner....
1.2 with SATA FIS–based switching support - Mandatory support for SATASerial ATASerial ATA is a computer bus interface for connecting host bus adapters to mass storage devices such as hard disk drives and optical drives...
1.5 Gbit/s, 3.0 Gbit/s, and SATA 6.0 Gbit/s - no support for Sata 6.0 Gbit/s in SB810. - Two embedded 8051 controllers, and one dedicated for DASHDesktop and mobile Architecture for System HardwareDASH is a DMTF standard on requirements for implementing the Desktop and Mobile Architecture for System Hardware....
compliance - Support for 14 USB 2.0 ports and 2 USB 1.1 ports, 3 integrated EHCI controllers - no support for USB 3.0 in initial products, early boards based on the chipset used a NEC chip for USB 3.0 support.
- Supports 5 fan controls, 8 Vin and 4 Tempin for hardware monitoring
Desktop comparison matrix
| Northbridge | Socket Support | Processor Support | Fabrication process (nm) |
TDP | HyperTransport 3.0 | IOMMU IOMMU In computing, an input/output memory management unit is a memory management unit that connects a DMA-capable I/O bus to the main memory... |
CrossFireX Enabled |
Integrated Graphics |
IGP Frequency | PCI Express 2.0 | NB-SB Interface |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 890FX | Socket AM3 Socket AM3 Socket AM3 is a CPU socket for AMD processors. AM3 was launched as the successor to Socket AM2+ on February 9, 2009, alongside the initial grouping of Phenom II processors designed for it... |
Phenom II Phenom II Phenom II is a family of AMD's multi-core 45 nm processors using the AMD K10 microarchitecture, succeeding the original Phenom. Advanced Micro Devices released the Socket AM2+ version of Phenom II in December 2008, while Socket AM3 versions with DDR3 support, along with an initial batch of... family, Athlon II Athlon II Athlon II is a family of AMD multi-core 45 nm central processing units, which is aimed at the midrange to budget market and is a complementary product lineup to the Phenom II.-Features:... family, Sempron Sempron Sempron has been the marketing name used by AMD for several different budget desktop CPUs, using several different technologies and CPU socket formats. The Sempron replaced the AMD Duron processor and competes against Intel's Celeron series of processors... |
65 nm | 19.6 W | 2600 MHz bi-directional |
1 | 42 lanes | A-Link Express III |
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| 890GX | 55 nm | 25 W | 700 MHz | 22 lanes | |||||||
| 880G | 55 nm | 18 W | 560 MHz | 22 lanes | |||||||
| 870 | 65 nm | 12.5 W | 22 lanes | ||||||||
Notes:
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Integrated graphics
Some members of the AMD 800 chipset series, the 880G and the 890GX have integrated graphics (IGP) that support hardware video playback acceleration at different levels. The IGP features are listed below:| Chipset/ Codename |
Gfx model (Radeon Radeon Radeon is a brand of graphics processing units and random access memory produced by Advanced Micro Devices , first launched in 2000 by ATI Technologies, which was acquired by AMD in 2006. Radeon is the successor to the Rage line. There are four different groups, which can be differentiated by... ) |
DirectX DirectX Microsoft DirectX is a collection of application programming interfaces for handling tasks related to multimedia, especially game programming and video, on Microsoft platforms. Originally, the names of these APIs all began with Direct, such as Direct3D, DirectDraw, DirectMusic, DirectPlay,... API supported |
Video playback acceleration |
Video formats decoding support |
Multi-graphics | Other video features | Native video output support | |||||||
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| AVIVO | AVIVO HD+ UVD Unified Video Decoder The Unified Video Decoder, previously called Universal Video Decoder, or UVD in short, is the video decoding unit from ATI Technologies to support hardware decode of H.264 and VC-1 video codec standards, and being a part of ATI Avivo HD technology.... +AVP |
MPEG-2 MPEG-2 MPEG-2 is a standard for "the generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information". It describes a combination of lossy video compression and lossy audio data compression methods which permit storage and transmission of movies using currently available storage media and transmission... |
H.264 | VC-1 VC-1 VC-1 is the informal name of the SMPTE 421M video codec standard, which was initially developed as a proprietary video format by Microsoft before it was released as a formal SMPTE standard video format on April 3, 2006... |
DisplayPort DisplayPort DisplayPort is a digital display interface standard produced by the Video Electronics Standards Association . The specification defines a royalty-free digital interconnect for audio and video. The interface is primarily used to connect a video source to a display device such as a computer monitor... (with DPCP) |
HDMI 1.3a (with HDCP High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection is a form of digital copy protection developed by Intel Corporation to prevent copying of digital audio and video content as it travels across connections... ) |
DVI Digital Visual Interface The Digital Visual Interface is a video interface standard covering the transmission of video between a source device and a display device. The DVI standard has achieved widespread acceptance in the PC industry, both in desktop PCs and monitors... (with HDCP High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection is a form of digital copy protection developed by Intel Corporation to prevent copying of digital audio and video content as it travels across connections... ) |
D-Sub D-subminiature The D-subminiature or D-sub is a common type of electrical connector. They are named for their characteristic D-shaped metal shield. When they were introduced, D-subs were among the smaller connectors used on computer systems.... |
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| 890GX/RS880D | HD 4290 | 10.1 | , UVD 2 | Dual video stream1 | ||||||||||
| 880G/RS880P | HD 4250 | 10.1 | , UVD 2 | Dual video stream1 | ||||||||||
| RS880M series | HD 4270 HD 4250 HD 4225 |
10.1 | , UVD 2 | Dual video stream1 | ||||||||||
Notes:
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Southbridge issues (SB8x0)
AMD does not provide any SB8x0 errata publicly. Most OSes require patches in order to work reliably.- Windows platform:
- Microsoft KB982091http://support.microsoft.com/kb/982091
- Linux platform:
- HPETHigh Precision Event TimerThe High Precision Event Timer is a hardware timer used in personal computers. It was developed jointly by Intel and Microsoft and has been incorporated in PC chipsets since circa 2005...
operation with MSIMessage Signaled InterruptsMessage Signaled Interrupts, in PCI 2.2and later in PCI Express, are an alternative way of generating an interrupt. Traditionally, a device has an interrupt pin which it asserts when it wants to interrupt the host CPU. While PCI Express does not have separate interrupt pins, it has special...
causes LPCLow Pin CountThe Low Pin Count bus, or LPC bus, is used on IBM-compatible personal computers to connect low-bandwidth devices to the CPU, such as the boot ROM and the "legacy" I/O devices . The "legacy" I/O devices usually include serial and parallel ports, PS/2 keyboard, PS/2 mouse, floppy disk controller...
DMADirect memory accessDirect memory access is a feature of modern computers that allows certain hardware subsystems within the computer to access system memory independently of the central processing unit ....
corruption on devices using LPC DMA (floppy, parallel port, serial port in FIR mode) because MSI requests are misinterpreted as DMA cycles by the broken LPC controllerhttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=73472a46b5b28116b145fb5fc05242c1aa8e1461 - SATA soft reset fails when PMPPort multiplierA Serial ATA port multiplier is a device that allows one to connect multiple SATA devices to a single SATA host port in a similar manner to that of a USB hub...
is enabled and attached devices will not be detected
- HPET