AMD 700 chipset series/ AMD 7Series Chipsets Codename(s) Wahoo (790FX, Quad FX) Hammerhead (790FX) Seahorse (780G) Mahogany (780E) CPU supported Phenom series Athlon 64 series Sempron series Turion 64 X2 series Socket supported Socket F+/F (790FX/DSDC) Socket AM2+, AM2, AM3 Socket S1 Southbridge(s) SB600, SB700, SB710, SB750 Desktop / mobile chipsets Enthusiast segment 790FX Performance segment 790GX, 790X, M780T (Mobile) Mainstream segment 780G, 785G, 770, 760G M780G (Mobile) Value segment 780V, 740G, 740 AMD 700 chipset series From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The AMD 700 chipset series (also called as AMD 7Series Chipsets ) is a set of chipsets designed by ATI for AMD Phenom processors to be sold under the AMD brand. Several members were launched in the end of 2007 and the first half of 2008, others launched throughout the rest of 2008. Contents 1 Development history 2 Lineup 2.1 790FX 2.2 790X 2.3 790GX 2.4 785G 2.5 785E 2.6 780G/780V 2.7 780E 2.8 770 2.9 760G 2.10 740G 2.11 740 2.12 Southbridges 3 Key features 3.1 Multigraphics 3.2 AMD OverDrive 3.3 AutoXpress 3.4 Advanced Clock Calibration 3.5 Energy efficiency
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3/18/2015 AMD 700 chipset series Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
AMD 700 chipset seriesFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The AMD 700 chipset series (also called as AMD 7Series Chipsets) is a set of chipsets designed by ATI for AMDPhenom processors to be sold under the AMD brand. Several members were launched in the end of 2007 and the first halfof 2008, others launched throughout the rest of 2008.
The existence of the chipsets was proven in October 2006 through two hardware websites in Chile[2] and Spain[3] whichposted the leaked slides of an ATI internal event, "ATI chipset update". In the slides, ATI has shown a series of RD700series chipset logics codenamed RD790, RX790, RS780 and RS740 respectively. A SB700 southbridge was alsomentioned in the event. The 790X (codename RD780) chipset was spotted in Computex 2007, exhibited by ASUS. TheRS780D was first reported by HKEPC[4] while the RX780H was first seen on ECS internal presentations.[5]
After the acquisition of ATI Technologies, AMD started to participate in the development of the chipset series. And as a result, the first performance and enthusiast segmentchipsets products under the AMD brand, the 790FX, 790X and 770 chipsets were launched on November 19, 2007 as part of the Spider codenamed desktop performanceplatform. The 780 chipset series, first launched in China on January 23, 2008, and released worldwide on March 5, 2008 during CeBIT 2008,[6] mobile chipsets (M740G,M780G and M780T chipsets) were released on June 4, 2008 during Computex 2008 as part of the Puma mobile platform and the 790GX chipset was released on August 6,2008, while some other members released at a later date in 2008. The 785G was announced on August 4, 2009.
Lineup
790FX
Codenamed RD790, final name revealed to be "AMD 790FX chipset"[7]
Four physical PCIe 2.0 x16 slots @ x8 or two physical PCIe 2.0 x16 slots, one PCIe 2.0 x4 slot and two PCIe 2.0 x1 slots,[9] the chipset provides a total of 38 PCIe 2.0lanes and 4 PCIe 1.1 for ALink Express II solely in the Northbridge
HyperTransport 3.0 with support for HTX slots[9] and PCI Express 2.0ATI CrossFire XAutoXpressAMD OverDriveEnergy efficient Northbridge design
65 nm CMOS fabrication process manufactured by TSMCExtreme overclocking, reported to have achieved about 420 MHz bus for overclocking an Athlon 64 FX62 processor, from originally 200 MHz.
Optional discrete chipset cache memory of at least 16 KB to reduce the latencies and increase the bandwidth[9]
Supports Dual Gigabit Ethernet, and teaming option[9]
Reference board codenamed "Wahoo"[10] for dualprocessor system reference design board with three physical PCIE x16 slots, and "HammerHead" for singlesocketsystem reference design board with four physical PCIE x16 slots, also notable was the reference boards includes two ATA ports and only four SATA 3.0 Gbit/s ports (asbeing paired with SB600 southbridge).Will pair with SB750 southbridge with support up to six SATA ports and enhanced Phenom processors overclocking via ACC functionality, and will later support SocketAM3 with DDR3 SDRAM support in the first quarter of 2009.Enthusiast discrete multigraphics segmentPublic documentation is not available yet
790X
Codenamed RD780, final name revealed to be "AMD 790X chipset"[11]
Single AMD processor configurationOne physical PCIe 2.0 x16 slot or two physical PCIe 2.0 x16 slots @ x8, one PCIe 2.0 x4 slot and two PCIe 2.0 x1 slots, the chipset provides a total of 22 PCIe 2.0lanes and 4 PCIe 1.1 for ALink Express II solely in the NorthbridgeHyperTransport 3.0 and PCI Express 2.0ATI CrossFireAutoXpressAMD OverDrive
Energy efficient Northbridge design65 nm CMOS fabrication process manufactured by TSMC
Mobile version (codenamed RD780M) planned, supporting CrossFire for two AXIOM/MXM discrete mobile GPUs[12]
Can pair with SB750 southbridge with support up to six SATA ports and enhanced Phenom processors overclocking via ACC functionality.Supports Socket AM3 with DDR3 SDRAM depending on motherboard BIOSPerformance discrete multigraphics segmentPublic documentation is not available yet
790GX
Codenamed RS780D,[4] final name seen on internal AMD presentation[13]
Single AMD processor configurationOne physical PCIe 2.0 x16 slot or two physical PCIe 2.0 x16 slots @ x8, one PCIe 2.0 x4 slot and two PCIe 2.0 x1 slots, thechipset provides a total of 22 PCIe 2.0 lanes and 4 PCIe 1.1 for ALink Express II solely in the Northbridge
Integrated graphics: Radeon HD 3300[14]
ATI Hybrid Graphics
Sideport memory as local frame buffer,[15] supporting DDR2 and GDDR3 chips.[16]
ATI PowerPlay technologyUVD 2.0
Two physical PCIE x16 slots (one 16x and one 8x electrically. In Crossfire mode, both will revert to 8x electrically)HyperTransport 3.0 and PCI Express 2.0ATI CrossFire
Codenamed RS880Single AMD processor configurationOne 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 1.1 for ALink Express IIsolely in the NorthbridgeIntegrated graphics: Radeon HD 4200
ATI Hybrid Graphics and PowerXpressSideport memory as local frame buffer, supporting DDR2 and GDDR3 chips (needs reference) UVD 2ATI Stream capabilities
No 7.1channel LPCM support[17]
HyperTransport 3.0 and PCI Express 2.0AMD OverDriveEnergy efficient Northbridge design
55 nm CMOS fabrication process by TSMCMainstream hybrid graphics (DirectX 10.1 IGP) segment
785E
Codenamed RS785ESingle AMD processor configurationOne physical PCIe 2.0 x16 slot or two physical PCIe 2.0 x16 slots @ x8, one PCIe 2.0 x4 slot and two PCIe 2.0 x1 slots, the chipset provides a total of 22 PCIe 2.0lanes and 4 PCIe 1.1 for ALink Express II solely in the NorthbridgeIntegrated graphics: Radeon HD 4200
ATI Hybrid Graphics and PowerXpressSideport memory as local frame buffer, supporting DDR2 and GDDR3ATI PowerPlay technologyUVD 2
Codenamed RS780/RS780CSingle AMD processor configurationOne 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 1.1 for ALink Express IIsolely in the Northbridge
Integrated graphics: Radeon HD 3200 (780G),[14] Radeon 3100 (780V)[18]
205 million transistors[19]
ATI Hybrid Graphics and PowerXpress (780G only, PowerXpress for M780G only)
Sideport memory as local frame buffer,[15] supporting DDR2 and GDDR3 chips[16] (780G only)ATI PowerPlay technologyUVD 2.0 (780G only)
One physical PCIE x16 slotHyperTransport 3.0 and PCI Express 2.0AMD OverDriveEnergy efficient Northbridge design
55 nm CMOS fabrication process manufactured by TSMC528pin Flip Chip Ball Grid Array (FCBGA) package
1.1 V core voltage[20]
"Remote IT" (temporary name, 780V only)
PintoPin compatible to RS690[21]
Reference board design codenamed "Seahorse"[10]
Mobile version (M780G, codenamed RS780M/M780V, codenamed RS780MC) demonstrated in May 2007,[22] and will be available during second or third quarter (Q2
Q3) 2008,[23] with the implementation of PowerXpress technology, providing one PCIE slot for AXIOM/MXM modules[24] and HyperFlash[25][26] support for thePuma platform
Mainstream hybrid graphics (DirectX 10 IGP) segment (780G), value and commercial DirectX 10 IGP segment (780V)
780E
Codenamed RS780ESingle AMD processor configurationOne physical PCIe 2.0 x16 slot or two physical PCIe 2.0 x16 slots @ x8, one PCIe 2.0 x4 slot and two PCIe 2.0 x1 slots, the chipset provides a total of 22 PCIe 2.0lanes and 4 PCIe 1.1 for ALink Express II solely in the NorthbridgeIntegrated graphics: Radeon HD 3200
205 million transistors[19]
ATI Hybrid Graphics and PowerXpressSideport memory as local frame buffer, supporting DDR2 and GDDR3 chips up to 128 MBATI PowerPlay technologyUVD 2.0
One x16 or two x8 PCIE x16 slot (physical x16 slot)HyperTransport 3.0 and PCI Express 2.0ATI CrossFire
55 nm CMOS fabrication process manufactured by TSMC528pin Flip Chip Ball Grid Array (FCBGA) package
1.1 V core voltage[20]
Reference development board design codenamed "Mahogany"Highend embedded systems segment
770
Codenamed RX780,[27] final product name revealed by ECS[28]
Single AMD processor configurationOne 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 1.1 for ALink Express II
solely in the NorthbridgeHyperTransport 3.0 and PCI Express 2.0AMD OverDriveEnergy efficient Northbridge design
65 nm CMOS fabrication process manufactured by TSMC
Mobile version (M770, codenamed RX781), supports discrete graphics, and support for "addon" graphics solution, via external PCIE cabling[29]
Mainstream discrete singlegraphics segmentPublic documentation is not available yet
760G
Codenamed RS780LSingle AMD processor configurationOne physical PCIe 2.0 x16 slot and one PCIe 2.0 x4 slot, the chipset provides a total of 20 PCIe 2.0 lanes and 4 PCIe 1.1 for ALink Express II solely in theNorthbridgeIntegrated graphics: Radeon HD 3000
55 nm CMOS fabrication process manufactured by TSMCHyperTransport 3.0 and PCI Express 2.0Value DirectX 10.0 IGP segmentPublic documentation is not available yet
740G
Codenamed RS740, value version codenamed RS740CSingle AMD processor configurationOne physical PCIe 1.1 x16 slot and one PCIe 1.1 x4 slot, the chipset provides a total of 20 PCIe 1.1 lanes and 4 PCIe 1.1 for ALink Express II solely in theNorthbridge
55 nm CMOS fabrication process manufactured by TSMCATI PowerPlay technology
HyperTransport 1.0 and PCI Express 1.1aPintopin compatible to RS690CMobile version (M740G, codenamed RS740M) availableValue DirectX 9.0 IGP segmentPublic documentation is not available yet
740
Codenamed RX740[31]
Single AMD processor configurationOne physical PCIe 1.1 x16 slot and one PCIe 1.1 x4 slot, the chipset provides a total of 20 PCIe 1.1 lanes and 4 PCIe 1.1 for ALink Express II solely in theNorthbridgeHyperTransport 2.0 and PCI Express 1.1aEnergy efficient Northbridge designValue discrete singlegraphics segmentPublic documentation is not available yet
Southbridges
Besides the use of SB600 southbridge for earlier releases of several members in late 2007, all of the above chipsets can also utilize newer southbridge designs, the SB700,SB710 and the SB750 southbridges. Future server chipsets will also utilize the server version (SB700S/SB750S) of the southbridges. Features provided by the southbridge arelisted as follows:
SB700
Support up to 6 SATA 3.0 Gbit/s hard disk drives, with RAID 0, 1, 10 supporteSATA support
1 x IDE connector supporting ATA133/100/66/33 and up to 2 IDE devicesSupport up to 14 USB ports (12 USB 2.0 and 2 USB 1.1)I/O acceleration technologies
Consumer Infrared receiver/transmitter port compatible with IrDA standards[32]
DASH 1.0 support
SB710
All features from SB700Super I/OAdvanced Clock Calibration for enhanced CPU overclocking
Direct communication channel composed of six data pins which were previously reserved between the CPU and the southbridgeAdvanced Clock Calibration (Option available with AMD OverDrive software 2.1.1 and later)
SB750
All features of SB700RAID 5 supportSuper I/O
Enhanced CPU overclocking for K10based processors only, originally named "OverDrive 3.0"[33]
Direct communication channel composed of six data pins which were previously reserved between the CPU and the southbridgeAdvanced Clock Calibration (Option available with AMD OverDrive software 2.1.1 and later)
SP5100
All features of SB700Super I/O
Target for future server chipsets[18]
Originally named SB700S,[34] later renamed as SP5100.[35]
The ATI CrossFire X technology supports multiple video cards to be connected to enhance the visual display and 3D rendering capabilities of the system, using AFR modeand/or scissor mode. Alternatively, systems with multiple video card CrossFire X setup will support multiple display monitors up to eight.
For the AMD 790FX chipset, the CrossFire X technology allows up to 4 video cards to be connected, made possible as the chipset supports four physical PCIE x16 slots.[9]The PCIE lanes can be configured for 4 slots at x8 bandwidth or 2 slots at x16 bandwidth (16x16x, 8x8x8x or 8x8x8x8x CrossFire X setup). Reports indicate 2.6 timesthe performance with triplecard CrossFire than that of a single card,[36] and more than 3.3 times the performance increase for quadcard CrossFire. Gigabyte have revealed in aleaked product presentation that the four card CrossFire X setup does not require CrossFire connectors; the data will be exchanged among the PCIE slots which is monitoredand controlled by Catalyst drivers.
For the performance segment, CrossFire on the AMD 790X chipset has two physical PCIE x16 slots[9] with one operating at x8 bandwidth (dualcard 8x8x CrossFire),supporting up to four display monitors.
Multigraphics is also supported for the 790GX IGP chipset, named as Hybrid CrossFire X.
AMD OverDrive
Another feature is AMD OverDrive, an application designed to boost system performance through a list ofitems in realtime, without a system reboot, as listed below:
Realtime Overclocking:Novice mode for users not familiar with system tuning, includes a slider of level 0 to 10 for easysystem tuningAdvanced mode for more familiar enthusiasts to fine tune various system parameters including:Clock frequencies – independent clock frequencies for independent processor cores (Phenomprocessors only), PCIE lanes, system bus frequency; Multipliers for each of the CPU cores
and HyperTransport links (downward direction only except Black Edition processors); Andvoltages for CPU (VID and VDDC), CPU HyperTransport, DDR2 Memory (VDDQ and VTT),
northbridge core (VCore) and Northbridge PCIE. Overclocking also applies to the IGP and
the sideport memory since the release of version 2.1.4."Auto Clock" for automatic finetuning and overclocking
System informationSimple mode – Windows Task Manager like CPU cores usage histogram, with CPU core clock Frequencies, CPU Multipliers, CPU core voltages (VCore),
CPU Temperature; GPU details including GPU core frequency, video memory frequency; and system parameters including system bus frequency,southbridge frequency, PCIE lanes frequency and memory frequencyDetailed mode – include all system information items presented in the simple mode, with the addition of CPU caches, CPU voltages, memory details includingmemory frequencies and SPD settings, HyperTransport frequency and link width
System Monitor(Optional) System benchmark, resulting a value to reflect relative system performance, tests include: integer computation, floatingpoint computation, memory speed,cache speed(Optional) Processor stability test, normally runs for one hour, can also be run for a minimum of 1 minute or a maximum of seven days, to identify whether the systembecomes unstable for use after finetuning under fullloading condition. Tests include: integer (integer units) calculations and stack operations test for each processorcore, floatingpoint (128bit FPU) calculations test for each processor core, calculation test (Phenom processors only), MCA registers checking test
Maintenance/Userfriendly functionalities:Profile(s) saving and loading capabilitiesLog records output
The application will support all members of the AMD 700 chipset series, including the 740 series chipsets which are aimed at value markets, and AMD processors includingPhenom and Athlon 64 family of processors, but due to architectural limitations, independent clock frequency settings for different processor cores (a feature implemented in theK10 microarchitecture) will not function on Athlon 64 family of processors (except for Athlon X2 7000 series which is based on K10).
The AutoXpress technology is a set of automatic system tuning features to enhance system performance, which were revealed by members of ChileHardware when investigatingthe BIOS for AMD 790FX, 790X and 770 chipsets.[37] AutoXpress will be available on AMD 790FX (codenamed RD790) chipset, with AMD 790X (codenamed RD780)and AMD 770 (codenamed RX780) chipsets implementing a subset of all the features. The AutoXpress technology is similar to the LinkBoost capability presented on NVIDIAnForce 500/600 chipsets.
The feature must be enabled via BIOS, options appeared in the BIOS includes ON/OFF/Custom, which choosing the "Custom" option will open up three further options, namely"CPU", "XpressRoute" and "MemBoost" with ON/OFF options, and ON as default. Details about the AutoXpress features are listed as follows:
including Opteron 1000 series)All Radeon video cards Double pumping graphics data
across the CPU HyperTransport link
MemBoostAvailability CPU supported Other hardware Particulars
790FX, 790XAll K8based processors DDR2800
memory modules
Tweaking CAS latencies, as follows:tRC, tWR reduced by 2; tRRD, tWTR reduced by 1;
tREF set to 7.8 μs from originally 3.9 μs; Enabling "Bank Swizzle Mode"; andIncrease Bank Bypass Maximum to 7x
All AMD processors(Socket AM2+/AM2and Socket F+/F)
DDR2 memory modules
Disable the "PowerDown" mode ofDRAM modules (setting the register to "0")
790FXRead performance SPD settings of highend modules and
set as default, giving maximum performance
Advanced Clock Calibration
Advanced clock calibration (ACC) is a feature originally available for Phenom families of processors, particularly for Black Edition ones, to increase the overclocking potential ofthe CPU. ACC is supported by the SB710 and the SB750 southbridges, and available through BIOS settings on some motherboards and AMD OverDrive utility.[38]
It was later discovered that this functionality has the possibility of unlocking the supposedly disabled cores of some Phenom II X2/X3 processors. In normal cases, it is notpossible to use or unlock any of those hidden cores because originally those cores were disabled: a technique called "chip harvesting" or "feature binning" used by AMD to sellparts with one or two defective cores which will cause system instability if not disabled.
The following are available through the Advanced Clock Calibration feature:
1. Auto or manual settings2. Allow separate settings for each of the CPU cores3. Allowed range: 12% to +12%4. Possibility of unlocking AMD Phenom II X2/X3, AMD Athlon II X2/X3 and AMD Sempron locked cores / cache. (with BIOS support)
The principle of ACC is not publicly discussed by AMD but some thirdparty vendors, including ASUS (Core Unlocker)[39] and Biostar (BIOunlocKING)[40] have had it forsome time. Gigabyte has added this feature, called CPU Core Control, to many NB785/SB710 boards via BIOS update,[41] and will be including this feature (now called AutoUnlock) in all of their 800 Series boards with the SB850 chip.[42] On many of the boards, the feature is dependent on BIOS version. While NVIDIA also has a similartechnology for its nForce 780a motherboards, called NVCC (NVIDIA Clock Calibration) with very similar functionality.
Energy efficiency
One of the major focus of the chipset series is the energy efficiency of the chipsets. The need for energyefficient chipsets have risen since chipsets starts including more featuresand more PCI Express lanes, to provide better system scalability by using PCIE addon cards.
But one issue is that chipset circuitries were usually made on a larger fabrication process nodes compared with the latest CPU process node, making recent chipsets consumemore and more power than their predecessors. Recent examples including the Intel X38 chipset Northbridge (MCH), labelling 26.5 W TDP with a maximum idle power of 12.3W,[43] which results in the world's first integrated heat spreader (IHS) design over the chip to help heat spread evenly, with ASUS even adding water cooling block directly ontop of the heatsink of the X38 Northbridge as a part of the motherboard heatpipe system. Although the aforementioned figures may be small compared to the TDP figures of aperformance CPU, there is a growing demand for computer systems with higher performance and lower power consumption. While Intel focuses only on the energy efficiency ofits processors, NVIDIA's nForce 780i chipset requires an overall power consumption of 48 W with the northbridge, southbridge and the nForce 200 PCIE bridge.[44]
In response to this, all discrete northbridges of the chipset series were designed on a 65 nm CMOS process, manufactured by TSMC, aimed at lowering power consumptions ofchipsets. According to internal testing and various reports, the Northbridge of the AMD 790FX chipset (RD790) runs at 3 W when idle, and maximum 10 W under load,[36]nominal 8 W power consumption, the northbridge was seen on reference design of the AMD 790FX chipset with single passive cooling heatsink instead of connecting to heatpipes which are frequently used on current performance motherboard offers,[44] the chipset on the whole (the combination of RD790 Northbridge and SB600 Southbridge)consumes nominally less than 15 W.[45]
The integrated graphics northbridges were also benefited, as most of the IGP northbridges were made on 55 nm process manufactured by TSMC with the inclusion of ATIPowerPlay technology, allowing dynamically changing the core clock frequency to minimum 150 MHz.[13] The 780G Northbridge, sporting DirectX 10 support, consumes only11.4 W on full load,[18] 0.94 watt when idle.[46] This is also smaller than the TDP figures of the Intel G35 chipset Northbridge at 28 W with the maximum idle power of 11 W.[47]
ATI Hybrid Graphics
The ATI Hybrid Graphics technology applies to all or some of the integrated graphics chipsets of this chipset series, technologies including Hybrid CrossFire X, SurroundViewand PowerXpress. Reports confirmed that the 790GX IGP (codenamed RS780D) chipset will be able to handle dual video card and IGP as a CrossFire X setup.[4] HybridGraphics are only available with 24xx, 34xx, & 42xx model ATI graphics cards.
I/O acceleration technologies
All chipsets paired with either SB700, SB710 or SB750 southbridge will support two I/O acceleration technologies, as listed below:
Hybrid Drives
The southbridges also support hybrid drives via SATA or supported ATA ports, which is compliant with the requirements of the Windows ReadyDrive technology, which isbasically a conventional hard drive with an embedded NAND flash module.
HyperFlash
The HyperFlash, basically a NAND flash module on a card, originally planned as a device connected to the supported IDE/ATA 66/100/133 channel, to speed up systemperformance[48] through the Windows ReadyBoost and Windows ReadyDrive functionality.
A HyperFlash module consists of two parts, the first part is a HyperFlash memory card which are flash memory chips on a small PCB (dimensions similar to a Canadian quarter25¢, with diameter 23.88 mm, but rectangular in shape) with contacts similar to SODIMM modules. The other part is a flash controller on an ATA connector, with similarlatches/socket ejectors as SODIMM sockets. The HyperFlash memory card is inserted into the flash controller and then directly plugged into the motherboard ATA connector.The memory chips used on the HyperFlash memory card will be Samsung's OneNAND flash memory modules(http://www.samsung.com/global/business/semiconductor/products/fusionmemory/Products_OneNAND.html) with maximum fourdie configuration (fourdie in a single package),running at 83 MHz frequency,[49] providing a bandwidth of 108 MB/s on a 16bit bus width. Since the flash controller is designed to be compatible with ATA pinout definitions(also to fit the ATA motherboard connector) and is designed by Molex, this allows OEMs to produce their own brands of HyperFlash modules while at the same time providingmaximum compatibility between HyperFlash modules.
Three variants were reportedly be available for HyperFlash modules, with capacity of 512 MiB, 1 GiB and 2 GiB respectively, with expected DVT samples in November 2007and massproduction expected in December 2007 (supported by Beta motherboard drivers) and official motherboard driver support planned in February 2008.[50] However, itwas reportedly cancelled.[51]
The RAIDXpert is a remote RAID configuration tool, for changing the RAID level of the RAID setup connected via SATA 3.0 Gbit/s ports (connected to SB600, excludingextra SATA 3.0 Gbit/s ports through additional SATA chip on some motherboard implementations), including RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 0+1.
Integrated graphics
Some of the members of the AMD 700 chipset series, specifically the 780 and 740 family of chipsets and the 790GX chipset, have integrated graphics onboard (IGP), as well assupporting hardware video playback acceleration at different levels. All IGP northbridges are pincompatible to each other and even predecessors (690 series), to lower theproduct cost for each PCB redesign due to pin incompatibility and maximize the product lineup. These IGP features are listed below:
785G/RS880 HD 4200 500 MHz Yes Yes,UVD 2 Yes Full Full
ATIHybridGraphics
Dualvideostream1
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
790GX/RS780D HD 3300
10.0
700 MHz Yes Yes,UVD 2 Partial Full Full
HybridCrossFire
X
Dualvideostream1
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
780E/RS780E HD 3200 500 MHz Yes Yes,UVD 2 Partial Full Full
HybridCrossFire
X
Dualvideostream1
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
780G/RS780 HD 3200 500 MHz Yes Yes,UVD 2 Partial Full Full
ATIHybridGraphics
Dualvideostream1
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
780V/RS780C 3100 350 MHz Yes No Partial Partial Partial No N/A No Yes Yes Yes Yes
760G/RS760 3000 350 MHz Yes No Partial Partial PartialATIHybridGraphics
N/A Depends Depends Yes Yes No
740G/RS740 2100 9.0 Yes No Partial Partial Partial No N/A No Yes Yes Yes NoNotes:
1. Dual video stream may include the following at a maximum total bitrate of 40 Mbit/s:2 HD video streams OR1 HD video stream + 1 SD video stream + 1 HD audio stream
2. 760G supports DisplayPort and HDMI signals as video output, but actual implementation will depend on different motherboard designs.[52]
For the enterprise platform, the "Remote IT" technology (temporary name) was reported to be released by the end of 2007 or early 2008. The platform composed of an AMD780V chipset with an SB700 southbridge, and chips from Broadcom, Realtek and Marvell.[53] It was reported to have incorporated the Broadcom BCM5761 managed NICcontroller with Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) 1.5 manageability standard,[54] together with DASH 1.0 specification (DASH page on(http://www.dmtf.org/standards/mgmt/dash/) DMTF) support of the SB700 and SB750 southbridges, and reported support additional management and security technologiessuch as IDM (Intelligent Device Management) and TPM 1.2 (Trusted Platform Module).[53]
Reception
In a comparison against the GeForce 8200, Anandtech considered the 780G "a better balanced chipset offering improved casual gaming performance, equal video quality, similarpower requirements, greater availability, and better pricing."[55] The 8200, however, was preferred as a singlepurpose HTPC solution. Both chipsets were considered superiorto Intel's G45/X4500HD, which was cited for a lack of driver quality and features, and a higher price.[55]
All platforms:Low speed instability with HyperTransport version 3 capable processors. HT3 speeds 1.2 GHz up to 1.6 GHz should not be used, only 1.8 up to 2.2 GHz speedsare safe to be used. HT3 processors operating at 1.6 GHz (Phenom X3 8250e, Phenom X4 9100e and Phenom X4 9150e) will suffer from high retry count on theHyperTransport link which may result in hangs on revision A12 northbridges.
Windows platform:
Microsoft KB959345[56]
Southbridge issues (SB7x0)
Most OSes require patches in order to work reliably.
Linux platform:HPET operation with MSI causes LPC DMA 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 controller[60]
USB freeze when multiple devices are connected through hub (related to AMD Product Advisory PA_SB700AK1)[61]
Erratic behaviour of the HPET when Spread Spectrum is enabled (related to AMD Product Advisory PA_SB700AG2)[62]
Disabling legacy interrupts for SATA disables MSI too[63]
SATA soft reset fails when PMP is enabled and attached devices will not be detectedSATA internal errors are ignored because the controller will set Serial ATA port Error when it should not
See also
AMD 800 chipset seriesAMD 900 chipset seriesnForce 700Advanced Micro DevicesATI TechnologiesComparison of AMD ChipsetsComparison of ATI graphics processing units
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