ADLINK cPCI-6520 User Manual

cPCI-6520

6U CompactPCI® 3rd Generation

Intel® Core™ i7 Processor Blade

User’s Manual

Manual Rev.: 2.01
Revision Date: November 13, 2014
Part No: 50-15086-1010

Advance Technologies; Automate the World.

Revision History

Revision Release Date Description of Change(s)

2.00 2013/03/13 Initial release

2.01 2014/11/13 Add PMC slot -12V support note

cPCI-6520

Preface

Copyright 2013 ADLINK Technology Inc.

This document contains proprietary infor mation protected by copy­right. All rights are reserved. No part of this manual may be repro­duced by any mechanical, electronic, or other means in any form
without prior written permission of the manufacturer.

Disclaimer

The information in this document is subject to change without prior
notice in order to improve reliability, design, and function and does
not represent a commitment on the part of the manufa cturer.

In no event will the manufacturer be liable for direct, indirect, spe­cial, incidental, or consequential damages arising out of the use or
inability to use the product or documentation, even if advised of
the possibility of such damages.

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of their respective companies.

Preface iii

Using this Manual

Audience and Scope

The cPCI-6520 User’s Manual is intended for hardware

technicians and systems operators with knowledge of installing,
configuring and operating industrial grade computer systems.

Manual Organization

This manual is organized as follows:
Chapter 1, Introduction: Introduces the cPCI-6520, its features,

block diagrams, and package contents.
Chapter 2, Specifications: Presents detailed specification infor-

mation.
Chapter 3, Functional Description: Describes the cPCI-6520

main functions.
Chapter 4, Board Interfaces: Describes the cPCI-6520 board

interfaces.
Chapter 5, Getting Started: Describes the installation of compo-

nents to the cPCI-6520 and rear transition modules.
Chapter 6, Driver Installation: Provides information on how to

install the cPCI-6520 device drivers.

Chapter 7, Utilities: Describes the utilities of the cPCI-6520.
Chapter 8, BIOS Setup: Describes basic navigation and settings

for the AMI Aptio® BIOS setup utility.
Chapter 9, Checkpoints & Beep Codes: Lists standard status

codes generated by AMI Aptio® BIOS.
Important Safety Instructions: Presents safety instructions all

users must follow for the proper setup, installation and usage of
equipment and/or software.

Getting Service: Contact information for ADLINK’s worldwide
offices.

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cPCI-6520

Conventions

Take note of the following conventions used throughout this
manual to make sure that users perform certain tasks and
instructions properly.

Additional information, aids, and tips that help users perform
tasks.

NOTE:

NOTE:

Information to prevent minor physical injury, component dam­age, data loss, and/or program corruption when trying to com-

CAUTION:

WARNING:

plete a task.

Information to prevent serious physical injury, component
damage, data loss, and/or program corruption when trying to
complete a specific task.

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cPCI-6520

Table of Contents

Revision History...................................................................... ii

Preface.................................................................................... iii

List of Figures........................................................................ ix

List of Tables.......................................................................... xi

1 Introduction ........................................................................ 1

1.1 Overview.............................................................................. 1

1.2 Features............................................................................... 3

1.3 Block Diagram ..................................................................... 4

1.4 Product List............................. ... .......................................... 5

1.5 Package Contents ............................................................... 6

2 Specifications..................................................................... 9

2.1 cPCI-6520 Blade Specifications .......................................... 9

2.2 I/O Connectivity ................................................................. 12

2.3 Power Requirements.................... ... .... ... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... .... . 13

3 Functional Description .................................................... 15

3.1 Processors......................................................................... 15

3.2 Chipset............................................................................... 17

3.3 PMC/XMC Site................................................................... 18

3.4 Intel® Turbo Boost Technology......................................... 18

3.5 Intel® Hyper Threading Technology.................................. 18

3.6 Intel® Active Management Technology............................. 19

3.7 TPM................................................................................... 19

3.8 Battery ............................................................................... 19

4 Board Interfaces............................................................... 21

4.1 cPCI-6520 Board Layout ................................................... 21

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4.2 cPCI-6520 Assembly Layout........................ ... ... ... .... ... ... ... 22

4.3 cPCI-6520 Front Panel ...................................................... 23

4.4 Connector Pin Assignments............................................... 24

4.5 Switches and Buttons ........................................................ 38

5 Getting Started.................................................................. 43

5.1 CPU and Heatsink ............................................................. 43

5.2 CompactFlash Card Installation......................................... 43

5.3 SATA Drive Installation...................................................... 48

5.4 PMC/XMC Installation........................................................ 51

5.5 CFast Card installation....................................................... 53

6 Driver Installation.............................................................. 57

7 Utilities............................................................................... 59

7.1 Watchdog Timer................................................................. 59

8 BIOS Setup........................................................................ 65

8.1 Starting the BIOS............................................................... 65

8.2 Main Setup......................................................................... 70

8.3 Advanced BIOS Setup....................................................... 71

8.4 Chipset Setup .................................................................... 91

8.5 Boot Settings ..................................................................... 98

8.6 Security Setup.................................................................. 101

8.7 Save & Exit Menu ............................................................ 102

9 Checkpoints & Beep Codes........................................... 105

9.1 Checkpoint Ranges............................ ... .... ... ... ... ... ........... 105

9.2 Standard Checkpoints...................................................... 105

9.3 OEM-Reserved Checkpoint Ranges............................... . 114

Important Safety Instructions............................................. 115

Getting Service.................................................................... 117

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cPCI-6520

List of Figures

Figure 1-1: cPCI-6520 Functional Block Diagram..............................4

Figure 4-1: cPCI-6520 Board Layout ...............................................21

Figure 4-2: cPCI-6520 Assembly Layout .........................................22

Figure 4-3: cPCI-6520 Front Panel .................................................. 23

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cPCI-6520

List of Tables

Table 2-1: cPCI-6520 Blade Specifications ...................................... 9

Table 2-2: cPCI-6520 I/O Connectivity ...........................................12

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1 Introduction

1.1 Overview

The cPCI-6520 is a 6U CompactPCI® processor blade in sin­gle-slot (4HP) width form factor featuring a single 22nm FC-BGA
3rd generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processor with quad/dual-cores
mated with the Mobile Intel® QM77 Express Chipset. The
cPCI-6520 supports dual channel DDR3-1066/1333/1600 ECC
SDRAM with one channel in a SO-CDIMM socket and one chan­nel of soldered onboard memory (total memory capacity up to
16GB). Graphics is integrated in the Intel processor providing two
dual-mode DisplayPorts on the front panel with DVI/VGA/HDMI
supported by adapter cable and one independent display output
routed to rear I/O for a total of up to three independent displays.

The single slot (4HP) cPCI-6520 provides two GbE ports, two Dis­playPorts, three USB 3.0 ports and one RS-232/422/485 serial
port on the front panel, and one 32/64-bit 133MHz PMC or PCI
Express x8 XMC site. Onboard storage capabilities include one
removable SATA 6 Gb/s direct connector for a 2.5" drive, onboard
CompactFlash socket and optional CFast support via adapter
board (shares space with 2.5" SATA drive). The cPCI-6520 is also
equipped with an Atmel AT97SC3204 Trusted Platform Module
(TPM) to meet security requirements (upon request).

A selection of optional Rear Transition Modules (RTM) provides
additional I/O functionality including two GbE ports via two 82574L
Gigabit Ethernet controllers for PICMG 2.16 support, six USB 2.0
ports, one USB 3.0 port, PS/2 keyboard/mouse port, two serial
ports, and High Definition Audio. The cPCI-6520 also provides
VGA, eDP and DVI interfaces routed to rear I/O. Two additional
DVI-I ports are available via an ATI E4690 GPU when mated with
the cPCI-R6700 RTM. Available rear I/O storage includes up to
three SATA ports and an optional CF socket or SD socket depen­dent on selected RTM. Up to eight SAS ports supporting hardware
RAID via two mini-SAS x4 connectors are available when mated
with the cPCI-R6200 RTM.

cPCI-6520

Introduction 1

The cPCI-6520 supports operation in both a system slot and in a
peripheral slot as a standalone blade. The cPCI-6520 is compliant
with the PICMG 2.9 specification and supports system manage­ment functions based on the Intelligent Platform Management
Interface (IPMI) as well as hardware monitoring of physical char­acteristics such as CPU and system temperature, DC voltages
and power status. The cPCI-6520 also supports Intel® Active
Management Technology (Intel® AMT) allowing users to remotely
manage hardware status.

The cPCI-6520 is ideal for demanding applications, providing sys­tem integrators in military, communication and network security
segments a best-performance-per-watt, high I/O throughput solu­tion with a reliable, smooth path for scalability and expansion.

2Introduction

1.2 Features

X 6U CompactPCI® processor blade in 4HP width form factor
X Supports FCBGA package 4-core 3rd Generation Intel®

Core™ i7-3615QE 2.3GHz, 6MB L3 Cache, 45W TDP

X Mobile Intel® QM77 Express Chipset (Intel® BD82QM77

PCH)

X Dual channel DDR3-1066/1333/1600 ECC SDRAM up to

16GB, one channel soldered up to 8GB, one channel
SO-CDIMM up to 8GB

X 32/64-bit, 33/66MHz CompactPCI® Interface based on PCI

specifications, universal V(I/O)

X Supports Satellite Mode operation as a standalone blade in

peripheral slots

X One 32/64-bit, 33/66/133MHz PMC or PCI Express x8 XMC

site

X Three USB 3.0 ports on front panel
X SATA 6 Gb/s direct connector for onboard 2.5" drive
X Onboard CompactFlash socket
X Optional CFast support (shares space with 2.5" SATA drive)
X Eight general purpose user programmable LEDs on front

panel (default: Port 80 status)

X Up to three independent displays from front panel Display-

Ports (DVI, VGA, HDMI output by adapter cables) and DVI,
eDP and VGA routed to rear I/O*

X Two Gigabit Ethernet ports on front panel supported by

Intel® 82574L and Intel® 82579LM Ethernet controllers

X Compliant with PICMG 2.0, 2.1, 2.9, 2.16 standards
X Atmel AT97SC3204 TPM support (upon request)

cPCI-6520

*If one of the front panel DisplayPorts is converted to DVI or
HDMI, the cPCI-6520 can support only two independent dis-

NOTE:

NOTE:

plays via the front panel and the rear I/O display output is dis­abled.

Introduction 3

1.3 Block Diagram

Front Panel

COM1

COM1

Intel

BIOS

SIO

82579LM

SPI

LPC

TPM

KB/MS
COM2/3

PCIe x1

ECC SO-CDIMM, max. 8GB

Soldered w/ ECC, max. 8GB

DDR3 1066/1333

PCIe x4

Intel® Core™ i7

w/ ECC

PI7C9X130

PCI 64b/66M

PCIe x4

PI7C9X130

PCI 64b/133M

PMC

Rear I/O

XMC.3

PCIe x8
Gen3

eDP

DMI

FDI

COM6

BMC

IPMB 0/1

J1/J2 J3/J4/J5

Figure 1-1: cPCI-6520 Functional Block Diagram

GbE1

DP-C

DP1

DP-D

DP2

USB 3.0

USB1

USB2

USB3

3x

Intel® BD82QM77 PCH

2x

PCIe x1

Intel

82574

GbE3/4

Intel

82574

2.5” HDD

1x USB 3.0
5x USB 2.0
3x SATA 3Gb/s
HDA
5x GPIO
RTC
RGB,
PCIe x4

SATA0

CFast

GbE2

Intel

82574

PCIe x1

7-pin

SATA2

TMDS/DP-B

SATA1

CF

4Introduction

1.4 Product List

Products included in the cPCI-6520 are:

Processor Blade

X cPCI-6520: 4HP width (single-slot) 6U CompactPCI blade

featuring single FCBGA package 3rd Generation Intel®
Core™ i7 processor with quad/dual cores, two channel
DDR3-1066/1333/1600 ECC SDRAM, 2x GbE, 2x Display­Ports, 3x USB 3.0, 1x RS-232/422/485 serial port in RJ-45
connector, SATA direct connector for onboard 2.5" drive,
onboard CompactFlash socket, PMC/XMC site, optional
CFast support by adapter board.

Rear Transition Module

X cPCI-R6002: 6U 4HP width RTM with DVI-I, 2x COM, 3x

USB, 2x GbE, 2x SATA

X cPCI-R6002D: 6U 8HP width RTM with DVI-I, 2x COM, 5x

USB, 2x GbE, 3x SATA, Mic-in, Line-out, PS/2 KB/MS

X cPCI-R6100: 6U 4HP width RTM with 4x GbE, 4x USB, 2x

SA TA, VGA, PS/2 KB/MS, CF & SD sockets, (Supports only
3x GbE when mating with cPCI-6520)

X cPCI-R6110: 6U 4HP width RTM with 2x GbE, 4x USB, 3x

SATA, VGA, PS/2 KB/MS, CF, & SD sockets

X cPCI-R6200: 6U 8HP width RTM with 2x GbE, 2x COM, 6x

USB, DVI-I (VGA signal only), 3x SATA, Mic-in, Line-out,
PS/2 KB/MS, 8x SAS

X cPCI-R6700: 6U 4HP width RTM with onboard ATI E4690

GPU, 2x DVI-I, 2x GbE, 1x COM, 3x USB, onboard PS/2
KB/MS, 3x SATA

X cPCI-R6700D: 6U 8HP width RTM with onboard ATI E4690

GPU, 2x DVI-I, 2x GbE, 2x COM, 6x USB, Mic-in, Line-in,
Line-out, onboard PS/2 KB/MS, 3x SATA

cPCI-6520

Adapter Kits

X DB-CFast: CFast socket kit for cPCI-6520, including

adapter board and mounting hardware

Introduction 5

1.5 Package Contents

The cPCI-6520 is packaged with the following components. If any
of the items on the contents list are missing or damaged, retain the
shipping carton and packing material and contact the dealer for
inspection. Please obtain authorization before returning any prod­uct to ADLINK. The packing contents of the cPCI-6520 are
non-standard configurations and may vary depending on customer
requests.

Processor Blade

X cPCI-6520

Z CPU and memory specifications will differ depending on

options selected

Z Thermal module is assembled on the board
X DisplayPort to DVI adapter cable
X RJ-45 to DB-9 cable for RJ-45 COM port
X 2.5" SATA drive mounting kit, including bracket and screws

for 2.5" SATA drive and DB-LSATA adapter card

X ADLINK All-in-One DVD
X User’s manual

Optional Accessories

X DB-CFast: CFast socket kit for cPCI-6520, including

adapter board and mounting hardware

X DP-to-DVI cable: DisplayPort to DVI adapter ca ble

(Part. No. 30-01120-0000)

X DP-VGA cable: DisplayPort to VGA adapter cable

(Part. No. 30-01121-0000)

X DP-to-HDMI cable: DisplayPort to HDMI adapter cable

(Part No. 30-01119-0000)

6Introduction

NOTE:

NOTE:

CAUTION:

cPCI-6520

The contents of non-standard cPCI-6520 configurations may
vary depending on the customer requirements.

This product must be protected from static discharge and phys­ical shock. Never remove any of the components except at a
static-free workstation. Use the anti-static bag shipped with the
product when putting the board on a surface. Wear an
anti-static wrist strap properly grounded on one of the system's
ESD ground jacks when installing or servicing system compo­nents.

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2 Specifications

2.1 cPCI-6520 Blade Specifications

cPCI-6520

CompactPCI®
Standards

Mechanical • Standard 6U CompactPCI®

Processor 22nm FCBGA Intel® Core™ i7 Processor

Chipset • Intel® BD82QM77 Platform Controller Hub (PCH)
Memory • Dual channel DDR3-1066/1333/1600 SDRAM with ECC,

CompactPCI
Bus

PMC/XMC • One 32/64-bit, 33/66/133MHz PMC site or PCI-Express x8

Graphics • Integrated in processor

• PICMG® 2.0 CompactPCI® Rev. 3.0

• PICMG® 2.1 Hot Swap Specification Rev.2.0

• PICMG® 2.9 System Management Bus Rev. 1.0

• PCIMG® 2.16 Packet Switching Backplane Rev.1.0

• Board size: 233.35mm x 160mm

• Single-slot width (4HP, 20.32mm)

• CompactPCI® connectors with J1, J2, J3, J4 and J5

• 4-core Intel® Core i7-3615QE Processor, 2.3 GHz, 6MB L3
cache, TDP 45W

• 4-core Intel® Core i7-3612QE Processor, 2.1 GHz, 6MB L3
cache, TDP 35W

• 2-core Intel® Core i7-3555LE Processor, 2.5 GHz, 4MB L3
cache, TDP 25W

• 2-core Intel® Core i7-3517UE Processor, 1.7 GHz, 4MB L3
cache, TDP 17W

• Passive heatsink

total up to 16GB

• One channel in SODIMM sockets up to 8GB

• One channel soldered onboard up to 8GB (dependent on
availability of memory modules and chips)

• PCI 32/64-bit, 33/66MHz; 3.3V, 5V universal V(I/O)

• Supports operation in system slot as master or in peripheral
slot as standalone blade without connectivity to
CompactPCI bus (Satellite mode)

XMC site

• Two dual mode DisplayPorts on front panel with
DVI/VGA/HDMI support by adapter cable

• One DVI, eDP and VGA routed to rear

Table 2-1: cPCI-6520 Blade S pecifications

Specifications 9

Gigabit
Ethernet

• One front panel GbE LAN port from Intel® 82579LM PHY
controller and one front panel GbE LAN from Intel 82574
Gigabit Ethernet controller

• Two 10/100/1000BASE-T ports routed to J3 for PICMG

2.16

• Two additional 10/100/1000BASE-T ports from Intel®
82576EB Gigabit Ethernet controllers on RTM (cPCI­R6100 or cPCI-R6110)

Serial Ports Up to three 16C550 serial ports

• One DB-9 RS-232/422/485 serial port on front panel

• Two serial ports routed to rear I/O through J3

USB 2.0 • Six USB 2.0 ports routed to J3
USB 3.0 • Three USB 3.0 ports on front panel, one to J5
KB/MS • PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse port to J3
Audio • High Definition Audio signals routed to J3
TPM Atmel AT97SC3204 TPM (upon request)

• Over/Under voltage detection

• Low/High frequency sensor/filter

• Reset filter

• Memory Encryption/Decryption

Storage
Interfaces

• One SATA 6 Gb/s direct connector for 2.5" onboard drive

1

(removable)

1

• Optional CompactFlash socket onboard

• Optional CFast socket onboard via DB-CFAST adapter
board (shares space with 2.5" SATA drive)

• One onboard 7-pin SATA connector

BIOS • AMI EFI BIOS, 64Mbit SPI flash memory
Faceplate I/O • 2x 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet ports

• 2x DisplayPorts

• 3x USB 3.0 ports

• 1x RJ-45 RS-232/422/485 port

• PMC/XMC slot

OS
Compatibility

• Microsoft Windows 7 32/64-bit

• Mi crosoft Windows 2008 Server 32-bit, R2 64-bit

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 x86 64-bit

• Fedora 16 x86 64-bit

• Wind River VxWorks 6.9 BSP

• Other OS supp ort on request

Table 2-1: cPCI-6520 Blade Specifications

10 Specifications

Environmental • Operating Temperature2:

Standard: 0 to 60°C with forced air flow
ETT: -20°C to 70°C with forced air flow (cPCI-ET6520)
EX: -40°C to 85°C with forced air flow (Core™ i7-3555LE &
Core™ i7-3517UE only)

• Storage Temperature: -40°C to 85°C

• Humidity: 95% non-condensing

• Shock: 15G peak-to-peak, 11ms duration, non-operating

•Vibration

3

: Operating 2 Grms, 5-500Hz, each axis w/o hard

drive

EMI • CE EN55022

• FCC Class A

Table 2-1: cPCI-6520 Blade S pecifications

Notes:

1. The SATA direct connector is removable (DB-LSATA) and ca n
be replaced with a CFast socket adapter. A CFast card and
SATA drive cannot be used simultaneously.

2. ADLINK-certified th ermal design. The thermal performance is
dependent on the chassis cooling design. Sufficient forced air­flow is required (see 2.4 "Thermal Requirements"). Te mpera­ture limit of optional mass storage devices may affect the ther­mal specification.

3. The storage device limits the operational vibration. When appli­cation requires higher specification for anti-vibration, it is rec­ommended to use a flash storage device.

cPCI-6520

Specifications 11

2.2 I/O Connectivity

cPCI-6520 RTM

1

Faceplate Onboard J3/4/5

GbE Y x2 — Y x2
COM Y x1 — Y x2
USB 2.0 —— Y x6
USB 3.0 Y x3 — Y x1
DisplayPort Y x2 — —
eDP Y x1
DVI —— Y x1
VGA —— Y x1
PMC — Y x1 —
XMC Y x1 —
SATA —Y x2
CFast Y x1

2
2

Y x3

CF —Y —
PS/2 KB/MS —— Y x1
HDA —— Y
Status LEDs Y x4 — —
General Purpose LEDs Y x8 — —
Load BIOS Default Button —Y —
Reset Button Y— —

Table 2-2: cPCI-6520 I/O Connectivity

Notes:

1. Signals are passed through to the RTM. Available functions are
dependent on the specific RTM selected.

2. One SATA 6 Gb/s direct connector for 2.5" onboard drive
(shares space with optional DB-CFAST adapter) and one 7-pin
connector.

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cPCI-6520

2.3 Power Requirements

In order to guarantee a stable functionality of the system, it is rec­ommended to provide more power than the system requires. An

industrial power supply unit should be able to provide at least
twice as much power as the entire system requires of each
voltage. An ATX pow er supply unit should be able to provide at

least three times as much power as the entire system requires of
each voltage.

The tolerance of the voltage lines described in the CompactPCI
specification (PICMG 2.0 R3.0) is +5%/-3% for 5, 3. 3 V and ±5%
for ±12V. This specification is for power delivered to each slot and
it includes both the power supply and the backplane tolerance.

Voltage

5V +5.0 VDC +5% / -3% 50 mV

3.3V +3.3 VDC +5% / -3% 50 mV

+12V +12 VDC +5% / -5% 240 mV

-12V -12 VDC +5% / -5% 240 mV

V I/O (PCI I/O

Buffer Voltage)

GND

Nominal

Value

+3.3 VDC or

+5 VDC

Tolerance

+5% / -3% 50 mV

Max. Ripple

(P - P)

Specifications 13

Power Consumption

This section provides information on the power consumption of the
cPCI-6520 when using Intel® Core™ i7 processors with 4GB DDR3­1333 soldered memory and onboard ADLINK ASD25 64GB SATA
SSD.

Power consumption at 100% CPU usage was measured by run-

ning Intel Thermal Analysis Tool 4.3.

Quad-Core Intel® Core™ i7-3615QE, 2.3GHz, TDP 45W

OS / Mode

DOS / idle 4.48 2.80 0.19 33.9
Win7 / idle 3.34 2.62 0.20 27.7

Win7 / 100% CPU 13.04 2.8 0.21 77.0

5V Current

(A)

3.3V Current
(A)

12V Current

(A)

Total Power

(W)

Quad-Core Intel® Core™ i7-3612QE, 2.1GHz, TDP 35W

OS / Mode

DOS / idle 4.30 2.79 0.18 32.9
Win7 / idle 3.30 2.55 0.19 27.2

Win7 / 100% CPU 10.21 2.77 0.20 62.6

5V Current

(A)

3.3V Current
(A)

12V Current

(A)

Total Power

(W)

Dual-Core Intel® Core™ i7-3555LE, 2.5GHz, TDP 25W

OS / Mode

DOS / idle 4.25 2.61 0.18 32.0
Win7 / idle 3.23 2.55 0.20 27.0

Win7 / 100% CPU 8.58 2.69 0.20 54.2

5V Current

(A)

3.3V Current
(A)

12V Current

(A)

Total Power

(W)

Dual-Core Intel® Core™ i7-3517UE, 1.7GHz, TDP 17W

OS / Mode

DOS / idle 3.72 2.15 0.18 27.9
Win7 / idle 3.19 2.53 0.18 26.5

Win7 / 100% CPU 6.50 2.68 0.19 43.6

14 Specifications

5V Current

(A)

3.3V Current
(A)

12V Current

(A)

Total Power

(W)

3 Functional Description

The following sections describe the cPCI-6520 features and
functions.

3.1 Processors

The 3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processo r is the next gener a­tion of 64-bit, multi-core mobile processors built on 22-nanometer
process technology. Based on a new micro-architecture, the pro­cessor is designed for a two-chip platform. The two-chip platform
consists of a processor and Platform Controller Hub (PCH). The
platform enables higher performance, lower cost, easier valida­tion, and improved x-y footprint. The processor includes an inte­grated display engine, processor graphics, integrated memory
controller, and integrated I/O on a single silicon die.

cPCI-6520

Features

Clock 2.3 GHz 2.1 GHz 2.5 GHz 1.7 GHz
Max. Single Core Turbo

Freq.
Last Level Cache 6 MB 6 MB 4 MB 4 MB
No. of Cores/Threads 4/8 4/8 2/4 2/4

Maximum Power (TDP
T

junction,MAX

Memory Type DDR3-1066/

2

Core™

i7-3615QE

3.3 GHz 3.1 GHz 3.2 GHz 2.8 GHz

1

45 W 35 W 25 W 17 W

)

105°C 105°C 105°C 105°C

1333/1600

Core™

i7-3612QE

DDR3-1066/

1333/1600

Core™

i7-3555LE

DDR3-1333/

1600

Core™

i7-3517UE

DDR3-1333/

1600

Notes:

1. The high est expected sustainable power while running known
power intensive applications. TDP is not the maximum power
that the processor can dissipate.

2. The maximum supported operating temperature.

Functional Description 15

Supported Technologies

X Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (Intel®

VT-d)

X Intel® Virtualization Technology (Intel® VT-x)
X Intel® vPro Technolo gy (I nte l® VT)
X Intel® Trusted Execution Technology (Intel® TXT)
X Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology
X Intel® 64 Architecture
X Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0
X AES New Instructions
X Intel® My WiFi Technology
X Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology
X Thermal Monitoring Technologies
X Intel® Fast Memory Access
X Execute Disable Bit
X Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)

Interfaces

X Dual channel DDR3 memory with one channel of unbuffered

SODIMM and one channel of soldered SDRAM

X Memory DDR3 data transfer rates of 1333 MT/s and 1600

MT/s

X 64-bit wide channels plus 8-bits of ECC support for each

channel

X The PCI Express lanes are fully-compliant with the PCI

Express Base Specification, Revision 3.0, including support
for 8.0 GT/s transfer speeds.

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cPCI-6520

3.2 Chipset

The cPCI-6520 incorporates the Intel® QM77 Platform Controller
Hub (PCH).

Intel® QM77 Platform Controller Hub

X PCI Express Base Specification, Revision 2.0 support for up

to eight ports with transfer rate up to 5 GT/s

X Supports dual display
X ACPI Power Management Logic Support, Revision 4.0a
X Enhanced DMA controller, interrupt controller, and timer

functions

X Integrated Serial ATA host controllers with independent

DMA operation on up to six ports and SATA 6.0 Gb/s up to
two ports

X Supports USB 2.0, USB 3.0
X USB host interface with two EHCI high-speed USB 2.0 Host

controllers and two rate matching hubs provide support for
up to fourteen USB 2.0 ports

X Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet MAC with System

Defense

X System Management Bus (SMBus) Specification, Version

2.0 with additional support for I2C devices

X Supports Intel Trusted Execution Technology
X Support vPro Technology
X Support Active Management Technology
X Support AMT Version
X Support Anti-Theft Technology
X Supports Intel® High Definition Audio
X Supports Intel® Rapid Storage Technology
X Supports Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O
X Low Pin Count (LPC) interface
X Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) support

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3.3 PMC/XMC Site

The cPCI-6520 supports one PMC or XMC site for front panel I/O
expansion. The PMC site provides a maximum 32/64-bit,
33/66/133MHz PCI bus link using a Pericom PI7C9X130
PCIe-to-PCI-X bridge and PCIe x4 link. The PMC site supports
+3.3V and 5V signaling. The XMC site provides a PCIe x8 lane.

3.4 Intel® Turbo Boost Technology

Intel Turbo Boost Technology is a feature that allows the processor
to opportunistically and automatically run faster than its rated
operating core and/or render clock frequency when there is suffi­cient power headroom, and the product is within specified temper­ature and current limits. The Intel Turbo Boost Technology feature
is designed to increase performance of both multi-threaded and
single-threaded workloads. The processor supports a Turbo mode
where the processor can use the thermal capacity associated with
package and run at power levels higher than TDP power for short
durations. This improves the system responsiveness for short,
bursty usage conditions.

Turbo Mode availability is independent of the number of active
cores; however, the Turbo Mode frequency is dynamic and depen­dent on the instantaneous application power load, the number of
active cores, user configurable settings, operating environment,
and system design. If the power, current, or thermal limit is
reached, the processor will automatically reduce the frequency to
stay with its TDP limit.

3.5 Intel® Hyper Threading Technology

The processor supports Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology
(Intel® HT Technology), that allows an execution core to function
as two logical processors. While some execution resources (such
as caches, execution units, and buses) are shared, each logical
processor has its own architectural state with its own set of gen­eral-purpose registers and control registers. This feature must be
enabled using the BIOS and requires operating system support.

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