12th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors

Datasheet, Volume 1 of 2

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655258 08/08/2022 Public

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LP4x-LP5 Memory Interface

Signal Name Description Dir.

Buffer Type

Link Type

Availability

DDR0_​DQ[1:0][7:0]

DDR1_​DQ[1:0][7:0]

DDR2_​DQ[1:0][7:0]

DDR3_​DQ[1:0][7:0]

DDR4_​DQ[1:0][7:0]

DDR5_​DQ[1:0][7:0]

DDR6_​DQ[1:0][7:0]

DDR7_​DQ[1:0][7:0]

Data Buses: Data signals interface to the SDRAM data buses.

Example: DDR0_​DQ1[5] refers to DDR channel 0, Byte 1, Bit 5.

I/O LP4x-LP5 SE

P Processor Line

U Processor Line

H Processor Line

DDR0_​DQSP[1:0]

DDR1_​DQSP[1:0]

DDR2_​DQSP[1:0]

DDR3_​DQSP[1:0]

DDR4_​DQSP[1:0]

DDR5_​DQSP[1:0]

DDR6_​DQSP[1:0]

DDR7_​DQSP[1:0]

DDR0_​DQSN[1:0]

DDR1_​DQSN[1:0]

DDR2_​DQSN[1:0]

DDR3_​DQSN[1:0]

DDR4_​DQSN[1:0]

DDR5_​DQSN[1:0]

DDR6_​DQSN[1:0]

DDR7_​DQSN[1:0]

Data Strobes: Differential data strobe pairs. The data is captured at the crossing point of DQS during reading and write transactions. I/O LP4x-LP5 Diff

P Processor Line

U Processor Line

H Processor Line

DDR0_​CLK_​N

DDR0_​CLK_​P

DDR1_​CLK_​N

DDR1_​CLK_​P

DDR2_​CLK_​N

DDR2_​CLK_​P

DDR3_​CLK_​N

DDR3_​CLK_​P

DDR4_​CLK_​N

DDR4_​CLK_​P

DDR5_​CLK_​N

DDR5_​CLK_​P

DDR6_​CLK_​N

DDR6_​CLK_​P

DDR7_​CLK_​N

DDR7_​CLK_​P

SDRAM Differential Clock:

Differential clocks signal pairs, pair per channel and package. The crossing of the positive edge and the negative edge of their complement are used to sample the command and control signals on the SDRAM.

O LP4x-LP5 Diff

P Processor Line

U Processor Line

H Processor Line

DDR0_​CKE[1:0]

DDR1_​CKE[1:0]

DDR2_​CKE[1:0]

DDR3_​CKE[1:0]

DDR4_​CKE[1:0]

DDR5_​CKE[1:0]

DDR6_​CKE[1:0]

DDR7_​CKE[1:0]

Clock Enable: (1 per rank) These signals are used to:

  • Initialize the SDRAMs during power-up.

  • Power-down SDRAM ranks.
  • Place all SDRAM ranks into and out of self-refresh during STR.
O LP4x-LP5 SE

P Processor Line

U Processor Line

H Processor Line

DDR0_​CS[1:0]

DDR1_​CS[1:0]

DDR2_​CS[1:0]

DDR3_​CS[1:0]

DDR4_​CS[1:0]

DDR5_​CS[1:0]

DDR6_​CS[1:0]

DDR7_​CS[1:0]

Chip Select: (1 per rank). These signals are used to select particular SDRAM components during the active state. There is one Chip Select for each SDRAM rank.

The Chip select signal is Active High.

O LP4x-LP5 SE

P Processor Line

U Processor Line

H Processor Line

DDR0_​CA[5:0]

DDR1_​CA[5:0]

DDR2_​CA[5:0]

DDR3_​CA[5:0]

DDR4_​CA[5:0]

DDR5_​CA[5:0]

DDR6_​CA[5:0]

DDR7_​CA[5:0]

Command Address: These signals are used to provide the multiplexed command and address to the SDRAM.

O LP4x-LP5 SE

P Processor Line

U Processor Line

H Processor Line

DDR0_​CA[6]

DDR1_​CA[6]

DDR2_​CA[6]

DDR3_​CA[6]

DDR4_​CA[6]

DDR5_​CA[6]

DDR6_​CA[6]

DDR7_​CA[6]

Command Address: These signals are used to provide the multiplexed command and address to the SDRAM.

O LP5 SE

P Processor Line

U Processor Line

H Processor Line

DDR[7:0]_​WCK_​P

DDR[7:0]_​WCK_​N

Write Clocks: WCK_​N and WCK_​P are differential clocks used for WRITE data capture and READ data output.

O LP5 Diff

P Processor Line

U Processor Line

H Processor Line

DDR_​COMP

DDR_​RCOMP

System Memory Resistance Compensation

A A SE

P Processor Line

U Processor Line

H Processor Line

DRAM_​RESET# Memory Reset O CMOS SE

P Processor Line

U Processor Line

H Processor Line