Overview

The PCH provides extensive I/O support. The functions and capabilities include:

• ACPI Power Management Logic Support, Revision 5.0a
• PCI Express Base Specification Revision 3.0
• Integrated Serial ATA Host controller 3.2, supports data transfer rates of up to 6 Gb/s on all ports
• USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 (10 Gb/s) eXtensible Host Controller (xHCI)

• USB 3.2 Gen 1x1 (5 Gb/s) Dual Role (eXtensible Device Controller - xDCI) Capability
• Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI)
• Enhanced Serial Peripheral Interface (eSPI)
• Flexible I/O—Allows some high speed I/O signals to be configured as PCIe or USB 3.2
• General Purpose Input Output (GPIO)
• Interrupt controller
• Timer functions
• System Management Bus (SMBus) Specification, Version 2.0
• Integrated Clock Controller (ICC)/Real Time Clock Controller (RTCC)
• Intel^® High Definition Audio and Intel^® Smart Sound Technology (Intel^® SST), supporting I²S, MIPI* SoundWire*, and DMIC
• Intel^® Serial I/O UART Host controllers
• Intel^® Serial I/O I²C Host controllers
• Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet MAC
• Integrated Sensor Hub (ISH)
• Supports Intel^® Rapid Storage Technology (Intel^® RST)
• Supports Intel^® Active Management Technology (Intel^® AMT)
• Supports Intel^® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (Intel^® VT-d)
• Supports Intel^® Trusted Execution Technology (Intel^® TXT)
• JTAG Boundary Scan support
• Intel^® Trace Hub (Intel^® TH) and Direct Connect Interface (DCI) for debug
• Supports Intel^® CSME
• Supports Integrated connectivity (CNVi)