Scratch EEPROM

Also available in the memory component on the processor SMBus is an EEPROM which may be used for other data at the system or processor vendor’s discretion. The data in this EEPROM, once programmed, can be write-protected by asserting the active-high SM_​WP signal. This signal has a weak pull-down (10 KΩ) to allow the EEPROM to be programmed in systems with no implementation of this signal. The Scratch EEPROM resides in the upper half of the memory component (addresses 80 - FFh). The lower half comprises the Processor Information ROM (addresses 00 - 7Fh), which is permanently write-protected by Intel.