Intel® Processor and Intel® Core™ i3 and Intel® Core™ 3 N-Series

Datasheet, Volume 1 of 2

ID Date Version Classification
759603 01/07/2025 Public
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Flexible I/O Lane Selection

HSIO lane configuration and type is statically selected by soft straps, which are managed through the Platform Flash Image Tool, available as part of Intel® CSE releases.

Note:It is the responsibility of the platform designers to configure the lane muxing and soft straps correctly without any conflict. The hardware behavior is undefined if this scenario ever happens.

PCIe*/SATA Lane Selection

In addition to static configuration via soft straps, Flexible I/O Lanes that have PCIe*/SATA multiplexing can be configured via SATAXPCIE signaling to support implementation like SATA Express, where the port configuration is selected by the type of the add-in card that is used.