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EP80579 Software for Security Applications on Intel
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QuickAssist Technology
August 2009 PG
Order Number: 320183-004US 13
Silicon Overview—Security Software
provides 64 rings (circular buffers) that can be used for message passing
between software running on the IA core and firmware running on the ASU.
These features are described in detail in later sections of this document.
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Figure 1. Intel
®
EP80579 Integrated Processor with Intel
®
QuickAssist Technology
Block Diagram
Acceleration and I/O Complex ‡ Enabling software required.
IMCH
PCI
Express
Interface
(x1)
(Gen1,
1x8, 2x4 or
2x1 root
complex)
IA Complex
IA-32 core
L2 Cache
(256 KB)
IICH
APIC, DMA, Timers, Watch Dog
Timer, RTC, HPET (x3)
Memory Controller HubFSB
EDMA
Memory Controller
(DDR-2 400/533/667/800,
64b with ECC)
TDM
Interface
‡
(12 E1/T1)
Local
Expansion
Bus
(16b @
80 MHz)
MDIO
(x1)
CAN
(x2)
SSP
(x1)
IEEE-1588
Acceleration
Services Unit
‡
Security
Services Unit
‡
(3DES, AES, (A)RC4,
MD5, SHA-x, PKE,
TRNG)
256 KB
ASU SRAM
GigE
MAC
#2
GigE
MAC
#0
GigE
MAC
#1
Transparent
PCI-to-PCI Bridge
UART
(x2)
GPIO
(x36)
SMBus
(x2)
SATA 2.0
(x2)
USB 2.0
(x2)
SPI
LPC1.1