Technical Reference Guide: HP Compaq 8100 Elite Series Business Desktop Computers

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Processor/Memory Subsystem

3.1 Introduction

This systems support an Intel Pentium Dual-Core G6950, Core i3, Core i5, or Core i7 processor.

These processors include an integrated dual-channel DDR3 memory controller (Figure 3-1) and

support PC3-6400, PC3-8500, and PC3-10600 memory modules. This chapter describes the

processor/memory subsystem.

Figure 3-1. Processor/Memory Subsystem Architecture

This chapter includes the following topics:

■ Intel processor(3.2)

■ Memory subsystem (3.3)

Processor

Cntlr

SDRAM

XMM1

Channel A

DIMM

XMM3

XMM4

XMM2

Intel

Channel B

SODIMM

DDR3

DMI

FDI

PCH