Intel Core2 Duo Processor E8000 and E7000 Series and Intel Pentium Processor E5000 Series

Intel® Quiet System Technology (Intel® QST)

68 Thermal and Mechanical Design Guidelines

7.2 Board and System Implementation of Intel

QST

To implement the board must be configured as shown in Figure 7-3 and listed below:

• ME system (S0–S1) with Controller Link connected and powered

• DRAM with Channel A DIMM 0 installed and 2 MB reserved for Intel

QST FW

execution

• SPI Flash with sufficient space for the Intel

QST Firmware

• SST-based thermal sensors to provide board thermal data for Intel

QST

algorithms

• Intel

QST firmware

Figure

7-3. Intel

QST Platform Requirements

Processor

SPI

Flash

Intel®

ICH8

DRAM

Controller Link

DRAM

FSC

Control

SPI

SST

Sensor

Intel® (G)MCH

Note: Simple Serial Transport (SST) is a single wire bus that is included in the ICH8 to

provide additional thermal and voltage sensing capability to the Intel

Management

Engine (ME).