Intel BX80601920 Data Sheet - Page 79
Platform Environment Control Interface PECI
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Thermal Specifications 6.2.3 6.3 6.3.1 external source (e.g., a voltage regulator) to activate the TCC. The ability to activate the TCC using PROCHOT# can provide a means for thermal protection of system components. As an output, PROCHOT# (Processor Hot) will go active when the processor temperature monitoring sensor detects that one or more cores has reached its maximum safe operating temperature. This indicates that the processor Thermal Control Circuit (TCC) has been activated, if enabled. As an input, assertion of PROCHOT# by the system will activate the TCC for all cores. TCC activation when PROCHOT# is asserted by the system will result in the processor immediately transitioning to the minimum frequency and corresponding voltage (using Freq/VID control). Clock modulation is not activated in this case. The TCC will remain active until the system de-asserts PROCHOT#. Use of PROCHOT# in bi-directional mode can allow VR thermal designs to target maximum sustained current instead of maximum current. Systems should still provide proper cooling for the VR, and rely on PROCHOT# only as a backup in case of system cooling failure. The system thermal design should allow the power delivery circuitry to operate within its temperature specification even while the processor is operating at its Thermal Design Power. THERMTRIP# Signal Regardless of whether or not Adaptive Thermal Monitor is enabled, in the event of a catastrophic cooling failure, the processor will automatically shut down when the silicon has reached an elevated temperature (refer to the THERMTRIP# definition in Table 5-1). THERMTRIP# activation is independent of processor activity. The temperature at which THERMTRIP# asserts is not user configurable and is not software visible. Platform Environment Control Interface (PECI) Introduction The Platform Environment Control Interface (PECI) is a one-wire interface that provides a communication channel between the Intel processor and chipset components to external monitoring devices. The processor implements a PECI interface to allow communication of processor thermal and other information to other devices on the platform. The processor provides a digital thermal sensor (DTS) for fan speed control. The DTS is calibrated at the factory to provide a digital representation of relative processor temperature. Instantaneous temperature readings from the DTS are available using the IA32_THERM_STATUS MSR; averaged DTS values are read using the PECI interface. The PECI physical layer is a self-clocked one-wire bus that begins each bit with a driven, rising edge from an idle level near zero volts. The duration of the signal driven high depends on whether the bit value is a logic '0' or logic '1'. PECI also includes variable data transfer rate established with every message. The single wire interface provides low board routing overhead for the multiple load connections in the congested routing area near the processor and chipset components. Bus speed, error checking, and low protocol overhead provides adequate link bandwidth and reliability to transfer critical device operating conditions and configuration information. Datasheet 79