Intel E5345 Data Sheet - Page 87
PROCHOT# Signal, 6.2.6 FORCEPR# Signal
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Thermal Specifications 6.2.5 6.2.6 be programmed from 12.5% on/ 87.5% off to 87.5% on/12.5% off in 12.5% increments. On-Demand mode may be used in conjunction with the Thermal Monitor; however, if the system tries to enable On-Demand mode at the same time the TCC is engaged, the factory configured duty cycle of the TCC will override the duty cycle selected by the On-Demand mode. PROCHOT# Signal An external signal, PROCHOT# (processor hot) is asserted when the processor die temperature of any processor cores has reached its factory configured trip point. If Thermal Monitor is enabled (note that Thermal Monitor must be enabled for the processor to be operating within specification), the TCC will be active when PROCHOT# is asserted. The processor can be configured to generate an interrupt upon the assertion or de-assertion of PROCHOT#. Refer to the Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architecture Software Developer's Manual for specific register and programming details. PROCHOT# is designed to assert at or a few degrees higher than maximum TCASE (as specified by Thermal Profile A) when dissipating TDP power, and cannot be interpreted as an indication of processor case temperature. This temperature delta accounts for processor package, lifetime and manufacturing variations and attempts to ensure the Thermal Control Circuit is not activated below maximum TCASE when dissipating TDP power. There is no defined or fixed correlation between the PROCHOT# trip temperature, or the case temperature. Thermal solutions must be designed to the processor specifications and cannot be adjusted based on experimental measurements of TCASE, or PROCHOT#. FORCEPR# Signal The FORCEPR# (force power reduction) input can be used by the platform to cause the Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor 5300 Series to activate the TCC. If the processor supports Thermal Monitor 2 (TM2), and has Thermal Monitor 2 and Thermal Monitor (TM) properly enabled, assertion of the FORCEPR# signal will immediately activate Thermal Monitor 2. If the processor does not support Thermal Monitor 2, but has Thermal Monitor properly enabled, FORCEPR# signal assertion will cause Thermal Monitor to become active. Please refer to the Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor 5300 Series Specification Update to determine which processors support TM2 and Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architecture Software Developer's Manual for details on enabling these capabilities. Assertion of the FORCEPR# signal will activate TCC for all processor cores. The TCC will remain active until the system deasserts FORCEPR#. FORCEPR# is an asynchronous input, which can be employed to thermally protect other system components. To use the voltage regulator (VR) as an example, TCC circuit activation will reduce the current consumption of the processor and the corresponding temperature of the VR. It should be noted that assertion of FORCEPR# does not automatically assert PROCHOT#. As mentioned previously, the PROCHOT# signal is asserted when a high temperature situation is detected. A minimum pulse width of 500 µs is recommended when FORCEPR# is asserted by the system. Sustained activation of the FORCEPR# signal may cause noticeable platform performance degradation. Refer to the appropriate platform design guidelines for details on implementing the FORCEPR# signal feature. Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor 5300 Series Datasheet 87