Intel P8700 Data Sheet - Page 12

Core Low-Power States, Grant, C1/MWAIT, C1/Auto

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Low Power Features Figure 1. Core Low-Power States C1/MWAIT Stop Grant STPCLK# asserted STPCLK# deasserted STPCLK# STPCLK# deasserted STPCLK# asserted deasserted STPCLK# asserted Core state break HLT instruction C1/Auto Halt MWAIT(C1) Halt break C0 P_LVL2 or MWAIT(C2) Core State break Core state P_LVL4 or break C2† P_LVL5/P_LVL6ø P_LVL3 or MWAIT(C4/C6) Core MWAIT(C3) C4† ‡/C6 state break C3† halt break = A20M# transition, INIT#, INTR, NMI, PREQ#, RESET#, SMI#, or APIC interrupt core state break = (halt break OR Monitor event) AND STPCLK# high (not asserted) † - STPCLK# assertion and de-assertion have no effect if a core is in C2, C3, or C4. ‡ - Core C4 state supports the package level Deep C4 sub-state. Ø - P_LVL5/P_LVL6 read is issued once the L2 cache is reduced to zero. 12 Datasheet

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Low Power Features
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Datasheet
Figure 1.
Core Low-Power States
C2
C0
Stop
Grant
Core state
break
P_LVL2 or
MWAIT(C2)
C3
Core
state
break
P_LVL3 or
MWAIT(C3)
C1/MWAIT
Core state
break
MWAIT(C1)
C1/Auto
Halt
Halt break
HLT instruction
C4
† ‡
/C6
Core State
break
P_LVL4 or
P_LVL5/P_LVL6
ø
MWAIT(C4/C6)
STPCLK#
deasserted
STPCLK#
asserted
STPCLK#
deasserted
STPCLK#
asserted
STPCLK#
deasserted
STPCLK#
asserted
halt break = A20M# transition, INIT#, INTR, NMI, PREQ#, RESET#, SMI#, or APIC interrupt
core state break = (halt break OR Monitor event) AND STPCLK# high (not asserted)
† — STPCLK# assertion and de-assertion have no effect if a core is in C2, C3, or C4.
‡ — Core C4 state supports the package level Deep C4 sub-state.
Ø — P_LVL5/P_LVL6 read is issued once the L2 cache is reduced to zero.