Dynamic Core Frequency and Core Voltage Control
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AMD PowerNow! Technology Platform Design Guide for Embedded Processors
Preliminary Information
Figure 3. Bus Divisor and Voltage ID Control (BVC) Field
Table 5.
Bus Divisor and Voltage ID Control (BVC) Definition
Bit
Description
R/W
Function
1
Writing a non-zero value to this field causes the processor to enter
the EPM Stop Grant state internally. This 20-bit value is multiplied
by 4096 to determine the duration of the EPM Stop Grant state,
measured in processor bus clocks.
This bit controls the mode in which the bus-divisor and the voltage
control bits are allowed to change. If BVCM=0, the Bus Divisor and
Voltage ID changes take effect only upon entering the EPM Stop
Grant state as a result of the SGTC field being programmed.
BVCM=1 is reserved.
This bit controls the mode of Voltage ID control. If VIDC=0, the pro-
cessor VID[4:0] pins are unchanged upon entering the EPM Stop
Grant state. If VIDC=1, the processor VID[4:0] pins are pro-
grammed to the VIDO value upon entering the EPM Stop Grant
state.
BIOS should initialize this bit to 1 during the POST routine.
This 2-bit field controls the mode of Bus Divisor control. If
BDC[1:0]=00b, the BF[2:0] pins are sampled at the falling edge of
RESET. If BDC[1:0]=1xb, the IBF[2:0] field is sampled upon entering
the EPM Stop Grant state. BDC[1:0]=01b is reserved.
BIOS should
initialize these bits to 10b during the POST routine.
If BDC[1:0]=1xb, the processor EBF[2:0] field of the PSOR is pro-
grammed to the IBF[2:0] value upon entering the EPM Stop Grant
state.
This 5-bit value is driven out on the processor VID[4:0] pins upon
entering the EPM Stop Grant state if the VIDC bit=1. These bits are
initialized to 01010b and driven on the processor VID[4:0] pins at
RESET.
Notes:
1.
All bits default to 0 when RESET is asserted, except the VIDO bits which default to 01010b
31-12
Stop Grant Time-out Counter (SGTC)
W
11
Bus Divisor and VID Change Mode
(BVCM)
R/W
10
Voltage ID Control (VIDC)
R/W
9-8
Bus Divisor Control (BDC)
R/W
7-5
Internal BF Divisor (IBF)
R/W
4-0
Voltage ID Output (VIDO)
R/W
Reserved
0
12
31
9
8
7
5
Symbol Description
SGTC
Stop Grant Time-out Counter
BVCM
Bus Divisor and VID Change Mode
VIDC
Voltage ID Control
BDC
Bus Divisor Control
IBF[2:0] Internal BF Divisor
VIDO
Voltage ID Output
Bits
31-12
11
10
9-8
7-5
4-0
V
I
D
C
IBF[2:0]
11 10
B
V
C
M
BDC
VIDO
4
SGTC