
Am486DE2 Microprocessor
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last clock of the last locked bus cycle. The last locked
cycle ends when RDY is returned. LOCK is active Low
and is not driven during bus hold. Locked read cycles
are not transformed into cache fill cycles if KEN is active.
M/IO
Memory/IO (Output)
A High output indicates a memory cycle. A Low output
indicates an I/O cycle.
NMI
Non-Maskable Interrupt (Input)
A High NMI input signal indicates that an external non-
maskable interrupt has occurred. NMI is rising-edge
sensitive. NMI must be held Low for at least four CLK
periods before this rising edge. The NMI input does not
have an internal pull-down resistor. The NMI input is
asynchronous, but must meet setup and hold times t
20
and t
21
for recognition in any specific clock.
PCD
Page Cache Disable (Output)
This pin reflects the state of the PCD bit in the page table
entry or page directory entry (programmable through the
PCD bit in CR3). If paging is disabled, the CPU ignores
the PCD bit and drives the PCD output Low. PCD has
the same timing as the cycle definition pins (M/IO, D/C,
and W/R). PCD is active High and is not driven during
bus hold. PCD is masked by the Cache Disable Bit (CD)
in Control Register 0 (CR0).
PCHK
Parity Status (Active-Low Output)
Parity status is driven on the PCHK pin the clock after
RDY for read operations. The parity status reflects data
sampled at the end of the previous clock. A Low PCHK
indicates a parity error. Parity status is checked only for
enabled bytes as is indicated by the byte enable and
bus size signals. PCHK is valid only in the clock imme-
diately after read data is returned to the microprocessor;
at all other times PCHK is inactive High. PCHK is floated
only during Three-state Test mode. (See FLUSH.)
PLOCK (Modified)
Pseudo-Lock (Active-Low Output)
When PLOCK is asserted in Write-through mode, it in-
dicates that the current bus transaction requires more
than one bus cycle. Examples of such operations are
segment table descriptor reads (8 bytes) and cache line
fills (16 bytes). The microprocessor drives PLOCK ac-
tive until the addresses for the last bus cycle of the trans-
action have been driven, whether or not RDY or BRDY
is returned. PLOCK is a function of the BS8, BS16, and
KEN inputs. PLOCK should be sampled on the clock
when RDY is returned. PLOCK is active Low and is not
driven during bus hold.
PWT
Page Write-Through (Output)
This pin reflects the state of the PWT bit in the page
table entry or page directory entry (programmable
through the PWT bit in CR3). If paging is disabled, the
CPU ignores the PWT bit and drives the PWT output
Low. PWT has the same timing as the cycle definition
pins (M/IO, D/C, and W/R). PWT is active High and is not
driven during bus hold.
RDY
Non-Burst Ready (Active-Low Input)
A Low input on this pin indicates that the current bus
cycle is complete, that is, either the external system has
presented valid data on the data pins in response to a
read, or the external system has accepted data from the
microprocessor in response to a write. RDY is ignored
when the bus is idle and at the end of the bus cycle’s
first clock. RDY is active during address hold. Data can
be returned to the processor while AHOLD is active.
RDY is active Low and does not have an internal pull-
up resistor. RDY must satisfy setup and hold times t
16
and t
17
for proper chip operation.
RESET
Reset (Input)
RESET forces the microprocessor to initialize. The
microprocessor cannot begin instruction execution of
instructions until at least 1 ms after V
CC
and CLK have
reached their proper DC and AC specifications. To
ensure proper microprocessor operation, the RESET
pin should remain active during this time. RESET is
active High. RESET is asynchronous, but must meet
setup and hold times t
20
and t
21
to ensure recognition on
any specific clock.
SMI (New)
SMM Interrupt (Active-Low Input)
A Low signal on the SMI pin signals the processor to
enter System Management Mode (SMM). SMI is the
highest-level processor interrupt. The SMI signal is rec-
ognized on an instruction boundary, similar to the NMI
and INTR signals. SMI is sampled on every rising clock
edge. SMI is a falling-edge sensitive input. Recognition
of SMI is guaranteed in a specific clock if it is asserted
synchronously and meets the setup and hold times. If
SMI is asserted asynchronously, it must go High for a
minimum of two clocks before going Low, and it must
remain Low for at least two clocks to guarantee recog-
nition. When the CPU recognizes SMI, it enters SMM
before executing the next instruction and saves internal
registers in SMM space.