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Datasheet
Electrical Specifications
2.5
Reserved Or Unused Pins
All Reserved pins must remain unconnected. Connection of these pins to VCC, VTT, VSS, or to any
other signal (including each other) can result in component malfunction or incompatibility with
future processors. See
Section 5 for a pin listing of the processor and the location of all Reserved
pins.
For reliable operation, always connect unused inputs or bidirectional signals to an appropriate
signal level. In a system level design, on-die termination has been included by the processor to
allow end agents to be terminated within the processor silicon for most signals. In this context, end
agent refers to the bus agent that resides on either end of the daisy-chained front side bus interface
while a middle agent is any bus agent in between the two end agents. For end agents, most unused
AGTL+ inputs should be left as no connects as AGTL+ termination is provided on the processor
silicon. However, see
Table 2-5 for details on AGTL+ signals that do not include on-die
termination. For middle agents, the on-die termination must be disabled, so the platform must
ensure that unused AGTL+ input signals which do not connect to end agents are connected to VTT
via a pull-up resistor. Unused active high inputs, should be connected through a resistor to ground
(VSS). Unused outputs can be left unconnected, however this may interfere with some TAP
functions, complicate debug probing, and prevent boundary scan testing. A resistor must be used
when tying bidirectional signals to power or ground. When tying any signal to power or ground, a
resistor will also allow for system testability. Resistor values should be within ± 20% of the
impedance of the baseboard trace for front side bus signals. For unused AGTL+ input or I/O
signals, use pull-up resistors of the same value as the on-die termination resistors (RTT).
TAP, Asynchronous GTL+ inputs, and Asynchronous GTL+ outputs do not include on-die
termination. Inputs and utilized outputs must be terminated on the baseboard. Unused outputs may
be terminated on the baseboard or left unconnected. Note that leaving unused outputs unterminated
may interfere with some TAP functions, complicate debug probing, and prevent boundary scan
testing. Signal termination for these signal types is discussed in the ITP700 Debug Port Design
All TESTHI[6:0] pins should be individually connected to VTT via a pull-up resistor which
matches the nominal trace impedance. TESTHI[3:0] and TESTHI[6:5] may be tied together and
pulled up to VTT with a single resistor if desired. However, utilization of boundary scan test will
not be functional if these pins are connected together. TESTHI4 must always be pulled up
independently from the other TESTHI pins. For optimum noise margin, all pull-up resistor values
used for TESTHI[6:0] pins should have a resistance value within ± 20 % of the impedance of the
board transmission line traces. For example, if the nominal trace impedance is 50
, then a value
between 40
and 60 should be used.
N/C (no connect) pins of the processor are not utilized by the processor. There is no connection
from the pin to the die. These pins may perform functions in future processors intended for
platforms using the 64-bit Intel Xeon processor with 2 MB L2 cache.
2.6
Front Side Bus Signal Groups
The front side bus signals have been combined into groups by buffer type. AGTL+ input signals
have differential input buffers, which use GTLREF as a reference level. In this document, the term
“AGTL+ Input” refers to the AGTL+ input group as well as the AGTL+ I/O group when receiving.
Similarly, “AGTL+ Output” refers to the AGTL+ output group as well as the AGTL+ I/O group
when driving. AGTL+ asynchronous outputs can become active anytime and include an active
pMOS pull-up transistor to assist during the first clock of a low-to-high voltage transition.