Yokemate of Keyboards
Posts: 12242 from 2003/5/22
From: Germany
> a PCI-E bridge chip has been incorporated to handle the additional components.
According to the block diagram, the PCIe-PCIe bridge handles only WiFi, 3G/LTE and a MiniPCIe x1 slot. Everything else is handled either by direct PCIe connection (MXM, USB3, SATA3/M.2/eSATA) or by other SoC controllers (Ethernet, audio, input devices, SD slot, SATA2, webcam etc.).
Btw, I wonder what became of the originally announced Bluetooth.
> if this makes production it is likely to be the most advanced new PPC system
> introduced thus far.
...if we ignore the Talos II ;-)
> the cpu supports two times the threads of a dual 970MP or four times the threads
> of a dual 970 (8 total).
...and it can actually be used to build a mobile device :-)
> So, T2080, MXM, SATA3, eSATA, and USB3.
...and much more (see above) :-)