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General Description
The Geode SC2200 Thin Client On a Chip device is a
member of the National Semiconductor
IA (Information
Appliance) on a Chip family of fully integrated x86 system
chips. The Geode SC2200 includes:
The Geode GX1 processor module combines advanced
CPU performance with Intel MMX support, fully acceler-
ated 2D graphics, a 64-bit synchronous DRAM
(SDRAM) interface, a PCI bus controller, and a display
controller.
A low-power CRT and TFT Video Processor module with
a Video Input Port (VIP), and a hardware video acceler-
ator for scaling, filtering, and color space conversion.
The Core Logic module includes: PC/AT functionality, a
USB interface, an IDE interface, a PCI bus interface, an
LPC bus interface, Advanced Configuration Power Inter-
face (ACPI) version 1.0 compliant power management,
and an audio codec interface.
The SuperI/O module has: three serial ports (UART1,
UART2, and UART3 with fast infrared), a parallel port,
two ACCESS.bus (ACB) interfaces, and a real-time
clock (RTC).
The block diagram shows the relationships between the
modules.
These features, combined with the device’s small form fac-
tor and low power consumption, make it ideal as the core
for a thin client application.
Block Diagram
CPU
Core
GX1
Memory Controller
Display
Controller
2D Graphics
Accelerator
PCI Bus
Controller
Video
Scaling
Video Processor
CRT I/F
TFT I/F
Video
Mixer
Clock & Reset Logic
Config.
Block
Fast-PCI Bus
Video Input Port (VIP)
IDE I/F
Fast X-Bus
PIT
DMAC
Pwr Mgmnt
Configuration
ISA Bus I/F
PIC
USB
GPIO
PCI/Sub-ISA
Bus I/F
Audio Codec I/F
LPC I/F
ISA Bus
I/F
P
Parallel
Port
ACB1
I/F
ACB2
I/F
UART1
UART2
UART3
& IR
Bridge
RTC
Core Logic
SuperI/O
Host Interface
X-Bus
August 2002
Revision 3.0
Geode SC2200
Thin Client On a Chip
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