Intel® Itanium® Processor 9300 Series, 9500 Series and 9700 Series Intel® Itanium® Processor Quad-Core 1.86-1.73 GHz with 24 MB L3 Cache 9350 Intel® Itanium® Processor Quad-Core 1.73-1.60 GHz with 20 MB L3 Cache 9340 Intel® Itanium® Processor Quad-Core 1.60-1.46 GHz with 20 MB L3 Cache 9330 Intel® Itanium® Processor Quad-Core 1.46-1.33 GHz with 16 MB L3 Cache 9320 Intel® Itanium® Processor Dual-Core 1.60 GHz Fixed Frequency with 10 MB L3 Cache 9310 Intel® Itanium® Processor Eight-Core 2.53 GHz with 32 MB LLC Cache 9560 Intel® Itanium® Processor Four-Core 2.40 GHz with 32 MB LLC Cache 9550 Intel® Itanium® Processor Eight-Core 2.13 GHz with 24 MB LLC Cache 9540 Intel® Itanium® Processor Four-Core 1.73 GHz with 20 MB LLC Cache 9520 Intel® Itanium® Processor Eight-Core 2.66 GHz with 32 MB LLC Cache 9760 Intel® Itanium® Processor Four-Core 2.53 GHz with 32 MB LLC Cache 9750 Intel® Itanium® Processor Eight-Core 2.13 GHz with 24 MB LLC Cache 9740 Intel® Itanium® Processor Four-Core 1.73 GHz with 20 MB LLC Cache 9720 Datasheet May 2017 Reference Number: 322821-003 ® ® 2 Intel Itanium Processor 9300, 9500, and 9700 Series Datasheet INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH INTEL PRODUCTS. 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All Rights Reserved. ® ® Intel Itanium Processor 9300, 9500, and 9700 Series Datasheet 3 Contents 1 Introduction ........................................................................................................... 11 1.1 Overview ......................................................................................................... 11 1.2 Architectural Overview ...................................................................................... 19 1.2.1 Intel® Itanium® Processor 9300 Series Overview....................................... 19 1.2.2 Intel® Itanium® Processor 9500 Series Overview....................................... 20 1.2.3 Intel® Itanium® Processor 9700 Series Overview....................................... 23 1.3 Processor Feature Comparison............................................................................ 23 1.4 Processor Abstraction Layer ............................................................................... 24 1.5 Mixing Processors of Different Frequencies and Cache Sizes.................................... 24 1.6 Terminology..................................................................................................... 24 1.7 State of Data ................................................................................................... 25 1.8 Reference Documents........................................................................................ 25 2 Electrical Specifications .......................................................................................... 27 2.1 Intel® QuickPath Interconnect and Intel® Scalable Memory Interconnect Differential Signaling..........................................................................................27 2.2 Signal Groups................................................................................................... 28 2.3 Reference Clocking Specifications........................................................................ 30 2.4 Intel® QuickPath Interconnect and Intel® SMI Signaling Specifications..................... 32 2.4.1 Intel® Itanium® Processor 9300 Series Intel® QuickPath Interconnect and Intel® SMI Specifications for 4.8 GT/s32 2.4.2 Intel® Itanium® Processor 9500 and 9700 Series Requirements for Intel® QuickPath Interconnect for 4.8 and 6.4 GT/s36 2.4.3 Intel® Itanium® Processor 9500 Series Processor Requirements for Intel® SMI Specifications for 6.4 GT/s41 2.5 Processor Absolute Maximum Ratings .................................................................. 42 2.5.1 Intel® Itanium® Processor 9300 Series Absolute Maximum Ratings .............. 43 2.5.2 Intel® Itanium® Processor 9500 and 9700 Series Absolute Maximum Ratings 43 2.6 Processor DC Specifications................................................................................ 43 2.6.1 Flexible Motherboard Guidelines for the Intel® Itanium® Processor 9300 Series . 44 2.6.2 Flexible Motherboard Guidelines for the Intel® Itanium® Processor 9500 and 9700 Series 47 2.6.3 Intel® Itanium® Processor 9300 Series Uncore, Core, and Cache Tolerances . 49 2.6.4 Intel® Itanium® Processor 9500 and 9700 Series Uncore and Core Tolerances.. 53 2.6.5 Overshoot and Undershoot Guidelines....................................................... 57 2.6.6 Signal DC Specifications.......................................................................... 58 2.6.7 Motherboard-Socket Specification for VR Sense Point.................................. 62 2.7 Core and Uncore Voltage Identification ................................................................ 62 2.7.1 Core and Uncore Voltage Identification for the Intel® Itanium® Processor 9300 Series63 2.7.2 Core and Uncore Voltage Identification for the Intel® Itanium® Processor 9500 and 9700 Series 64 2.8 Cache Voltage Identification (Intel® Itanium® Processor 9300 Series only)............... 67 2.9 RSVD, Unused, and DEBUG Pins ......................................................................... 68 2.10 Mixing Processors ............................................................................................. 69 2.11 Supported Power-up Voltage Sequence................................................................ 69 2.11.1 Supported Power-up Voltage Sequence for the Intel® Itanium® Processor 9300 Series71 2.11.2 Supported Power-up Voltage Sequence for the Intel® Itanium® Processor 9500 and 9700 Series 72 2.11.3 Power-up Voltage Sequence Timing Requirements...................................... 73 2.12 Supported Power-down Voltage Sequence............................................................ 73 ® ® 4 Intel Itanium Processor 9300, 9500, and 9700 Series Datasheet 2.13 Timing Relationship Between RESET_N and SKTID ................................................. 74 2.14 Test Access Port (TAP) Connection....................................................................... 76 3 Pin Listing ............................................................................................................... 77 3.1 Processor Package Bottom Pin Assignments .........................................................