Datasheet 17
Low Power Features
Exit from Deeper Sleep or Intel Enhanced Deeper Sleep state is initiated by DPRSTP#
deassertion when either core requests a core state other than C4 or either core
requests a processor performance state other than the lowest operating point.
2.1.2.6.1 Intel Enhanced Deeper Sleep State
Intel Enhanced Deeper Sleep state is a sub-state of Deeper Sleep that extends power-
saving capabilities by allowing the processor to further reduce core voltage once the L2
cache has been reduced to zero ways and completely shut down. The following events
occur when the processor enters Intel Enhanced Deeper Sleep state:
• The last core entering C4 causes the package to issue a P_LVL4 IO Read.
• Every concurrent package C4 entry reduces the L2 Cache a certain number of
cache ways, after which another P_LVL4 IO Read is issued to the chipset. By
default, half the cache is flushed per concurrent C4 entry.
• Once the cache is flushed, P_LVL4 IO Reads continue to be issued.
• The processor drives the VID code corresponding to the Intel Enhanced Deeper
Sleep state core voltage on the VID[6:0] pins.
At this point, snoops to the L2 are still serviced, which reduces the amount of time the
processor can reside at the Intel Enhanced Deeper Sleep state core voltage.
To improve the Intel Enhanced Deeper Sleep state residency, the (G)MCH features
P_LVL5 IO Read support. When enabled, the CPU issues a P_LVL5 IO read, once the L2
cache is flushed. The P_LVL5 IO read triggers a special chipset sequence to notify the
chipset to redirect all FSB traffic, except APIC messages, to memory instead of L2
cache. Therefore, the processor remains at the Intel Enhanced Deeper Sleep state core
voltage for a longer period of time.
2.1.2.6.2 Dynamic Cache Sizing
Dynamic Cache Sizing allows the processor to flush and disable a programmable
number of L2 cache ways upon each Deeper Sleep entry under the following
conditions:
• The second core is already in C4 and the Intel Enhanced Deeper Sleep state is
enabled (as specified in Section 2.1.1.6).
• The C0 timer, which tracks continuous residency in the Normal package state, has
not expired. This timer is cleared during the first entry into Deeper Sleep to allow
consecutive Deeper Sleep entries to shrink the L2 cache as needed.
• The FSB speed to processor core speed ratio is below the predefined L2 shrink
threshold.
If the FSB speed to processor core speed ratio is above the predefined L2 shrink
threshold, then L2 cache expansion is requested. If the ratio is zero, then the ratio is
not taken into account for Dynamic Cache Sizing decisions.
Upon STPCLK# deassertion, the first core exiting Intel Enhanced Deeper Sleep state
expands the L2 cache to two ways and invalidate previously disabled cache ways. If the
L2 cache reduction conditions stated above still exist when the last core returns to C4
and the package enters Intel Enhanced Deeper Sleep state, then the L2 is shrunk to
zero again. If a core requests a processor performance state resulting in a higher ratio
than the predefined L2 shrink threshold, the C0 timer expires, or the second core (not
the one currently entering the interrupt routine) requests the C1, C2, or C3 states,
then all of L2 expands upon the next interrupt event.
L2 cache shrink prevention may be enabled as needed on occasion through an
MWAIT(C4) sub-state field. If shrink prevention is enabled the processor does not enter
Intel Enhanced Deeper Sleep state because the L2 cache remains valid and in full size.