Revision as of 00:17, 20 October 2016

Southbridge

Located between the CPU (CELL BE) and the lower I/O devices (SATA/PATA: Bluray Drive/Harddrive, USB, GbLAN, Wifi/Bluetooth, Flash (Hardware): Starship2+NAND / NOR, MultiCardReader etc) via a Flex I/O bus (CellBE : BIC / IOIF1).

PS3 Southbridge
SB with heatplate
CXD2973GB

PS3 Southbridge
SB without heatplate
CXD2979GB

PS3 Southbridge
SB without heatplate
CXD2984AGB

PS3 Southbridge
SB without heatplate
CXD9963GB

PS3 SouthBridge
PS3 Model	Mobo Model	Mobo serial	SB Serial	part no.	Comp.ID	Notes
CEB-2030 CEB-2040	MPU-501	?	?			non-retail
DECR-1000	TMU-520	1-871-645-13	CXD2973AGB-4			non-retail
CECHAxx CECHBxx	COK-001	1-871-868-12 1-871-868-22 1-871-868-32	CXD2973GB	8-753-257-50	IC3001
CECHCxx CECHExx	COK-002	1-873-513-21 1-873-513-31	CXD2979GB
CECHGxx	SEM-001	1-875-384-21 1-875-384-31	CXD2984GB
CECHHxx	DIA-001	1-875-368-11 1-875-368-31
CECHJxx CECHKxx	DIA-002	1-876-912-32
CECHLxx CECHMxx CECHPxx CECHQxx	VER-001	1-878-196-31 1-878-196-41	CXD2984AGB
DECR-1400	DEB-001	?	?			non-retail
CECH-20xx	DYN-001	1-880-055-31	CXD9963GB
CECH-21xx	SUR-001	1-881-945-11
CECH-25xx	JTP-001	1-882-481-31
CECH-25xx	JSD-001	1-882-770-11
CECH-30xx	KTE-001	1-884-749-11
CECH-40xx	MSX-001	1-886-928-11
CECH-40xx	MPX-001	1-887-233-11

Note:

Bus ID can be fetched directly from 0x24000087000 or from LV1 repository node:
- get node index (XX) with name busXX.type where value == 0x04 (SB bus)
- get value from node with name busXX.id

SuperCompanionChip - Making Optimal Use of Cell Broadband Engine: SuperCompanionChip_English.pdf / a04.pdf
Whitepaper - BCU-100 Computing Unit with Cell/B.E. and RSX: BCU-100_Whitepaper.pdf
Presentation - Super Companion Chip with Audio Visual Interface for Cell Processor : HC17.S1T3.pdf
PS3 Southbridge Serial IO Driver: sb_sio.c

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 Located between the CPU ([[CELL BE]]) and the lower I/O devices (SATA/PATA: [[Bluray Drive]]/[[Harddrive]], [[USB]], [[GbLAN]], [[Wifi]]/[[Bluetooth]], [[Flash (Hardware)]]: [[Starship2]]+NAND / NOR, [[MultiCardReader]] etc) via a Flex I/O bus (CellBE : BIC / IOIF1).
-== Chipnumers @ SKU's ==
+== Chipnumbers @ SKU's ==
 <div style="float:right">[[File:CXD2973GB.jpg|200px|thumb|left|PS3 Southbridge<br />SB with heatplate<br />CXD2973GB]]<br />[[File:sb_no_ihs.jpg|200px|thumb|left|PS3 Southbridge<br />SB without heatplate<br />CXD2979GB]]<br />[[File:CXD2984AGB.jpg|200px|thumb|left|PS3 Southbridge<br />SB without heatplate<br />CXD2984AGB]]<br />[[File:CXD9963GB-PS3slim.jpg|200px|thumb|left|PS3 Southbridge<br />SB without heatplate<br />CXD9963GB]]</div>