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AMD Documentation

2025-10-20T08:22:50Z

Wintier: Added several documentation links

AMD publicly released a significant amount of documentation for its fam15h-era hardware. This page archives and lists some relevant files documenting various parts and subsystems.

=== SR5690/SR5670/SR5650 Northbridge ===
* [[:File:AMD SR5690 5670 5650 Register Programming Requirements.pdf|AMD SR5690/5670/5650 Register Programming Requirements]]
* [[:File:AMD SR5690 5670 5650 Register Reference Guide.pdf|AMD SR5690/5670/5650 Register Reference Guide]]
* [[:File:AMD SR5690 5670 5650 BIOS Developers Guide.pdf|AMD SR5690/5670/5650 BIOS Developer's Guide]]
* [[:File:SR56x0 Product Errata.pdf|SR56x0 Product Errata]]
* [[:File:AMD SR5690 Databook.pdf|AMD SR5690 Databook]]
* [[:File:AMD SR5670 Databook.pdf|AMD SR5670 Databook]]
* [[:File:AMD SR5650 Databook.pdf|AMD SR5650 Databook]]

=== SP5100 Southbridge ===
* [[:File:AMD SP5100 Register Reference Guide.pdf|AMD SP5100 Register Reference Guide]]
* [[:File:AMD SP5100 Register Programming Requirements.pdf|AMD SP5100 Register Programming Requirements]]
* [[:File:AMD SP5100 BIOS Developer's Guide.pdf|AMD SP5100 BIOS Developer's Guide]]
* [[:File:SP5100 Product Errata.pdf|AMD SP5100 Product Errata]]
* [[:File:AMD SP5100 Databook.pdf|AMD SP5100 Databook]]

=== Opteron CPUs ===
* [[:File:BIOS and Kernel Developers Guide for AMD Athlon 64 and AMD Opteron Processors.pdf|BIOS and Kernel Developer's Guide for AMD Athlon 64 and AMD Opteron Processors]]
* [[:File:Revision_Guide_for_AMD_Family_10h_Processors.pdf|Revision Guide for AMD Family 10h Processors]]
* [[:File:48063 15h Mod 00h-0Fh Rev Guide.pdf|Revision Guide for AMD Family 15h Models 00h-0Fh Processors]]
* [[:File:48931 15h Mod 10h-1Fh Rev Guide.pdf|Revision Guide for AMD Family 15h Models 10h-1Fh Processors]]
* [[:File:51603 Rev Guide 15h Models 30h-3Fh.pdf|Revision Guide for AMD Family 15h Models 30h-3Fh Processors]]
* [[:File:AMD_Family_10h_Server_and_Workstation_Processor_Power_and_Thermal_Data_Sheet.pdf|AMD Family 10h Server and Workstation Processor Power and Thermal Data Sheet]]
* [[:File:51803A_OpteronLinuxTuningGuide.pdf|AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processors Linux Tuning Guide]]
* [[:File:AMD_Processor_Pricing.pdf|AMD Processor Pricing]]
* [[:File:Amd opteron serverplaybook.pdf|AMD Server Solutions Playbook]]
* [[:File:Opteron 6000 QRG.pdf|Opteron 6200 Series Quick Reference Guide]]
* [[:File:50343D AMD Opteron 6000 Comparison FINAL.pdf|6100/6200 Series Opteron Comparison Guide]]
* [[:File:Amd abu dhabi sales presentation.pdf|AMD Abu Dhabi (6300 Series Opterons) Sales Presentation]]
* [[:File:Ieee opteron memory cache subsystem.pdf|Opteron Memory/Cache Subsystem IEEE Article]]
* [[:File:AMD 6200cpu hpc.pdf|AMD Guide to 6200 Series Opterons for HPC Use]]

=== HyperTransport ===
* HyperTransport 3.1 Interconnect Technology (book, ISBN 978-0-9770878-2-2 - appears to still be on sale, PDF copies appear to exist online)

File:AMD 6200cpu hpc.pdf

2025-10-20T08:22:03Z

Wintier: AMD presentation on 6200 series opterons for HPC use

== Summary ==
AMD presentation on 6200 series opterons for HPC use

File:Ieee opteron memory cache subsystem.pdf

2025-10-20T08:12:11Z

Wintier: CACHE HIERARCHY AND MEMORY SUBSYSTEM OF THE AMD OPTERON PROCESSOR IEEE article written by AMD employees in March 2010, relevant to 10h.

== Summary ==
CACHE HIERARCHY AND MEMORY SUBSYSTEM OF THE AMD OPTERON PROCESSOR
IEEE article written by AMD employees in March 2010, relevant to 10h.

File:Amd abu dhabi sales presentation.pdf

2025-10-20T08:09:43Z

Wintier: AMD OPTERON™ 6300 SERIES PROCESSOR, CODENAMED “ABU DHABI”, SALES-IN PRESENTATION

== Summary ==
AMD OPTERON™ 6300 SERIES
PROCESSOR, CODENAMED “ABU
DHABI”, SALES-IN PRESENTATION

File:50343D AMD Opteron 6000 Comparison FINAL.pdf

2025-10-20T08:08:11Z

Wintier: 6100/6200 opteron comparison guide

== Summary ==
6100/6200 opteron comparison guide

File:Opteron 6000 QRG.pdf

2025-10-20T08:07:20Z

Wintier: opteron 6200 quick reference guide

== Summary ==
opteron 6200 quick reference guide

AMD Documentation

2025-10-20T08:02:48Z

Wintier: added amd server solutions playbook

AMD publicly released a significant amount of documentation for its fam15h-era hardware. This page archives and lists some relevant files documenting various parts and subsystems.

=== SR5690/SR5670/SR5650 Northbridge ===
* [[:File:AMD SR5690 5670 5650 Register Programming Requirements.pdf|AMD SR5690/5670/5650 Register Programming Requirements]]
* [[:File:AMD SR5690 5670 5650 Register Reference Guide.pdf|AMD SR5690/5670/5650 Register Reference Guide]]
* [[:File:AMD SR5690 5670 5650 BIOS Developers Guide.pdf|AMD SR5690/5670/5650 BIOS Developer's Guide]]
* [[:File:SR56x0 Product Errata.pdf|SR56x0 Product Errata]]
* [[:File:AMD SR5690 Databook.pdf|AMD SR5690 Databook]]
* [[:File:AMD SR5670 Databook.pdf|AMD SR5670 Databook]]
* [[:File:AMD SR5650 Databook.pdf|AMD SR5650 Databook]]

=== SP5100 Southbridge ===
* [[:File:AMD SP5100 Register Reference Guide.pdf|AMD SP5100 Register Reference Guide]]
* [[:File:AMD SP5100 Register Programming Requirements.pdf|AMD SP5100 Register Programming Requirements]]
* [[:File:AMD SP5100 BIOS Developer's Guide.pdf|AMD SP5100 BIOS Developer's Guide]]
* [[:File:SP5100 Product Errata.pdf|AMD SP5100 Product Errata]]
* [[:File:AMD SP5100 Databook.pdf|AMD SP5100 Databook]]

=== Opteron CPUs ===
* [[:File:BIOS and Kernel Developers Guide for AMD Athlon 64 and AMD Opteron Processors.pdf|BIOS and Kernel Developer's Guide for AMD Athlon 64 and AMD Opteron Processors]]
* [[:File:Revision_Guide_for_AMD_Family_10h_Processors.pdf|Revision Guide for AMD Family 10h Processors]]
* [[:File:48063 15h Mod 00h-0Fh Rev Guide.pdf|Revision Guide for AMD Family 15h Models 00h-0Fh Processors]]
* [[:File:48931 15h Mod 10h-1Fh Rev Guide.pdf|Revision Guide for AMD Family 15h Models 10h-1Fh Processors]]
* [[:File:51603 Rev Guide 15h Models 30h-3Fh.pdf|Revision Guide for AMD Family 15h Models 30h-3Fh Processors]]
* [[:File:AMD_Family_10h_Server_and_Workstation_Processor_Power_and_Thermal_Data_Sheet.pdf|AMD Family 10h Server and Workstation Processor Power and Thermal Data Sheet]]
* [[:File:51803A_OpteronLinuxTuningGuide.pdf|AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processors Linux Tuning Guide]]
* [[:File:AMD_Processor_Pricing.pdf|AMD Processor Pricing]]
* [[:File:Amd opteron serverplaybook.pdf|AMD Server Solutions Playbook]]

=== HyperTransport ===
* HyperTransport 3.1 Interconnect Technology (book, ISBN 978-0-9770878-2-2 - appears to still be on sale, PDF copies appear to exist online)

File:Amd opteron serverplaybook.pdf

2025-10-20T08:01:07Z

Wintier: AMD guide to Opteron Products (CPUs, Motherboards, Servers, etc.) circa 2012.

== Summary ==
AMD guide to Opteron Products (CPUs, Motherboards, Servers, etc.) circa 2012.

Home

2025-10-20T07:55:30Z

Wintier: coreboot capitalization

Welcome to 15h.org, a resource for documentation and support for AMD's [[Family 15h]] (fam15h) and other related processors and platforms.

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* [[Motherboards]]
** [[ASUS]]
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* [[Coolers|CPU Coolers]]
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* [[coreboot-15h]]
* [https://git.15h.org/explore/repos Browse our Git forge]
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* Join us on [[Matrix]]
* [[Get an Account|Get a 15h.org wiki account]]
* [[Add your build]]
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=== Why 15h? ===
Released between 2011 and 2014, AMD's fam15h (and its approximately-contemporaneous relatives, [[fam10h]], [[fam14h]] and [[fam16h]]) are the final high-performance x86_64 microprocessors lacking most of the limitations newer x86 platforms are encumbered by. In many cases, fam15h hardware can provide a performant, full-featured system, using entirely free and open source software. It enforces no firmware signing (allowing things such as [[coreboot]]), can be booted entirely with free firmware (including memory initialization), and it requires no privileged management coprocessor (such as the Platform Security Processor or Management Engine, found on newer AMD and Intel platforms respectively). Where a [[Board Management Controller]] is present, it can usually reliably disabled, or better yet, flashed with [[OpenBMC]]. On fam10h, even microcode is unencrypted and unsigned, and can be modified by the user.

Beyond their currently-unparalleled degree of firmware freedom for a modern x86_64 platform, AMD hardware of this era (in particular, 6200 and 6300-series [[Opteron]] platforms) remains a powerful and cost-effective option for many systems, especially under parallel workloads. Despite this, the comparative popularity of competing Intel processors during this era has limited the familiarity and uptake of these pre-Zen AMD platforms among many enthusiasts.

If you are looking for an x86_64 platform under your complete control, this website serves to demystify fam15h and its relatives, so that these systems can remain in operation well into the future.

=== What hardware was that again? ===
fam15h consists of the [[Bulldozer]], [[Piledriver]], [[Steamroller]], and [[Excavator]] microarchitectures (sold under the AMD FX and AMD Opteron CPU brands, and combined with graphics under the A4, A6, A8, A10, A12, FirePro, Sempron X2, Athlon X2, and Athlon X4 APU brands) while fam10h corresponds with the [[K10]] microarchitecture (sold under the Athlon X2, Athlon II, Sempron, Sempron X2, Phenom, Phenom II, Turion II, and Opteron CPU brands, and combined with graphics under the Sempron X2, Athlon II X2, Athlon II X4, E2, A4, A6, and A8 APU brands). The related Family 16h, corresponding with the [[Jaguar]] microarchitecture, was sold exclusively combined with graphics, under the Athlon, Sempron, E1, E2, A4, A6, and Opteron APU brands.

FOSS firmware development has to date focused primarily on platforms using Opteron processors of the K10, Bulldozer, and Piledriver microarchitectures (for example, the [[KGPE-D16]]), as well as APUs of the Piledriver (e.g. [[G505s]]), Steamroller (e.g. [[A88XM-E]]) and Jaguar (e.g. [[AM1I-A]], [[AM1ML]]) microarchitectures.

== Stable coreboot images ==
These images work with a wide range of peripherals and have hardware based fan control. Review the corresponding [[Motherboards|motherboard]] page for missing or untested features. For source, see [https://git.15h.org/mrothfuss/coreboot-15h our git forge].
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== Beta coreboot images ==
These images may be complete enough to be used in a production setting, depending on your needs. Review the corresponding [[Motherboards|motherboard]] page for missing features, known bugs, or untested features.
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Coreboot

2025-10-20T07:49:20Z

Wintier: Created page

{{Lowercase title}}'''coreboot''' is an open-source software stack for initialization of computers, aimed at being particularly lightweight and quick to boot. Most notable for its use by Google in Chromebooks, it can also be used to replace the stock proprietary BIOS (e.g. AMI Aptio) on many computers, including those on the 10h/15h platforms.

This website provides pre-built binaries for certain motherboards, see [[Coreboot-15h]].