KERNEL 8 • THUNDERBOLT 4 CONTROLLER

Alienware 16 Aurora AC16250

STATUS: ENUMERATED → RINGING

SYSTEM TOPOLOGY

K1 TOROID
MASTER
K26 RINGBUS
TRNG Seed
K24 → K8
DMA Monitor
K23 → K8
K8 TBT4
ENUMERATED
USB4
PCIe 4.0 x4
DP 1.4
100W PD
K99 UCSI
RINGED L11
K42 THERMAL
RINGED L10
K10 PCH
RINGED L9
K17 NVMe
RECLAIMED L6
K28 DDR5
RINGED L7
K11 AX211
RINGED L8
A1 EC
ISOLATED
K27 CSME
ISOLATED

LIVE METRICS

TBT MODE
Intel Default
PCIe SPEED
40 Gbps
DMA ACCESS
IOMMU
DP TUNNEL
HBR3
PD PASSTHROUGH
100W
ME DEBUG
DCI
SECURITY
VT-d

ENROLLMENT LOG

Awaiting enrollment initiation...

K8 = Intel Thunderbolt 4 controller. USB4, PCIe 4.0 x4, DP 1.4, 100W PD. Stock: VT-d IOMMU, ME can DCI debug.

Ringed: Becomes L12 Toroid Port. All DMA scheduled on K24 0.267ms ticks. PCIe tunnel K26 gated. DP frames timestamped by K24. PD shares 240W with K99 UCSI. ME DCI blocked. VT-d replaced by K24 attestation.

Refuse = USB2 fallback, ME keeps DCI.

Disclaimer: Maps existing hardware. No firmware writes.