diff --git a/src/northbridge/intel/sandybridge/Makefile.inc b/src/northbridge/intel/sandybridge/Makefile.inc
index b72e9fa38f..79aa6ea42c 100644
--- a/src/northbridge/intel/sandybridge/Makefile.inc
+++ b/src/northbridge/intel/sandybridge/Makefile.inc
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ ramstage-$(CONFIG_GENERATE_ACPI_TABLES) += acpi.c
 romstage-y += udelay.c
 romstage-y += raminit.c
 romstage-y += early_init.c
+romstage-y += report_platform.c
 romstage-y += ../../../arch/x86/lib/walkcbfs.S
 
 smm-$(CONFIG_HAVE_SMI_HANDLER) += udelay.c
diff --git a/src/northbridge/intel/sandybridge/raminit.c b/src/northbridge/intel/sandybridge/raminit.c
index bbb743ff35..e1d5d26dc0 100644
--- a/src/northbridge/intel/sandybridge/raminit.c
+++ b/src/northbridge/intel/sandybridge/raminit.c
@@ -318,6 +318,8 @@ void sdram_initialize(struct pei_data *pei_data)
 	const char *target = "mrc.bin";
 	unsigned long entry;
 
+	report_platform_info();
+
 	/* Wait for ME to be ready */
 	intel_early_me_init();
 	intel_early_me_uma_size();
diff --git a/src/northbridge/intel/sandybridge/report_platform.c b/src/northbridge/intel/sandybridge/report_platform.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d59cfe94fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/northbridge/intel/sandybridge/report_platform.c
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of the coreboot project.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 Google Inc.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
+ */
+
+#include <console/console.h>
+#include <arch/cpu.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include "southbridge/intel/bd82x6x/pch.h"
+#include <arch/io.h>
+#include <arch/romcc_io.h>
+#include "sandybridge.h"
+
+static void report_cpu_info(void)
+{
+	struct cpuid_result cpuidr;
+	u32 i, index;
+	char cpu_string[50]; /* 48 bytes are reported */
+	int vt, txt, aes;
+	const char *mode[] = {"NOT ", ""};
+
+	index = 0x80000000;
+	cpuidr = cpuid(index);
+	if (cpuidr.eax < 0x80000004) {
+		strcpy(cpu_string, "Platform info not available");
+	} else {
+		u32 *p = (u32*) cpu_string;
+		for (i = 2; i <= 4 ; i++) {
+			cpuidr = cpuid(index + i);
+			*p++ = cpuidr.eax;
+			*p++ = cpuidr.ebx;
+			*p++ = cpuidr.ecx;
+			*p++ = cpuidr.edx;
+		}
+	}
+	cpuidr = cpuid(1);
+	printk(BIOS_DEBUG, "CPU id(%x): %s\n", cpuidr.eax, cpu_string);
+	aes = (cpuidr.ecx & (1 << 25)) ? 1 : 0;
+	txt = (cpuidr.ecx & (1 << 6)) ? 1 : 0;
+	vt = (cpuidr.ecx & (1 << 5)) ? 1 : 0;
+	printk(BIOS_DEBUG, "AES %ssupported, TXT %ssupported, VT %ssupported\n",
+	       mode[aes], mode[txt], mode[vt]);
+}
+
+/* The PCI id name match comes from Intel document 472178 */
+static struct {
+	u16 dev_id;
+	const char *dev_name;
+} pch_table [] = {
+	{0x1E41, "Desktop Sample"},
+	{0x1E47, "Q77"},
+	{0x1E48, "Q75"},
+	{0x1E49, "B75"},
+	{0x1E44, "Z77"},
+	{0x1E46, "Z75"},
+	{0x1E4A, "H77"},
+	{0x1E53, "C216"},
+	{0x1E42, "Mobile Sample"},
+	{0x1E55, "QM77"},
+	{0x1E58, "UM77"},
+	{0x1E57, "HM77"},
+	{0x1E59, "HM76"},
+	{0x1E5d, "HM75"},
+	{0x1E43, "SFF Sample"},
+	{0x1E56, "QS77"},
+};
+
+static void report_pch_info(void)
+{
+	int i;
+	u16 dev_id = pci_read_config16(PCH_LPC_DEV, 2);
+
+
+	const char *pch_type = "Unknown";
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(pch_table); i++) {
+		if (pch_table[i].dev_id == dev_id) {
+			pch_type = pch_table[i].dev_name;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	printk (BIOS_DEBUG, "PCH type: %s rev id %x\n",
+		pch_type, pci_read_config8(PCH_LPC_DEV, 8));
+}
+
+void report_platform_info(void)
+{
+	report_cpu_info();
+	report_pch_info();
+}
diff --git a/src/northbridge/intel/sandybridge/sandybridge.h b/src/northbridge/intel/sandybridge/sandybridge.h
index c7bea987b9..aa62021743 100644
--- a/src/northbridge/intel/sandybridge/sandybridge.h
+++ b/src/northbridge/intel/sandybridge/sandybridge.h
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ void dump_pci_device(unsigned dev);
 void dump_pci_devices(void);
 void dump_spd_registers(void);
 void dump_mem(unsigned start, unsigned end);
+void report_platform_info(void);
 #endif /* !__SMM__ */
 #endif
 #endif