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***Info:
The  CS8231 TURBO  CACHE BASED  386/AT CHIPSet  is a  seven  chip VLSI
implementation of most of the  system logic to implement a CACHE BASED
iAPX 386 based system.  The CHIPSet  is designed to offer a 100% PC AT
compatible  integrated  solution.  The  flexible  architecture of  the
CHIPSet allows it to be used  in any iAPX386 based system design, such
as  CAD/CAE  workstations, office  systems,  industrial and  financial
transaction systems.

The CS8231 CHIPSet combined with CHIP's 82C206, Integrated Peripherals
Controller, provides a complete PC  AT compatible system using only 40
components  plus memory devices.  

The CS8231 CHIPSet  consists of one 82C301 Bus  Controller, one 82C307
Integrated  CACHE/DRAM  controller,  one  each of  82A303  and  82A304
Address Bus Interfaces,  two 82B305 Data Bus Interfaces,  and a 82A306
Control Signal Buffer.

The CHIPSet supports a local CPU  bus, a 32-bit system memory bus, and
AT buses as  shown in the system diagram below.  The 82C301 and 82A306
provide the generation and  synchronization of control signals for all
buses.  The 82C301  also supports  an  independent AT  bus clock,  and
allows for  dynamic selection of  the processor clock between  the 16M
Hz, 20MHz, or  25MHz clocks and the AT bus  clock. The 82A306 provides
buffers  for bus control  signals in  addition to  other miscellaneous
logic functions.

The  82C307 is  a  high performance  and  high integration  CACHE/DRAM
controller  designed  to  interface   directly  to  the  80386  micro-
processor.   It maintains frequently  accessed code  and data  in high
speed memory, allowing the 80386 to operate at its maximum rated freq-
uency with  near zero waitstates.   By integrating DRAM  control func-
tions on-chip,  it supports simultaneous activation of  cache and DRAM
access,  thereby  minimizing the  cache  miss  cycle  penalty. It  has
hardware support to allow the user  to designate up to four blocks (of
variable  size from  2KB to  128KB)  of main  memory as  non-cacheable
address  space.  This  feature is  important for  compatibility issues
when operating in a multiprocessing or LAN environment, or where dual-
port memory is used, and to  designate certain regions of video RAM as
non-cacheable. This feature eliminates the  need to use very fast PALs
externally  to decode non-cacheable  regions and  gives the  user much
more flexibility. Optional  EDC support logic is integrated  on to the
82C307  which  allows  it  to  interface to  any  of  the  generically
available 32-bit Error Detection  and Correction Circuits to realize a
highly reliable memory subsystem.

Cache coherency is maintained during DMA cycles by channeling all acc-
esses through the cache controller logic.  During DMA read operations,
the cache  RAM is  not accessed  and data is  retrieved from  the main
memory.  During DMA write operations,  if a cache hit is detected, the
cache  RAM is  updated  and the  corresponding  tag validated.   Cache
coherency  is maintained at  all times,  with no  performance penalty.
The  82C307 is  available in  a 100  pin PFP  package. 

The 82A303  and 32A304  interface between all  address buses,  and the
addresses needed for proper data path conversion.  Two 828305 are used
to interface between the local,  system memory, and at data buses.  In
addition  to  having  high   current  drive,  they  also  perform  the
conversion necessary between the different sized data paths.

***Configurations:...
***Features:
o   100% IBM PC AT compatible 
o   Tightly coupled 386 interface 
    - Designed to interface directly with the 80386 
    - Supports 16, 20 and 25MHz operation 
o   Independent clock to support AT bus timing 
o   A complete 386/AT CACHE BASED PC AT now requires only 40 IC's 
    plus memory 
o   Integrates Cache Directory and CACHE/ DRAM CONTROLLER on single 
    chip to provide higher integration and performance 
o   Integrated CACHE/DRAM Controller enhances 80386 memory system 
    performance 
    - Averages to nearly zero wait state memory access 
    - Zero wait state non-pipelined/pipelined read hit access 
    - Zero wait state non-pipelined/pipelined write access 
    - Buffered write-through DRAM update scheme to minimize write 
      cycle penalty 
o   Supports 16KB/32KB two way set associative cache organization 
    - 32 byte line size 
    - 4 byte sub-lined size with associative valid bid 
    - Supports 4 blocks (of variable size-4KB/4MB) of main memory as 
      non-cacheable address space 
    - Supports caching of data and code
o   Supports control mechanism for preventing unnecessary disturbance 
    of cache contents during I/O operation 
o   Flexible memory architecture 
    - Supports memory configuration up to 64MB 
    - Programmable wait states 
    - Supports 256K and 1MB DRAMs in configuration of up to 4 blocks 
      of 4 banks 
    - Supports parity or Error Detection and Correction (EDC) schemes 
      to provide a highly reliable system 
o   Supports shadowing of BIOS EPROMs 
o   Cache hit rate up to 99% 


**CS8232   CMOS 386/AT              (82C301/302/303/304/305/306)   c86...
**CS8233   PEAK/386 AT (Cached)     (82C311/82C315/82C316)     c:Dec90...
**CS8236   386/AT                   (82C301/2/3/4/5/6/206)         c86...
**CS8237   TURBO CACHE-BASED 386/AT (82C301/7/3/4/5/6/206)         c86...
**CS8238   CHIPS/280 & 281 (386 MCA)(82C321/322/325/223/226)   c:Aug89...
**CS82310  PEAK/DM 386 AT           (82C351/82C355/82C356)         c91...
**CS8281   NEATsx (386SX)           (82C811/812/215/206)       c:Dec89...
**CS8283   LeAPset-sx               (82C841/82C242/82C636)     c:Mar90...
**CS8285   PEAKsx                   (82C836/82C835)                c91...
**CS8288   CHIPSlite-sx             (82C836/82C641/82C835)          c?...
**CS4000   WinCHIPS                 (64200/84021/84025)            c92...
**CS4021   ISA/486                  (84021/84025)                  c92...
**CS4031   CHIPSet                  (84031/84035)              5/10/93...
**CS4041/5 CHIPSet                  (84041/84045)              2/10/95...
**CB8291   ELEAT                    [no datasheet]                 c90...
**CB8295   ELEATsx                  [no datasheet]                 c90...
**82C100   IBM PS/2 Model 30/Super XT                                ?...
**82C110   IBM PS/2 Model 30/Super XT                                ?...
**82C235   Single Chip AT (SCAT)                                   c89...
**82C836   Single Chip 386sx (SCATsx)                              <91...
**F8680/A  PC/CHIP Single-Chip PC                                  c93...
**
**Support Chips:
**64200    (Wingine) High Performance 'Windows Engine'         c:Oct91...
**82C206   Integrated Peripheral Controller                        c86...
**82C601/A Single Chip Peripheral Controller                 <08/30/90...
**82C607   Multifunction Controller                             <Jun88...
**82C710   Universal Peripheral Controller                     c:Aug90...
**82C711   Universal Peripheral Controller II                  c:Jan91...
**82C712   Universal Peripheral Controller II                  c:Jan91...
**82C721   Universal Peripheral Controller III                 c:May93...
**82C735   I/O Peripheral Controller With Printgine            c:Jul93...
**82C835   Single CHIP 386sx AT Cache Controller               c:Apr91...
**F87000   Multi-Mode Peripheral Chip                         11/23/93...
**Other:...
**Disk:...
**Video:...
*Contaq  . . . . . [no datasheets, some info]...
**82C591/2  3/486                                               <Mar92...
**82C593    3/486 [no datasheet]                                <May92...
**82C596/A  3/486 Writeback Cache [no datasheet]             <11/11/92...
**??????    486 EISA chipset [no datasheet]                     <Feb93...
**82C599    PCI-VLB Bridge [no datasheet, some info]                 ?...
**82C693    PCI-ISA Bridge [no datasheet]                            ?...
*Efar Microsystems [no datasheets, some info]...
**EFAR-8290WB 386/486 Writeback PC/AT Chipset     [no datasheet]     ?...
**82EC798     386/486 Writeback PC/AT Single Chip [no datasheet]     ?
**Other:...
*ETEQ...
**??????     "Cougar/Bobcat" 386DX/486DX chipset [no datasheet] cNov91...
**??????     "Bengal"  386DX/486 (WriteBack)     [no datasheet] cNov91...
**ET2000     386/486 WB Chipset                                      ?...
**ET6000     "Cheetah" 486DX/SX Non-Cache System                <Apr92...
**ET9000     "Jaguar" 486 Write Back Cache AT Single Chip       <Jun92...
**ET9800/391 "Firefox" 386SX Write Back chipset [no datasheet]       ?...
**82C390SX   "Panda" S.C. 386SX Direct Mapped Cache [no d.sheet]cFeb92...
**66x8       VIA clones [no datasheet]                               ?...
*Faraday...
*Forex . . . . . . [List only, no datasheets found]...
*Intel
**IBM PC/XT/AT Chip Sets...
**82230/82231 High Integration AT-Compatible Chip Set(ZyMOS)   c:Aug88...
**82310       Micro Channel Compatible Peripheral Chip Set    04/21/88...
**82311       High Integration MCA Compatible Perip. Chip Set 11/14/88...
**82320       MCA compatible Chipset           [no datasheet] 04/10/89...
**82340DX     Chip Set (VLSI) (82346/82345/82355)             01/08/90...
**82340SX     Chip Set (VLSI) (82343/82344)                   01/25/89...
**82350       EISA Chip Set                                   07/10/89...
**82350DT     EISA Chip Set                                   04/22/91...
**82420TX/ZX  PCIset (for 486) TX (Saturn), ZX (Saturn II)     c:Nov92...
**82420EX     PCIset (for 486) EX (Aries)   (82425EX/82426EX)   <Dec94...
**82430LX     PCIset (Pentium) LX (Mercury) (82433LX/82434LX) 03/22/93...
**82430NX     PCIset (Pentium) NX (Neptune) (82433NX/82434NX)    Mar94...
**82430FX     PCIset (Pentium) FX (Triton I) (82437FX/82438FX)01/31/95...
**82430MX     PCIset (Pentium) MX (Mobile Triton)(82437/438MX)11/01/95...
**82430HX     PCIset (Pentium) HX (Triton II) (82439HX)       02/12/96...
**82430VX     PCIset (Pentium) VX (Triton II) (82437VX/82438) 02/12/96...
**82430TX     PCIset (Pentium) TX (Triton II) (82439TX)       02/17/97...
**82450KX/GX  PCIset (Pentium Pro) KX/GX (Mars/Orion)         11/01/95...
**
**Support Chips:
**82091AA     Advanced Interface Peripheral (AIP)                  c93...
**8289        Bus Arbiter (808x)                                   c79...
**82289       Bus Arbiter for iAPX 286 Processor Family            c83...
**82258       Advanced Direct Memory Access Coprocessor(ADMA) 01/01/84...
**82335       High-Integration Interface Device For 386SX      c:Nov88...
**82360SL     I/O Subsystem                                   10/05/90...
**82370       Integrated System Peripheral (for 82376)         c:Oct88...
**82371FB/SB  PCI ISA IDE Xcelerator 82371FB/82371SB (PIIX/3) 01/31/95...
**82371MX     Mobile PCI I/O IDE Xcelerator (MPIIX)           11/01/95...
**82371AB     PCI-TO-ISA / IDE Xcelerator 82371AB (PIIX4)     02/17/97...
**82374/82375 PCI-EISA Bridge (82374EB/82375EB, 374SB/375SB)   c:Mar93...
**82378       System I/O (SIO) (82378IB and 82378ZB)           c:Mar93...
**82379AB     System I/O-APIC (SIO.A)                           <Dec94...
**82380       32-bit DMA Controller w/ Integrated Peripherals 02/01/87...
**82380FB/AB  PCIset: 82380FB Mobile PCI-to-PCI Bridge(MPCI2) 02/17/97...
**82384       Clock Generator and Reset Interface                  c86...
**82385       32-bit Cache Controller for 80386               09/29/87...
**82385SX     32-bit Cache Controller for 80386SX             01/25/89...
**82395DX     High Performance Smart Cache                    06/18/90...
**82395SX     Smart Cache                                     12/17/90...
**82396SX     Smart Cache                                     12/17/90...
**82485       Turbo Cache (and 485Turbocache)                      c90...
**82489DX       Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller    10/12/92...
**82495DX/490DX DX CPU-Cache Chip Set                           <Sep91...
**82495XP/490XP Cache Controller / Cache RAM (for i860)       06/05/91...
**82496/491     Cache Controller / Cache RAM (for P5 Pentium) 03/22/93...
**82497/492   Cache Controller / Cache RAM (for P54 Pentium)    <Nov94...
**82498/493   Cache Controller / Cache RAM (for P54 Pentium)    <Nov94...
**
**Later chipsets (basic spec):
**440 series:...
**450NX  (?)            06/29/98:...
**?????  (Profusion)    c:99...
**800 series...
*Headland/G2...
*HMC (Hulon Microelectronics)...
*Logicstar...
*Motorola...
*OPTi...
*PC CHIPS/Amptron/Atrend/ECS/Elpina/etc...
*SIS...
***Info:
The SiS5596/5513  with built-in VGA controller is  a two-chip solution
for Pentium PCI/ISA system. A portion  of on board DRAM is shared with
the  built-in  VGA  controller.  In  that  way,  the  system  cost  is
substantially reduced.

The SiS5596/5513 two chips  solution for shared memory architecture is
achieved by  allowing both  GUI / VGA,  and System DRAM  controller to
control system memory. For  the shared memory application, the chipset
always acts  as the  arbiter of memory  bus masters. Whenever  the GUI
wants to  access the memory bus,  it requests the memory  bus from the
chipset first.  The chipset grants the  memory bus to the GUI, only if
the memory bus is not needed by the chipset. The chipset also supports
the two priority  scheme. Other important key features  such as direct
access frame buffer and memory access latency are also supported.

***Configurations:...
***Features:...
**5597/5598      (Jedi)    Pentium PCI/ISA Chipset           <04/15/97...
**530/5595       (Sinbad) Host, PCI, 3D Graphics & Mem. Ctrl.<11/10/98...
**540            (Spartan) Super7 2D/3D Ultra-AGP Single C.S.<11/30/99...
**55x            SoC (System-on-chip)                        <03/14/02...
**
**Support chips:
**85C206     Integrated Peripheral Controller [no datasheet]         ?...
**5595       Pentium PCI System I/O                          <12/24/97...
**950        LPC I/O                                         <07/16/99...
**Other:...
**PII/III/Pro...
**Athlon etc...
*Symphony...
**SL82C360   'Haydn' 80386DX/SX chipset [no datasheet]         c:Jun91...
**SL82C460   'Haydn II' 80486 chipset   [no datasheet]         c:Jun91...
**SL82C470   'Mozart' 486/386 EISA chipset                     c:Dec91...
**SL82C490   'Wagner' 486?              [no datasheet]               ?...
**SL82C550   'Rossini' Pentium          [no datasheet]            c:95...
**
**Support Chips:
**SL82C365    Cache Controller (for 386DX/SX)                     c:91...
**SL82C465    Cache Controller (for 486/386DX/SX)                 c:91...
*TI (Texas Instruments)...
**SN74LS610/2 IBM AT: SN74LS610, SN74LS612 Memory Mappers          <84...
**TACT82000   3-Chip 286 [no datasheet]                            c89...
**TACT82411   Snake  Single-Chip AT Controller                     c90...
**TACT82S411  Snake+ Single-Chip AT Controller [no datasheet]      c91...
**TACT83000   AT 'Tiger' Chip Set (386)                            c89...
**TACT84500   AT Chip Set (486, EISA) [no datasheet, some info]    c91...
**Other:...
*UMC...
**UM82C***     (IBM/INTEL Direct replacement)                      c87...
**UM82C088     PC/XT Integration Chip                              <91...
**UM82C230     286AT MORTAR Chip Set                               <91...
**UM82C210     386SX/286 AT Chip Set                               <91...
**UM82C3xx     Twinstar & UM82C336F/N & UM82C39x [no datasheet]      ?...
**UM82C380     386 HEAT PC/AT Chip Set                             <91...
**UM82C480     386/486 PC Chip Set                                 c91...
**UM82C493/491 ??????????????? [no datasheet]                        ?...
**UM8498/8496  486 VL Chipset  "Super Energy Star Green"[no dsheet]c94...
**UM8881/8886  HB4 PCI Chipset "Super Energy Star Green"[no dsheet]c94...
**UM8890       Pentium chipset [no datasheet]                        ?...
**
**Support Chips:
**UM82152      Cache Controller (AUStek A38152 clone)              <91...
**UM82C852     Multi I/O For XT                                    <91...
**UM82C206     Integrated Peripheral Controller                    <91...
**UM82c45x     Serial/Parallel chips                                 ?...
**Other chips:...
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*VIA
**SL9XXX   FlexSet family General information...
**SL9011   System Controller (80286/80386SX/DX, 16/20/25MHz)    <Jan90...
**SL9020   Data Controller                                      <Jan90...
**SL9025   Address Controller                                   <Jan90...
**SL9030   Integrated Peripheral Controller                     <Jan90...
**SL9090/A Universal PC/AT Clock Chip                           <oct88...
**SL9095   Power  Management Unit                                    ?...
**SL9151   80286 Page Interleave Memory Controller (16-25MHz)        ?...
**SL9250   80386SX Page Mode Memory Controller (16/20MHz 8MB)        ?...
**SL9251   80386SX Page Interleave Memory Controller         <04/13/90...
**SL9252   80386SX System and Memory Controller              <06/12/90...
**SL9350   80386DX Page Mode Memory Controller (16-25MHz 16MB)       ?...
**SL9351   80386DX Page Interleave Memory Controller (33MHz)         ?
***Info:...
***Versions:...
***Features:...
**SL9352   80386DX System and Memory Controller              <06/12/90...
**SLXXXX   Other chips...
**
**VT82C470     "Jupiter", Chip Set (w/o cache) 386 [no datasheet]    ?
**VT82C475     "Jupiter", Chip Set (w/cache) 386   [no datasheet]    ?
**VT82C486/2/3 "GMC chipset"            [no datasheet, some info]    ?...
**VT82C495/480 "Venus" Chip Set                    [no datasheet]    ?
**VT82C495/491 ? EISA Chip Set          [no datasheet, some info]  <93...
**VT82C496G    Pluto, Green PC 80486 PCI/VL/ISA System       <05/30/94...
**VT82C530MV   3.3V Pentium chipset [no datasheet, some info]<05/30/94...
**VT82C570M    Apollo Master, Green Pentium/P54C             <06/22/95...
**VT82C580VP   Apollo VP,  Pentium/M1/K5 PCI/ISA System      <02/15/96...
**VT82C580VPX  Apollo VPX, VPX/97, Pentium with 66/75MHz Bus <01/09/97...
**VT82C590     Apollo VP2, VP2/97, Single-Chip Pentium 66MHz <01/10/97...
**VT82C597/AT  Apollo VP3, Single-Chip for Pentium with AGP  <10/03/97...
**VT82C598MVP  Apollo MVP3,Single-Chip 66/75/83/100MHz & AGP <09/22/97...
**VT8501       Apollo MVP4,Single-Chip 66-100MHz & AGP       <11/04/98...
**VT82C680     Apollo P6, Pentium-Pro Chip Set               <08/30/96...
**Support chips:
**VT82C505     Pentium/486 VL to PCI Bridge                  <05/30/94...
**VT82C586/A/B PCI Integrated Peripheral Controller          <10/13/96...
**VT82C596/A   Mobile PCI Integrated Peripheral Controller   <11/05/97...
**VT82C686A/B  PCI Super-I/O Integrated Peripheral Ctrl.     <02/10/98...
**Later P-Pro/II/III/Celeron...
**Later AMD...
**Other...
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*Western Digital...
*Winbond...
*ZyMOS...
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