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**82395SX     Smart Cache                                     12/17/90
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**WD76C30x   Perip. Ctrl, Interrupt Multiplex, and Clock Gen <11/18/91
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***Features:
o   Two fully programmable and independent serial I/O ports 
    configurable as PC/AT compatible (WD16C452) or PS/2 
    compatible (WD16C552)
    - Loopback controls for communications link fault isolation for 
      each ACE
    - Line break generation and detection for each ACE
    - Complete status reporting capabilities
    - Generation and stripping of serial asynchronous data control 
      bits (start, stop, parity)
    - Programmable baud rate generator and MODEM control signals for 
      each port
    - Programmable baud rate generator input clock
    - Optional 16 byte FIFO buffers on both transmit and receive of 
      each port for CPU relief during high speed data transfer
    - Programmable FIFO threshold levels of 1 , 4, 8, or 14 bytes on 
      each port
o   Parallel port configurable as a fully Centronics or PS/2 
    compatible, bidirectional parallel port
o   Independently programmable parallel port
o   Interrupt multiplexing logic
    - Selectable multiplexing logic for connecting PC/AT interrupt 
      request lines to the WD76C10 single chip AT controller
o   Clock generation circuitry
    - 80287 coprocessor clock generation
    - WD76C10 and floppy controller clock generation
    - 8042 keyboard clock generation
o   Built-in testability features
o   Hardware or software controllable sleep mode
o   CMOS implementation for high speed and low power requirements 
o   Pulse extension on IRQ inputs
o   84-pin PLCC and PQFP packages

**WD7615     Desktop Buffer Manager                          <04/15/92...
**WD7625     Desktop Buffer Manager                          <10/01/92...
**WD8120LV   Super I/O [no datasheet]                                ?
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