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**Who made the first chip set?
By the  criteria of (2.)  in  'Definition of a chip  set' many sources
state this  to be the  Chips and Technologies  NEAT chip set.  I don't
know why this is stated as it is most definitely incorrect. The CS8221
NEW   Enhanced  AT   (NEAT)  chip   set  consisting   of  the   chips;
82C211/82C212/82C215/82C206  was  as far  as  I  can establish,  first
released sometime in 1986. 

C&T itself have an earlier chip set called the CS8220 PC/AT compatible
Chip  Set,  and  consists   of  the  following  chips;  82C201/82C202/
82A203/82A204/82A205.  It was  first  available  in OCT-85.  (see:C&T>
CS8220>Notes for further info.)

That is, AFAIK, the first motherboard  chip set from C&T and AFAIK the
worlds first chip set that meets the criteria of (2.). However C&T did
already have on the market their  popular EGA chip set, but that isn't
a motherboard chip set.

By the criteria of (1.), IBM, or Intel, see IBM>PC/XT chip set.

Another pre-'86 chipset is the  Faraday FE2010. The datasheet includes
a schematic on the very last  page dated 11/22/85. This only indicates
the chip set was on paper at that date. An acutal release date has not
been found.

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*ALD...
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*AMD . . . . . . . [no datasheets, some info]...
*Chips & Technologies...
*Contaq  . . . . . [no datasheets, some info]...
*Efar Microsystems [no datasheets, some info]...
*ETEQ...
*Faraday...
*Forex . . . . . . [List only, no datasheets found]...
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**800 series
***810         (Whitney)       04/26/99...
***810L        (Whitney)       04/26/99...
***810-DC100   (Whitney)       04/26/99...
***810e        (Whitney)       09/27/99...
***810e2       (Whitney)       01/03/01...
***815         (Solano)        06/19/00...
***815e        (Solano-2)      06/19/00...
***815em       (Solano-?)      10/23/00...
***815ep       (Solano-3)      c:Nov'00...
***815p        (Solano-3)      c:Mar'01...
***815g        (Solano-3)      c:Sep'01...
***815eg       (Solano-3)      c:Sep'01...
***820         (Camino)        11/15/99...
***820e        (Camino-2)      06/05/00...
***830M        (Almador)       07/30/01...
***830MP       (Almador)       07/30/01...
***830MG       (Almador)       07/30/01...
***840         (Carmel)        10/25/99...
***845         (Brookdale)     09/10/01...
***845MP       (Brookdale-M)   03/04/02...
***845MZ       (Brookdale-M)   03/04/02...
***845E        (Brookdale-E)   05/20/02...
***845G        (Brookdale-G)   05/20/02...
***845GL       (Brookdale-GL)  05/20/02...
***845GE       (Brookdale-GE)  10/07/02...
***845PE       (Brookdale-PE)  10/07/02...
***845GV       (Brookdale-GV)  10/07/02...
***848P        (Breeds Hill)   c:Aug'03...
***850         (Tehama)        11/20/00...
***850E        (Tehama-E)      05/06/02...
***852GM       (Montara-GM)    01/14/03...
***852GMV      (Montara-GM)    ???...
***852PM       (Montara-GM)    06/11/03...
***852GME      (Montara-GM)    06/11/03...
***854         (?)             04/11/05...
***855GM       (Montara-GM)    03/12/03...
***855GME      (Montara-GM)    03/12/03...
***855PM       (Odem)          03/12/03...
***860         (Colusa)        05/21/01...
***865G        (Springdale)    05/21/03...
***865PE       (Springdale-PE) 05/21/03...
***865P        (Springdale-P)  05/21/03...
***865GV       (Springdale-GV) c:Sep'03...
***875P        (Canterwood)    04/14/03...
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**82C556/7/8     Viper [no datasheet]                                ?
***Configurations:...
**82C556/7/8N    Viper-N  Viper Notebook Chipset             <05/25/95...
**82C556M/7M/8E  Viper-N+ Viper Notebook Chipset                  c:96...
**82C566/7/8     Viper-Max Chipset Scalable MultiMedia PC Solution   ?...
**82C571/572     486/Pentium                                      c:93...
**82C576/7/8     Viper Xpress  [no datasheet]                        ?...
**82C576/8/9     Viper XPress+ [no datasheet, some info]     <01/16/97...
**82C596/597     PTMAWB Pentium Adaptive Write-back (Cobra)       c:93...
**82C650/1/2     Discovery (Pentium Pro) [no datasheet]              ?...
**82C681/2/6/7   386/486WB EISA                                   c:92...
**82C683         386/486AWB EISA [no datasheet]                      ?...
**82C693/6/7     Pentium uP Write Back Cache EISA                 c:93...
**82C700         FireStar                                         c:97...
**82C701         FireStar Plus                                    c:97...
**82C750         Vendetta      [no datasheet]                        ?...
**82c801         SCWB2 DX Single Chip Solution                    c:92...
**82C802         SCWB2 PC/AT Single Chip [no datasheet]              ?...
**82C802G/GP     System/Power Management Controller (cached)      c:93...
**82C895         System/Power Management Controller (cached)   c:Sep94...
**82C898         System/Power Management Controller (non-cache)c:Nov94...
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**Support Chips:
**82C601/2       Buffer Devices                                 <Nov94...
**82C822         PCIB (VLB-to-PCI bridge)                         c:94...
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