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**82395SX     Smart Cache                                     12/17/90
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**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
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***Features:
o   High Performance Second Level Cache
    - Zero Wait States at 66 MHz 
    - Two-Way Set Associative 
    - Writeback with MESI Protocol 
    - Concurrent CPU Bus and Memory Bus Operation 
    - Boundary Scan
o   Pentium Processor (735\90, 815\100)
    - Chip Set Version of Pentium Processor (735\90, 815\100) 
    - Superscalar Architecture
    - Enhanced Floating Point 
    - On-Chip 8K Code and 8K Data Caches
    - See Pentium Processor Family Data Book for More Information
o   Highly Flexible
    - 1 Mbyte to 2 Mbyte
    - 64-, or 128-Bit Wide Memory Bus
    - Synchronous, Asynchronous and Strobed Memory Bus Operation
    - Selectable Bus Widths, Line Sizes, Transfers and Burst Orders
o   Full Multiprocessing Support
    - Concurrent CPU, Memory Bus and Snoop Operations
    - Complete MESI Protocol
    - Internal/External Parity Generation/Checking
    - Supports Read For Ownership, Write-Allocation and Cache-to-Cache
      Transfers


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**IBM AT: MC146818 Real Time Clock                                 <84
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***Features:
o   Low-Power, High-Speed, High-Density CMOS
o   Internal Time Base and Oscillator
o   Counts Seconds, Minutes, and Hours of the Day
o   Counts Days of the Week, Date, Month, and Year
o   3 V to 6 V Operation
o   Time Base Input Options: 4.194304 MHz, 1.048576 MHz, or 32,768 kHz
o   Time Base Oscillator for Parallel Resonant Crystals
o   40 to 200 uW Typical Operating Power at Low Frequency Time Base
o   4.0 to 20 mW Typical Operating Power at High Frequency Time Base
o   Binary or BCD Representation of Time, Calendar, and Alarm
o   12- or 24-Hour Clock with AM and PM in 12-Hour Mode
o   Daylight Savings Time Option
o   Automatic End of Month Recognition
o   Automatic Leap Year Compensation
o   Microprocessor Bus Compatible [this means absolutely nothing]
o   MOTEL Circuit for Bus Univerality
o   Multiplexed Bus for Pin Efficiency
o   Interfaced with Software as 64 RAM Locations
o   14 Bytes of Clock and Control Registers
o   50 Bytes of General Purpose RAM
o   Status Bit Indicates Data Integrity
o   Bus Compatible Interrupt Signals (IRQ)
o   Three Interrupts are Separately Software Maskable and Testable
      Time-of-Day Alarm, Once-per-Second to Once-per-Day
      Periodic Rates from 30.5 us to 500 ms
      End-of-Clock Update Cycle
o   Programmable Square-Wave Output Signal
o   Clock Output May Be Used as Microprocessor Clock Input
      At Time Base Frequency /1 or /4
o   24-Pin Dual-In-Line Package



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