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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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**A note on VESA support of 486 chipsets....
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*ALD...
*ALi...
*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]...
*Intel...
**440 series:
***440FX (Natoma) 05/06/96...
***440LX (Balboa) 08/27/97
Chips:
[82443LX] (PAC) [82371AB] (PIIX4)
CPUs: Single or Dual P-II/Celeron
DRAM Types: EDO SDRAM
Mem Rows: 8
DRAM Density: 16Mbit 64Mbit
Max Mem: 1GB EDO 512MB SDRAM
ECC/Parity: Both
AGP speed: 1x 2x
Bus Speed: 66
PCI Clock/Bus: 1/2 PCI 2.1
***440BX (Seattle) c:Apr'98...
***440DX (?) c:?...
***440EX (?) c:Apr'98...
***440GX (Marlinespike) 06/29/98...
***440ZX & 440ZX-66 (?) 01/04/99...
***440ZX-M (?) 05/17/99...
***440MX (Banister) 05/17/99...
**450NX (?) 06/29/98:...
**????? (Profusion) c:99...
**800 series...
*Headland/G2...
*HMC (Hulon Microelectronics)...
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**82C556/7/8N Viper-N Viper Notebook Chipset <05/25/95
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***Configurations:...
***Features:
CPU Interface
o Fully supports Intel’s 3.3V Pentium Processor and dual processor
configuration at 50, 60, and 66.667MHz
o Supports P54C, P55C, K5, and M1 processors
o Supports the Cyrix M1 Processor linear burst mode
o Three chip solution:
- 82C556 DBC (Data Buffer Controller) in a 160-pin PQFP (Plastic
Quad Flat Pack) or 176-pin TQFP (Thin Quad Flat Pack)
- 82C557 SYSC (System Controller) in a 208-pin PQFP or TQFP
- 82C558N IPC (Integrated Peripherals Controller) in a 208-pin
PQFP or TQFP
o Supports CPU address pipelining
Cache Interface
o Write-back/write-through, direct-mapped cache with size
selections: 64KB, 128KB, 256KB, 1MB and 2MB
o Support for synchronous and asynchronous SRAMs, pipelined sync-
hronous SRAMs, and Intel standard BSRAMs (BiCMOS SRAMs)
o Support for the Sony SONIC-ZWPT Cache Module
o Programmable cache write policy:
- Write-back
- Write-through
- Adaptive write-back
o Built-in tag auto-invalidation circuitry
o Fully programmable 3-2-2-2 asynchronous cache burst read/Write
cycles, 3-1-1-1/2-1-1-1 burst read/write support at 66/50MHz
o Options for cacheable, write protected. system and video BIOS
DRAM Interface
o Supports six banks of 64-bit wide DRAMs with 256KB, 512KB. 1MB,
2MB, 4MB, 8MB and 16MB addressing page mode DRAMs
o Supports DRAM configurations up to 512MB
o Supports 3-3-3-3 pipelined DRAM burst cycles
o 64-bit DRAM post write buffer
o Programmable drive currents for the DRAM control signals
o Hidden refresh with CAS-before-RAS refresh supported
o Support for two programmable non-cacheable memory regions
PCI Interface
o Interfaces the CPU and standard buses to both Peripheral Component
Interconnect (PCI) and VL bus operating in synchronous/async-
hronous modes, with VL bus always running at PCI bus operating
frequency
o Supports three PCI masters, one VL slave, and six ISA peripherals
o Supports PCI pre-snoop for PCI masters
o PCI byte/word merge support for CPU accesses to PCI bus,‘ and
support for PCI pre-fetch
o Burst mode PCI accesses to local memory supported
Miscellaneous
o Integrated two drive VL-based IDE controller
o Self-refresh supported during Suspend mode
o Support for flash ROM
o Shadow RAM option
o Transparent 8042 emulation for fast CPU reset and Gate A20
generation
o Supports Port 092h, fast Gate A20 and fast reset
o Includes a fully integrated 82C206 with external real-time clock
(RTC) interface
**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...
**Other:...
*PC CHIPS/Amptron/Atrend/ECS/Elpina/etc...
*SIS...
*Symphony...
*TI (Texas Instruments)...
*UMC...
*Unresearched:...
*VIA...
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*Western Digital...
*Winbond...
*ZyMOS...
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