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**82395SX     Smart Cache                                     12/17/90
***Notes:...
**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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**HT44          Secondary Cache                                c:Jun92
***Info:
The  HT44 is  a  look-aside write-through,  80486SX,  486DX or  486DX2
secondary cache  controller. It is  packaged in an  inexpensive 84-pin
plastic-leaded chip carrier (PLCC).

Architecture
With  its look-aside architecture,  the HT44  fits beside  the CPU-to-
Memory bus  and not in  the data path.   Therefore, once the  HT44 has
been designed  into a  486 system, it  can be populated  for secondary
cache systems or left vacant for non-secondary cache systems. The HT44
is direct-mapped to the available address space.

Performance
The  HT44  has a  number  of  performance  enhancing features.   These
include zero-waitstate burst line fills  to the 486 on secondary cache
hits, and simultaneous 486 and secondary cache updates on read misses.

Memory Configurations
The HT44 supports  cache sizes from 32KBytes to  1MB. Both synchronous
and asynchronous  SRAMs are supported.  25ns SRAMs are  sufficient for
zero-wait-state operation at 33MHz.

Chip Set Support
The HT44 can,  be implemented with minimal glue logic  in a 486 system
with the  HTK340 (code  name Shasta) chip  set.  The registers  in the
HTK340  allow  for programming  of  non-cacheable and  write-protected
areas of  memory. The  HTK340 will support  the HT44  with synchronous
SRAMs only.   Future Headland chip sets will  support both synchronous
and asynchronous SRAM designs.

The HT44  can also be used  with some third-party  chip sets, however,
additional glue logic may be required.

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**82C556/7/8N    Viper-N  Viper Notebook Chipset             <05/25/95
***Notes:...
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***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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**82C601/2       Buffer Devices                                 <Nov94...
**82C822         PCIB (VLB-to-PCI bridge)                         c:94...
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