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**82495XP/490XP Cache Controller / Cache RAM (for i860)       06/05/91
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**82496/491     Cache Controller / Cache RAM (for P5 Pentium) 03/22/93...
**82497/492   Cache Controller / Cache RAM (for P54 Pentium)    <Nov94...
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http://www.plasma-online.de/index.html?content=http%3A//www.plasma-online.de/english/identify/picture/pcchips.html

Chipset name   | OEM of                    | used on mainboard
---------------+---------------------------+-----------------------------------------
HX Pro         | ALi M1521/M1523           |  
SX Pro         | SiS 530/5595              | M598
AGP Pro PC-100 | VIA VT82C598AT/VT82C596B  | M577
TX AGP Pro     | SiS 5591/5595/6326        |  
TX Two         | ALi M1531/M1543           | 
TX Pro         | ALi M1531/M1543           | M560, M575
TX Pro II      | SiS 5597/5598             | M571
TX Pro III     | VIA VT82C580VPX/VT82C586B | M573
TX Pro IV      | SiS 5591/5592             | M570
Top Gun        | ALi Aladdin IV+           | M565
VIA GRA        | VIA VT8501/VT82C596B      | M858LMR
VX Pro         | VIA VT82C580VP/VT82C586B  | 	 
VX Pro +       | VIA VT82C580VPX/VT82C586B | 	 
VX Pro II      | UTron / HiNT UT801X       |   		 
VX two         | VIA VT82C580VP/VT82C586B  | Amptron PM-8600A
VX two         | VIA VT82C580VPX/VT82C586B | Amptron PM-8600B
BXToo          | VIA Apollo Pro            | M760V, M761V
BXToo          | VIA VT82C693/VT82C686A    | M767V
BXPro          | SiS 600/5595              | M747
BXCel          | ALi M1621/M1543           | M726, M729
BXpert         | VIA VT82C691/VT82C596     |  
BXTel          | VIA Apollo Pro            | M730
Xcel 2000      | SiS 620/5595              | M741LMRT
Super TX       | SiS 5597/5598             | ASUS SP97-V, SP98-N, Jetway J-TX98R2
Super TX       | ALi M1531/M1543           | 
Super TX       | ALi M1541/M1543           | Biostar M5ALA, M5ALC, Pionex MBD-P5ABx
Super TX3      | SiS 5571                  | 	 
Super TX4 AGP  |                           | 	 
GFXcel         | SiS 630                   | 	 
GFXpro         | ALi M1631/M1535D          |  
T-Bird         | SiS730S                   | M810
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**5597/5598      (Jedi)    Pentium PCI/ISA Chipset           <04/15/97
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**530/5595       (Sinbad) Host, PCI, 3D Graphics & Mem. Ctrl.<11/10/98...
**540            (Spartan) Super7 2D/3D Ultra-AGP Single C.S.<11/30/99...
**55x            SoC (System-on-chip)                        <03/14/02...
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**Support chips:
**85C206     Integrated Peripheral Controller [no datasheet]         ?...
**5595       Pentium PCI System I/O                          <12/24/97...
**950        LPC I/O                                         <07/16/99
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***Features:
o   Low Pin Count Interface
    - Comply with Intel LPC Interface Specification Rev. 1.0 
      (Sept. 29, 1997)
    - Supports Serial IRQ Protocol
    - Supports PCI PME# Interface
o   PC98/PC99, ACPI Compliant
    - PC98 & PC99 compliant
    - Register sets compatible with "Plug and Play ISA Specification 
      Rev. 1.0a"
    - ACPI V. 1.0 compliant
    - Supports 9 logical devices
o   Enhanced Hardware Monitor
    - Built-in 8-bit Analog to Digital Converter
    - 3 thermal inputs from remote thermistors or thermal diode or 
      diode-connected transistor
    - 8 voltage monitor inputs (VBAT is measured internally.)
    - WatchDog comparison of all monitored values
o   Fan Speed Controller
    - Provides Fan ON/OFF and PWM control
    - 3 programmable Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) Fan control outputs
    - Each PWM output supports 128 steps of PWM modes
    - Monitors 3 Fan tachometer inputs
o   Game Port
    - Built-in 558 quad timers and buffer chips
    - Supports direct connection of two joysticks
    - Game port signals are multiplexed with GPIOs
o   Two 16C550 UARTs
    - Supports two standard Serial ports
    - UART1 is dedicated for Serial port
    - UART2 supports  either Serial Port or IrDA 1.0/ASKIR
o   Consumer Remote Control (TV remote) IR with Power-up Feature
o   IEEE 1284 Parallel Port
    - Standard mode -- Bi-directional SPP compliant
    - Enhanced mode -- EPP V. 1.7 and 1.9 compliant
    - High speed mode -- ECP, IEEE 1284 compliant
    - Backdrive current reduction
    - Printer power-on damage reduction
    − Supports POST (Power-On Self Test) Data Port
o   Floppy Disk Controller
    - Supports two 360K/ 720K/ 1.2M/ 1.44M/ 2.88M floppy 
      disk drives
    - Enhanced digital data separator
    - 3-Mode drives supported
    - Supports automatic write protection via software
o   48 General Purpose I/O Pins
    - Input mode supports switch de-bounce
    - SMI is routed through GPIOs
o   Flash ROM Interface
    - Up to 4M bits flash supported
o   Single 24/48 MHz Clock Inputs
o   Single +5V Power Supply
o   128-Pin PQFP

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