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the  text, I  have used  a modified  quotation style.   Anything in  a
section  titled "Info:"  or "Features:"  is a  quote from  a datasheet
unless otherwised stated in that  section.  In these sections anything
inside  [] is  an  annotation and  not part  of  the datasheet  unless
otherwise stated in that section.

Under any other section, the text is my own unless indicated with "".

Also  this document  does not  contain the  entire datasheet  for each
chip, usually only the first few pages are included to give an outline
of it. Some datasheets are 100s of pages other are only 1.

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**82496/491     Cache Controller / Cache RAM (for P5 Pentium) 03/22/93
***Notes:...
***Info:...
***Configurations:...
***Features:...
**82497/492   Cache Controller / Cache RAM (for P54 Pentium)    <Nov94...
**82498/493   Cache Controller / Cache RAM (for P54 Pentium)    <Nov94...
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**450NX  (?)            06/29/98:...
**?????  (Profusion)    c:99...
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**5511/5512/5513 Pentium PCI/ISA                             <06/14/95
***Info:...
***Configurations:...
***Features:...
**5571           (Trinity) Pentium PCI/ISA Chipset (75MHz)   <12/09/96...
**5581/5582      (Jessie)  Pentium PCI/ISA Chipset (75MHz)   <04/15/97...
**5591/5592/5595 (David)   Pentium PCI A.G.P. Chipset        <01/09/98...
**5596/5513      (Genesis) Pentium PCI Chipset               <03/26/96...
**5597/5598      (Jedi)    Pentium PCI/ISA Chipset           <04/15/97...
**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
***Info:...
***Versions:...
***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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