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**82495DX/490DX DX CPU-Cache Chip Set <Sep91
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**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...
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**82C556M/7M/8E Viper-N+ Viper Notebook Chipset c:96
***Notes:...
***Info:...
***Configurations:...
***Features:
System
o 100% PC/AT compatible
o Supports 3.3V Intel Pentium 75/90/100/120 processors at bus
frequencies up to 66MHz
o Supports Cyrix 6x86 processor
DRAM
o Full 64-bit FPM/EDO DRAM controller
- Supports 2-2-2 EDO pipeline at 66MHz bus speed
- Supports 5V or 3.3V DRAM with-out buffers
- Supports up to 512MB
- Controls up to 6 banks
- Post write buffer
o Selectable current drive for DRAM bus
Cache
o L1 Cache supports write-through and write-back modes
o Power managed L2 Cache
- 64KB-2MB cache
- Write-back or write-through modes
- 2-1-1-1 synchronous cache cycles
- 3-1-1-1 pipelined synchronous cache cycles
- Combined tag/dirty SRAM option
ISA/VL/PCI Bus
o Integrated PCI bus with operation up to 33MHz; supports up to
three masters
o CLKRUN# support for PCI
o Distributed DMA support (software-based)
o 100% AT-compatible ISA bus; 3.3V or 5V operation, also supports
ISA bus masters
o VL bus support (slave only)
o Integrated Local Bus IDE supports four drives, which can be bus
masters, modes 4 and 5 supported
Power Management
o Advanced Power Management Unit
o Full CPU System Management Mode (SMM) support
o Full CPU power control through "clock throttling"
o Full system clock control, even CPU clock can be stopped during
APM doze mode
o Both hardware and software controlled power management
o Full peripheral power control
o 13 flexible peripheral timers
o Sixteen power control pins
o I/O trapping captures address and data
o Distributed DMA support (software-based)
o Full peripheral activity tracking
o Automatic peripheral power-up/power-down features
o Full suspend current leakage control
o 36 Power Management Interrupt (PMI) sources
o Eight external power management interrupt sources
o Supports SMBASE re-programmability that allows the cache to be
maintained during system management mode, avoiding cache fills
after returning from SMM
o Proprietary automatic internal pull-up/pull-down resistors
activated only when needed to reduce power consumption
Thermal Management
o Advanced Thermal Management Unit
o Internal mechanism tracks CPU activity and initiates cool down
mode before CPU temperature reaches a damaging level
o External sensor option
Packaging
o 82C556M Data Buffer
- 176 pin TQFP (0.5mm pin spacing)
o 82C557M System Controller
- 208 pin TQFP (0.5mm pin spacing)
o 82C558E Peripheral Controller
- 208 pin TQFP (0.5mm pin spacing)
82C602A RTC/Buffer Companion Chip
o Integrated Real-Time Clock
o Based on Benchmark Bq3285
o 256 bytes battery-backed memory
o Integrates multiplexing/demultiplexing logic, latches, and
buffers
o Eliminates most/all TTL in typical synchronous cache system
o 100 pin TQFP package (0.5mm pin spacing)
o Also available in 100 pin PQFP
**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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**VT82C580VP Apollo VP, Pentium/M1/K5 PCI/ISA System <02/15/96
***Info:...
***Configurations:...
***Features:
o PCI/ISA Green PC Ready
o High Integration
- VT82C585VP system controller
- VT82C586 PCI to ISA bridge
- Two instances of the VT82C587VP data buffers
- Six TTLs for a complete main board implementation
o Flexible CPU Interface
- 64-bit P54C, K5 and M1 CPU interface
- CPU external bus speed up to 66Mhz (internal 200Mhz and above)
- Supports CPU internal write-back cache
- Concurrent CPU/cache and PCI/DRAM operation
- System management interrupt, memory remap and STPCLK mechanism
- Cyril M1 linear burst support
- CPU NA#/Address pipeline capability
o Advanced Cache Controller
- Direct map write back or write through secondary cache
- Burst Synchronous (Pipelined or non-pipelined), asynchronous
SRAM, and Cache Module support
- Eight-pin CWE# and GWE# control options
- Flexible cache size: 0K/256K/512K/1M/2MB
- 32 byte line size to match the primary cache
- Integrated 10-bit tag comparator
- 3-1-1-1 read/write timing for Burst Synchronous SRAM access at
66Mhz
- 3-1-1-1-1-1-1-1 back to back read timing for Burst Synchronous
SRAM access at 66Mhz
- Sustained 3 cycle write access for Burst Synchronous SRAM access
or CPU to DRAM and PCI bus post write buffers at 66Mhz
- 3-2-2-2 (read) and 4-2-2-2 (write) timing for interleaved
asynchronous SRAM access at 66Mhz
- Data streaming for simultaneous primary and secondary cache line
fill
- System and video BIOS cacheable and write-protect
- Programmable cacheable region and cache timing
- Optional combined tag and alter bit SRAM for write-back scheme
o Fast DRAM Controller
- Concurrent DRAM writeback
- Four Cache lines (16 quadwords) of CPU/cache to DRAM write
buffers
- Fast Page Mode/EDO/Burst EDO/Synchronous-DRAM support in a mixed
combination
- Mixed 256K/512K/1M/2M/4M/8M/16MxN DRAMs
- 6 banks up to 512MB DRAMs (maximum four banks of Synchronous
DRAM)
- Flexible row and column addresses
- 64 bit or 32 bit data width in arbitrary mixed combination
- 3.3v and 5v DRAM without external transceivers
- Speculative DRAM access
- Read around Write capability for non-stalled CPU read
- Burst read and write operation
- 4-2-2-2 on page, 7-2-2-2 start page and 9-2-2-2 off page timing
for EDO DRAMs at 50/60Mhz
- 4-2-2-2 on page, 8-2-2-2 start page and 11-2-2-2 off page timing
for EDO DRAMs at 66Mhz
- 5-1-1-1 on page, 8-1-1-1 start page and 10-1-1-1 off page timing
for Burst EDO DRAMs at 66Mhz
- 5-2-2-2-3-1-2-2 back-to-back access for EDO DRAM at 66Mhz
- 5-1-1-1-3-1-1-1 back-to-back access for BEDO DRAM at 66Mhz
- BIOS shadow at 16KB increment
- System management memory remapping
- Decoupled and burst DRAM refresh with staggered RAS timing
- Programmable refresh rate, CAS-before-RAS refresh and refresh on
populated banks only
o Unified Memory Architecture
- Supports VESA UMA handshake protocol
- Compatible with major video/GUI products
- Direct video frame buffer access
- Satisfies maximum latency requirement from REQ# to GNT# and from
GNT# to REQ#
o Intelligent PCI Bus Controller
- 32 bit PCI interface
- Supports 66Mhz and 3.3v/5v PCI bus
- PCI master snoop ahead and snoop filtering
- PCI master Peer Concurrency
- Synchronous Bus to CPU clock with divide-by-two from the CPU
clock
- Automatic detection of data streaming burst cycles from CPU to
the PCI bus
- Five levels (double-words) of CPU to PCI posted write buffers
- Byte merging in the write buffers to reduce the number of PCI
cycles and to create further PCI bursting possibilities
- Zero wait state PCI master and slave burst transfer rate
- PCI to system memory data streaming up to 132Mbyte/sec
- Sixty-four levels (double-words) of post write buffers from PCI
masters to DRAM
- Thirty-two levels (double-words) of prefetch buffers from DRAM
for access by PCI masters
- Enhanced PCI command optimization (MRL, MRM, MWI, etc)
- Complete steerable PCI interrupts
- Supports L1 write-back forward to PCI master read to minimize
PCI read latency
- Supports L1 write-back merged with PCI master post-write to
minimize DRAM utilization
- Provides transaction timer to fairly arbitrate between PCI
masters
- PCI-2.1 compliant
o Enhanced Master Mode PCI IDE Controller
- Dual channel master mode PCI supporting four Enhanced IDE
devices
- Transfer rate up to 22MB/sec to cover PIO mode 4 and Multiword
DMA mode 2 drivers and beyond
- Sixteen levels (doublewords) of prefetch and write buffers
- Interlaced commands between two channels
- Bus master programming interface for ATA controllers SFF-8038
rev.1.0 compliant
- Full scatter and gather capability
- Support ATAPI compliant devices
- Support PCI native and ATA compatibility modes
- Complete software driver support
o Universal Serial Bus Controller
- USB v1.0 and Intel Universal HCI v1.0 compatible
- Eighteen levels(doublwords) of data FIFOs
- Root hub and two function parts with built-in physical layer
transceivers
- Legacy keyboard and PS/2 mouse support
o Plug and Play Controller
- Dual interrupt and DMA signal steering with plug and play control
- Microsoft Windows 95 and plug and play BIOS compliant
o Sophisticated Power Management Unit
- Normal, doze, sleep, suspend and conserve modes
- System event monitoring with two event classes
- One idle timer, one peripheral timer and one general purpose
timer
- More than ten general purpose Input/Output ports
- Six external event input ports with programmable SMI condition
- Complete leakage control when external component is in power off
state
- Primary and secondary interrupt differentiation for individual
channels
- Clock stretching, clock throttling and clock stop control
- Multiple internal and external SMI sources for flexible power
management models
- Two programmable output ports
- APM 1.1 compliant
o PCI to ISA Bridge
- Integrated 82C206 peripheral controller
- Integrated keyboard controller with PS2 mouse supports
- Integrated DS12885 style real time clock with extended 128 byte
CMOS RAM
- Integrated USB (universal serial bus) controller with hub and
two function ports
- Integrated master mode enhanced IDE controller with enhanced
PCI bus commands
- PCI-2.1 compliant with delay transaction
- Four double-word line buffer between PCI and ISA bus
- Supports type F DMA transfers
- Fast reset and Gate A20 operation
- Edge trigger or level sensitive interrupt
- Flash EPROM and combined BIOS support
o Built-in nand-tree pin scan test capability
o 0.6um mixed voltage, high speed and low power CMOS process
o 208 pin PQFP for VT82C585VP
o 208 pin PQFP for VT82C586
o 100 pin PQFP for VT82C587VP
**VT82C580VPX Apollo VPX, VPX/97, Pentium with 66/75MHz Bus <01/09/97...
**VT82C590 Apollo VP2, VP2/97, Single-Chip Pentium 66MHz <01/10/97...
**VT82C597/AT Apollo VP3, Single-Chip for Pentium with AGP <10/03/97...
**VT82C598MVP Apollo MVP3,Single-Chip 66/75/83/100MHz & AGP <09/22/97...
**VT8501 Apollo MVP4,Single-Chip 66-100MHz & AGP <11/04/98...
**VT82C680 Apollo P6, Pentium-Pro Chip Set <08/30/96...
**Support chips:
**VT82C505 Pentium/486 VL to PCI Bridge <05/30/94...
**VT82C586/A/B PCI Integrated Peripheral Controller <10/13/96...
**VT82C596/A Mobile PCI Integrated Peripheral Controller <11/05/97...
**VT82C686A/B PCI Super-I/O Integrated Peripheral Ctrl. <02/10/98...
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