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**82C700         FireStar                                         c:97
***Info:...
***Configurations:...
***Features:
PCI Bus
o   PCI supports sustained X-1-1-1 bursts, even to DRAM through an 
    innovative mechanism. PCI operation can be concurrent with 
    CPU/L2 cache and IDE operations.
o   PCI clock generation eliminates the need for external PCI clock 
    buffers in many designs and allows the PCI bus to be effectively 
    power-managed.
o   3.3V or 5.0V PCI is supported on the FireStar PCI bus. If FireStar 
    is configured for 3.3V operation, 5.0V-only PCI plug-in cards and 
    docking stations can still be supported through a bridge device 
    such as OPTi's 820824 Cardbus Controller/Docking Solution, whose 
    prefetch and post-write buffers off-load operations from the 
    primary PCI bus.
DRAM Controller
o   Provides BIOS with the means to automatically detect the DRAM type 
    in use on each bank, whether fast page mode, EDO, or synchronous 
    DRAM, allowing BIOS routines to efficiently program DRAM 
    operation.
ISA Bus
o   A full ISA bus is directly provided to support the keyboard 
    controller, BIOS ROM, and Compact ISA peripheral devices for local 
    ISA support with no TTL. When reduced ISA operation is selected, 
    other FireStar pins become available for general purpose use.
Bus Mastering IDE
o   FireStar supports two bus mastering IDE channels that function 
    concurrently with operations on the CPU/L2 cache interface and PCI 
    interface. Up to four drives are supported.
o   An emulated bus mastering IDE feature allows IDE drives that are 
    not commonly available as bus mastering devices, such as CD-ROM 
    drives, to act as bus mastering drives. For example, a CD-ROM 
    drive can transfer video data to DRAM while the CPU is 
    decompressing the data and sending it to the graphics controller.
Thermal Management
o   Fail-safe thermal management incorporates feedback logic that 
    requires a very inexpensive external sensor circuit.
o   Hardware monitors temperature directly and reliably, while the 
    fail-safe aspect of the circuitry ensures that sensor component 
    failure will automatically inhibit CPU clocking to prevent 
    overheating.
o   SMM code will be able to read (and display if desired) actual CPU 
    temperature.
ACPI Implementation
o   Microsoft Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) is 
    being implemented in the FireStar silicon. ACPI is a standard 
    register interface for power management function jointly developed 
    by Microsoft, Intel, and Toshiba.
Miscellaneous
o   The standard version of the chip can run at 3.3V, up to 66MHz on 
    the CPU bus.
o   A new Context Save Mode feature allows chip registers to be saved 
    and restored more efficiently than ever before, requiring less SMM 
    code and storage space.
o   The OPTi Viper-N+ Power Management Unit is used, maintaining 
    backward compatibility down to the register level with previously 
    written support firmware.
o   Serial IRQs are supported as an option for interrupts on PCI.
o   Known devices in the system can be positively decoded on the PCI 
    bus, eliminating the delay for subtractive decode and improving 
    the efficiency of ISA operations.
o   ISA bus cycle speed can be individually controlled to certain ISA 
    device groups.
o   Simple logic gate functions can be assigned to unused pins to 
    eliminate the need for external TTL. Pin programming is far more 
    flexible than ever possible on any other chip.


**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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**VT82C597/AT  Apollo VP3, Single-Chip for Pentium with AGP  <10/03/97
***Info:
The  Apollo-VP3  is  a  high performance,  cost-effective  and  energy
efficient chip set  for the implementation of AGP /  PCI / ISA desktop
and notebook personal computer systems based on 64-bit Socket-7 (Intel
Pentium and Pentium MMX; AMD K5 /  5k86 and K6 / 6k86; and Cyrix / IBM
6x86 / M2) super-scalar processors.

The  Apollo-VP3 chip set  consists of  the VT82C597  system controller
(472 pin BGA) and the VT82C586B PCI to ISA bridge (208 pin PQFP).  The
VT82C597 system  controller provides superior  performance between the
CPU,  optional synchronous  cache, DRAM,  AGP  bus, and  PCI bus  with
pipelined,  burst,  and  concurrent  operation.  For  pipelined  burst
synchronous  SRAMs, 3-1-1-1-1-1-1-1  timing can  be achieved  for both
read  and  write  transactions  at  66  MHz.   Four  cache  lines  (16
quadwords)  of  CPU/cache  to   DRAM  write  buffers  with  concurrent
write-back capability are included on  chip to speed up cache read and
write miss cycles.

The  VT82C597  supports  six banks  of  DRAMs  up  to 1GB.   The  DRAM
controller  supports standard  Fast  Page Mode  (FPM) DRAM,  EDO-DRAM,
Synchronous DRAM (SDRAM), and SDRAM-II  with Double Data Rate (DDR) in
a flexible mix / match  manner.  The Synchronous DRAM interface allows
zero  wait state bursting  between the  DRAM and  the data  buffers at
66Mhz.  The six banks of DRAM  can be composed of an arbitrary mixture
of 1M / 2M / 4M / 8M / 16MxN DRAMs.  The DRAM controller also supports
optional ECC (single-bit error  correction and multi-bit detection) or
EC (error checking) capability separately selectable on a bank-by-bank
basis.

The VT82C597  also supports full  AGP v1.0 capability for  maximum bus
utilization including  2x mode  transfers, SBA  (SideBand Addressing),
Flush/Fence commands,  and pipelined  grants.  An eight  level request
queue plus a  four level post-write request queue  with thirty-two and
sixteen  quadwords of  read  and write  data  FIFO's respectively  are
included   for  deep   pipelined  and   split  AGP   transactions.   A
single-level GART  TLB with 16  full associative entries  and flexible
CPU/AGP/PCI  remapping control  is also  provided for  operation under
protected mode operating environments.

The VT82C597  supports two 32-bit 3.3  / 5V system buses  (one AGP and
one  PCI) with  64-bit to  32-bit  data conversion.   The 82C597  also
contains a built-in bus-to-bus bridge to allow simultaneous concurrent
operations  on each  bus.   Five levels  (doublewords)  of post  write
buffers are  included to allow  for concurrent CPU and  PCI operation.
Consecutive  CPU addresses are  converted into  burst PCI  cycles with
byte merging  capability for optimal  CPU to PCI throughput.   For PCI
master  operation,  forty-eight  levels  (doublewords) of  post  write
buffers  and  sixteen levels  (doublewords)  of  prefetch buffers  are
included for concurrent PCI  bus and DRAM/cache accesses.  The chipset
also  supports enhanced  PCI  bus commands  such as  Memory-Read-Line,
Memory-Read-Multiple  and  Memory-Write-Invalid  commands to  minimize
snoop overhead.   In addition, the chipset  supports advanced features
such as  snoop ahead,  snoop filtering, L1  write-back forward  to PCI
master  and  L1 write-back  merged  with  PCI  post write  buffers  to
minimize PCI master read  latency and DRAM utilization.  The VT82C586B
PCI to ISA bridge supports  four levels (doublewords) of line buffers,
type F DMA transfers and  delay transaction to allow efficient PCI bus
utilization and (PC I-2.1  compliant).  The VT82C586B also includes an
integrated  keyboard  controller with  PS2  mouse support,  integrated
DS12885  style  real time  clock  with  extended  256 byte  CMOS  RAM,
integrated master  mode enhanced IDE controller with  full scatter and
gather capability  and extension to UltraDMA-33 /  ATA-33 for 33MB/sec
transfer rate, integrated USB interface with root hub and two function
ports  with  built-in  physical  layer transceivers,  Distributed  DMA
support, and  OnNow / ACPI compliant advanced  configuration and power
management interface.   A complete main board can  be implemented with
only six TTLs.

The Apollo  VP3 chipset is  ideal for high performance,  high quality,
high energy efficient and high  integration desktop and notebook AGP /
PCI / ISA computer systems.

***Configurations:...
***Features:...
**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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