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**82498/493   Cache Controller / Cache RAM (for P54 Pentium)    <Nov94
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**5591/5592/5595 (David)   Pentium PCI A.G.P. Chipset        <01/09/98
***Info:...
***Configurations:...
***Features:
o   Support Intel/AMD/Cyrix Pentium CPU and Other Compatible CPU 
    Host Bus at 60/66 MHz and 3.3V Bus Interface
    − Support the Pipelined Address of Pentium compatible CPU
    − Support the Linear Address Mode of Cyrix CPU
o   Support the Pipelined Address Mode of Pentium CPU
o   Fully Compliant to A.G.P. Revision 1.0 Specification
o   Meet PC97 Requirements
o   Supports PCI Revision 2.1 Specification
o   Integrated Second Level (L2) Cache Controller
    - Write Back Cache Mode
    - Support L2 Cache Flushing for entire L2 cache or specific 
      4K page
    - 8 bits or 7 bits Tag with Direct Mapped Cache Organization
    - Integrated 32K bits Dirty SRAM
    - Integrated 32K bits Invalid SRAM
    - Support Pipelined Burst SRAM
    - Support 256K/512K/1MBytes Cache Sizes
    - Cache Hit Read/Write Cycle of 3-1-1-1
    - Cache Back-to-Back Read/Write Cycle of 3-1-1-1-1-1-1-1
    - Support Single Read Allocation for L2 Cache
    - Support Concurrency of CPU to L2 cache and A.G.P. master to 
      DRAM accesses
o   Integrated DRAM Controller
    - Support 6 RAS Lines for FPM/EDO/SDRAM DIMMs/SIMMs
    - Support 2Mbytes to 768Mbytes of main memory
    - Support Cacheable DRAM Sizes up to 256 MBytes.
    - Support 256K/512K/1M/2M/4M/8M/16Mx N FPM/EDO/SDRAM DRAM
    - Support 64 Mb DRAM Technology
    - Support Parity Checker or ECC Function
    - Support 3.3V or 5V DRAM
    - Supports Symmetrical and Asymmetrical DRAM
    - Support Concurrent Write Back
    - Support CAS before RAS Refresh, Self Refresh
    - Support Relocation of System Management Memory
    - Programmable CAS#, RAS#, RAMWE# and MA Driving Current
    - Fully Configurable for the Characteristic of Shadow RAM (640 
      KBytes to 1 MBytes)
    - Support FPM DRAM 5/6-3-3-3(-3-3-3-3) Burst Read Cycles
    - Support EDO DRAM 5/6-2-2-2(-2-2-2-2) Burst Read Cycles
    - Support SDRAM 5/6/7-1-1-1(-2/3-1-1-1) Burst Read Cycles
    - Support X-1-1-1/X-2-2-2/X-3-3-3 Burst Write Cycles
    - Two Programmable Non-cacheable Regions
    - Option to Disable Local Memory in Non-cacheable Regions
    - Shadow RAM in Increments of 16 Kbytes
    - Pseudo Directory/Page Scheme for Mapping Graphical Texture 
      Access to Physical Memory Address
    - Built-in 8 Way Associative/16 Entries GART cache to Minimize the 
      Number of Memory Bus Cycles Required for Accessing Graphical 
      Texture Memory
    - Programmable Counters to Ensure Guaranteed Minimum Access Time 
      for A.G.P., CPU, and PCI accesses
o   Provides High Performance PCI Arbiter.
    - Support up to 5  PCI Masters
    - Support Rotating Priority Mechanism
    - Hidden Arbitration Scheme Minimizes Arbitration Overhead.
    - Support Concurrency between CPU to Memory and PCI to PCI
    - Support Concurrency between CPU to 33Mhz PCI Access and 33Mhz 
      PCI to A.G.P. Access
    - Support Concurrency between CPU to 66Mhz PCI Access and A.G.P. 
      to 33Mhz PCI Access
    - Programmable Timers Ensure Guaranteed Minimum Access Time for 
      PCI Bus Masters, and CPU
o   Integrated Host-to-PCI Bridge
    - Support Asynchronous and Synchronous PCI Clock
    - Translates the CPU Cycles into the PCI Bus Cycles
    - Zero Wait State Burst Cycles
    - Support IDE Posted Write
    - Support Pipelined Process in CPU-to-PCI Access
    - Support Advance Snooping for PCI Master Bursting
    - Maximum PCI Burst Transfer from 256 Bytes to 4 Kbytes
    - Support Memory Remapping Function for PCI master accessing 
      Graphical Window
o   Integrated A.G.P. Compliant Target/66Mhz Host-to-PCI Bridge
    - Support Asynchronous and Synchronous A.G.P. Clock
    - Support 1X, and 2X Mode for A.G.P. 66/133 MHz 3.3V device
    - Support Graphic Window Size from 4Mbytes to 256Mbytes
    - Different arbitration policy for A.G.P. devices and 66Mhz PCI 
      devices.
    - Translates Sequential CPU-to-A.G.P. Memory Write Cycles into 
      A.G.P. Bus (PCI66) Burst Cycles
    - Zero Wait State Burst Cycles
    - Support Pipelined Process in CPU-to-A.G.P. Access
    - Support Advance Snooping for A.G.P. Master initiate system 
      memory access with PCI Cycles
    - Support 8 Way, 16 Entries Page Table Cache to enhance A.G.P. 
      Read/Write Performance
    - Support Both 1-Level and 2-Level GART (Graphic Address Re-
      Mapping Table)
    - Maximum PCI Burst Transfer from 256 Bytes to 4 Kbytes
    - Programmable Counters to Ensure Guaranteed Minimum Access Time 
      for Low Priority Request, CPU to A.G.P./and A.G.P. Master 
      Transaction
    - Support PCI-to-PCI bridge function for memory write from 33Mhz 
      PCI bus to A.G.P. bus
o   Integrated Posted Write Buffers and Read Prefetch Buffers to 
    Increase System Performance
    - CPU-to-Memory Posted Write Buffer (CTMFF) with 8 QW Deep, Always 
      Sustains 0 Wait Performance on CPU-to-Memory
    - CPU-to-Memory Read Buffer with 4 QW Deep
    - CPU-to-PCI Posted Write Buffer(CTPFF) with 8 DW Deep
    - PCI-to-Memory Posted Write Buffer(PTHFF) with 8 QW Deep, Always 
      Streams 0 Wait Performance on PCI-to/from-Memory Access
    - PCI-to-Memory Read Prefetch Buffer(CTPFF) with 8 QW Deep
    - CPU-to-PCI66 Posted Write Buffer(CTAFF) with 8 DW Deep
    - PCI66-to-Memory Posted Write Buffer(ATHFF) with 8 QW Deep
    - A.G.P. Request Queue With the Depth of 32
    - A.G.P. High Priority Write Queue with 64 QW Deep
    - A.G.P. Low Priority Write Queue with 64 QW Deep
    - A.G.P. High Priority Read Return Queue with 64 QW Deep
    - A.G.P. Low Priority Read Return Queue with 64 QW Deep
o   Fast PCI IDE Master/Slave Controller
    - Bus Master Programming Interface for ATA Windows 95 Compliant 
      Controller
    - Plug and Play Compatible
    - Support Scatter and Gather
    - Support Dual Mode Operation - Native Mode and Compatibility 
      Mode
    - Support IDE PIO Timing Mode 0, 1, 2 ,3 and 4
    - Support Multiword DMA Mode 0, 1, 2
    - Support Ultra DMA/33
    - Two Separate IDE Bus
    - Two 16 DW FIFO for PCI Burst Transfers.
o   Support NAND Tree for Ball Connectivity Testing
o   553-Balls BGA Package
o   0.35μm 3.3V CMOS Technology

**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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**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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**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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