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**Who made the first chip set?
By the  criteria of (2.)  in  'Definition of a chip  set' many sources
state this  to be the  Chips and Technologies  NEAT chip set.  I don't
know why this is stated as it is most definitely incorrect. The CS8221
NEW   Enhanced  AT   (NEAT)  chip   set  consisting   of  the   chips;
82C211/82C212/82C215/82C206  was  as far  as  I  can establish,  first
released sometime in 1986. 

C&T itself have an earlier chip set called the CS8220 PC/AT compatible
Chip  Set,  and  consists   of  the  following  chips;  82C201/82C202/
82A203/82A204/82A205.  It was  first  available  in OCT-85.  (see:C&T>
CS8220>Notes for further info.)

That is, AFAIK, the first motherboard  chip set from C&T and AFAIK the
worlds first chip set that meets the criteria of (2.). However C&T did
already have on the market their  popular EGA chip set, but that isn't
a motherboard chip set.

By the criteria of (1.), IBM, or Intel, see IBM>PC/XT chip set.

Another pre-'86 chipset is the  Faraday FE2010. The datasheet includes
a schematic on the very last  page dated 11/22/85. This only indicates
the chip set was on paper at that date. An acutal release date has not
been found.

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**Datasheets:...
*_IBM...
*ACC Micro...
*ALD...
*ALi...
*AMD . . . . . . . [no datasheets, some info]...
*Chips & Technologies...
*Contaq  . . . . . [no datasheets, some info]...
*Efar Microsystems [no datasheets, some info]...
*ETEQ...
*Faraday...
*Forex . . . . . . [List only, no datasheets found]...
*Intel...
**82485       Turbo Cache (and 485Turbocache)                      c90
***Notes:...
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***Features:...
**82489DX       Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller    10/12/92...
**82495DX/490DX DX CPU-Cache Chip Set                           <Sep91...
**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...
**82498/493   Cache Controller / Cache RAM (for P54 Pentium)    <Nov94...
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**Later chipsets (basic spec):
**440 series:...
**450NX  (?)            06/29/98:...
**?????  (Profusion)    c:99...
**800 series...
*Headland/G2...
*HMC (Hulon Microelectronics)...
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*PC CHIPS/Amptron/Atrend/ECS/Elpina/etc...
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*Symphony...
*TI (Texas Instruments)...
*UMC...
*Unresearched:...
*VIA...
**Later AMD
***Notes (Unverified Information!):...
***VT8371           KX-133...
***VT8361           KLE133, Trident Blade 3D      c:2001...
***VT8362/5         KN-133, KM-133 (VS2-K7) ProSavage4...
***VT8363           KT-133, KZ-133...
***VT8363A          KT-133A                       c:2001...
***VT8363E          KT-133E...
***VT8364           KL-133  Savage4 AGP...
***VT8364A          KL-133A Savage4 AGP...
***VT8365A          KM-133A (VS2-K7)  ProSavage4...
***VT8366/8372      KT-266, KT-266DP, KN-266      c:Jan01...
***VT8366A          KT-266A                       c:Sep01...
***VT8367           KT-333                        c:Feb02...
***VT8367A          KT-333A                       c:Feb02...
***?                KM-333, KN-333 Zeotrope AGP ...
***VT8368           KT-400                        c:Aug02...
***VT8375           KL266, KM-266 (VS12-K7) ProSavage8...
***VT8377A          KT-400A                       c:Mar03...
***VT8378           KM-400, KN-400  UniChrome AGP...
***?                KM-400A...
***VT8377?          KT-600                        c:May03...
***VT8379           KT-880                        c:Feb04...
**Other...
*VLSI...
*Western Digital...
*Winbond...
*ZyMOS...
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