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**82395SX     Smart Cache                                     12/17/90
***Notes:...
**82396SX     Smart Cache                                     12/17/90...
**82485       Turbo Cache (and 485Turbocache)                      c90...
**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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**HT44          Secondary Cache                                c:Jun92
***Info:
The  HT44 is  a  look-aside write-through,  80486SX,  486DX or  486DX2
secondary cache  controller. It is  packaged in an  inexpensive 84-pin
plastic-leaded chip carrier (PLCC).

Architecture
With  its look-aside architecture,  the HT44  fits beside  the CPU-to-
Memory bus  and not in  the data path.   Therefore, once the  HT44 has
been designed  into a  486 system, it  can be populated  for secondary
cache systems or left vacant for non-secondary cache systems. The HT44
is direct-mapped to the available address space.

Performance
The  HT44  has a  number  of  performance  enhancing features.   These
include zero-waitstate burst line fills  to the 486 on secondary cache
hits, and simultaneous 486 and secondary cache updates on read misses.

Memory Configurations
The HT44 supports  cache sizes from 32KBytes to  1MB. Both synchronous
and asynchronous  SRAMs are supported.  25ns SRAMs are  sufficient for
zero-wait-state operation at 33MHz.

Chip Set Support
The HT44 can,  be implemented with minimal glue logic  in a 486 system
with the  HTK340 (code  name Shasta) chip  set.  The registers  in the
HTK340  allow  for programming  of  non-cacheable and  write-protected
areas of  memory. The  HTK340 will support  the HT44  with synchronous
SRAMs only.   Future Headland chip sets will  support both synchronous
and asynchronous SRAM designs.

The HT44  can also be used  with some third-party  chip sets, however,
additional glue logic may be required.

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**VL82C316         SCAMP II, PC/AT-Compatible System Controller      ?
***Info:...
***Configurations:...
***Features:
o   Compatible with 386SX-based PC/AT compatible systems
o   Up to 33 MHz system clock
o   Replaces 11 peripheral devices on the motherboard:
    - Two 82C37A DMA controllers
    - 74LS612 memory mapper 
    - Two 82C59A interrupt controllers
    - 82C54 timer
    - 82284 clock generator and ready interface
    - 82288 bus controller
    - Keyboard Controller
    - Real-time clock
o   Includes:
    - Memory/refresh controller
    - Port B and NMI logic
    - Bus steering logic
    - Parity generation checking logic
    - Turbo Mode control logic
    - Staggered refresh to minimize power supply load variations
    - Three-state control pin for board level testability
o   Supports:
    - Up to 16 MB system memory
    - PCMCIA 1.0 IC Memory Card mapping logic
    - VL82C325 (SX) Cache Controller compatible
    - Four 16- or 18-bit wide banks of 256K, 1M, or 4M DRAM or eight
    - 16-bit wide banks of 512K x 8 DRAM
    - Shadow RAM in 640K to 1M range
    - 387SX numeric coprocessors
    - 8- or 16-bit wide BIOS ROMs
    - Synchronous or asynchronous slot bus operation up to 16 MHz
    - Relocation of video and slot ROMs
o   Power saving features include:
    - Sleep and Suspend Modes
    - Slow DRAM refresh
    - CAS-before-RAS and Self-Refresh
    - Sleep Mode refresh switch to 32 kHz clock
    - Leakage Control in Stop Clock or Suspend Mode
    - CPU on or off option in Suspend Mode
    - Low-power page interleave memory mode
    - Fully static operation
    - DMA power management mode
    - Full SMM (system Management Mode) and I/O breal support
    - Supports standard Sleep Mode for interface to the VL82C323
      Power Management Unit (PMU) or other third party PMUs
    - Programmable, extendable peripheral cycle
    - Disable software coprocessor reset option
    - Option for automatic bus speed-up on video or PCMCIA accesses
    - Full support for local bus peripherals
    - Separate power pins for ISA bus signals allows ISA to be powered
      down independently of other interfaces
o   Other advanced features:
    - Programmable I/O decode for 10 or 16-bit addresses
    - Hardware configurable setup to minimize custom BIOS requirements
    - Programmable drive current to reduce ringing on DRAM
o   0.8-micron CMOS technology
o   208-lead metric quad flat pack (MQFP)


**VL82C323         SCAMP II, 5 Volt Power Management Unit (PMU)      ?...
**VL82C380         Single chip 386DX PC/AT Controller +on-chip cache ?...
**VL82C325             VL82C386SX System Cache controller            ?...
**VL82C335             VL82C386DX System Cache ctrl. [no d.sheet]    ?...
**VL82C315A/322A/3216  Kodiak 32-Bit Low-Voltage Chip Set            ?...
**VL82C420/144/146     SCAMP IV [no datasheet, some info]          c93...
**VL82C480         System/Cache/ISA bus Controller                   ?...
**VL82C481         System/Cache/ISA bus Controller                 c92...
**VL82C486         Single-Chip 486, SC486, Controller                ?...
**VL82C425         486 Cache controller                              ?...
**????????         Cheetah 486, PCI [no datasheet]                   ?...
**VL82C3216        Bus Expanding Controller Cache with write buffer  ?...
**VL82C521/522     Lynx/M                                            ?...
**VL82C530         Eagle Ð                                         c95...
**VL82C541/543     Lynx                                            c95...
**VL82C591/593     SuperCore 590                                   c94...
**VL82C594/596/597 Wildcat                                         c95...
**I/O Chips:
**VL82C106 Combination I/O chip                                      ?...
**VL82C107 SCAMP  Combination I/O chip                               ?...
**VL82C108 TOPCAT Combination I/O chip                               ?...
**VL82C110 Combination I/O chip                                      ?...
**VL82C113 SCAMP  Combination I/O chip                               ?...
**VL82C114 Combination I/O chip                                      ?...
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