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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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*ALi...
**M1535/D        South Bridge                                        ?
***Info:
The  M1535  provides the  highest  integration  south bridge  solution
between PCI bus and Peripheral buses for personal computer systems. It
includes audio, high-speed modem, Super  I/O and Fast IR integrated in
to  one chip to  complement any  one of  ALi’s North  Bridge solutions
namely M1541, M1621 and M1631.

The  M1535 is  PCI spec.   2.2 compliant.   It provides  steerable PCI
Interrupts for PCI device Plug-and-Play, it has up to 8 PCI interrupts
routing, it  has level to edge  trigger transfer. It  has enhanced DMA
controller.  It  provides 14 interrupt channels  as Interrupt Control-
ler.  It provides 8254 Compatible timers for system timer, Refresh Re-
quest,  Speaker  Output  use.  It  has  7  DMA  channels that  can  be
arbitrarily programmed as distributed  channels.  It provides 1 PC/PCI
DMA channel interface.  It supports serialized IRQ in quiet/continuous
mode.  It  supports Plug-and-Play.  It  has built-in PS2  Keyboard and
mouse controller.  It provides hot plugging events detection.

The M1535 also provides the  best power management solution. The M1535
integrates  ACPI   support,  deep  green   function,  2-channel  Ultra
DMA-33/66  IDE bus  master  controller, 4-port  USB controller,  SMBus
controller,  Super  I/O, audio  system  and  software  modem into  one
27mmx27mm BGA  (Ball Grid Array)  chip. 

Further  more, the  M1535  is  designed to  meet  the requirements  of
desktop, mobile PCs.

***Versions:...
***Features:...
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**May not exist:...
**Later Chipsets:...
**Other:
M2228 	Video
M2301 	Video
M2302 	Video
M2308 	Video
M2401 	Video
M3125 	Video
M3135 	Video (super VGA)
M3143 	Video
M3145 	PCI Video
M3145 	VLB/PCI 3D Video
M3147V 	PCI Video
M3149 	Video
M3151 	PCI 3D Video, 4MB MAX
M3307   MPEG    Video Decoder Chip
M3309   MPEG-II Video Decoder Chip
M3321   MPEG-II A/V Decoder Chip
M3351   MPEG-II Video Decoder Chip
M4803 	PCI EIDE Controller
M5105 	VLB Super I/O Controller FDD/HDD/LPT/2xCOM/GAME	 
M5113   Superset of 5105, with PnP, ECP/EPP LPT and IR port
M5119 	Super I/O
M5123 	Super I/O   PnP/2xCOM/IR port/Keyboard (For Phoenix BIOS)
M5125 	same as  M5123 but for AMI
M513? 	Super I/O PnP/Keyboard
M5135F 	Super I/O PnP/Keyboard/IR
M514? 	Super I/O PnP/Keyboard/IR/2xCOM/  
M5213 	PCI IDE
M5217/H	Super I/O
M5219 	PCI? Bus mastering EIDE
M5225 	PCI? EIDE
M5229 	PCI? Bus mastering EIDE
M5235 	Super I/O
M5237 	PCI USB Host
M5240 	PCI? EIDE
M5241 	PCMCIA Bridge
M5242 	? 
M5244 	FDD
M5427 	PCI-AGP Bridge
M5451 	Audio 
M5453 	Modem 
M5455 	Audio  

*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...
**440 series:
***440FX (Natoma)       05/06/96...
***440LX (Balboa)       08/27/97...
***440BX (Seattle)      c:Apr'98...
***440DX (?)            c:?...
***440EX (?)            c:Apr'98...
***440GX (Marlinespike) 06/29/98...
***440ZX & 440ZX-66 (?) 01/04/99...
***440ZX-M (?)          05/17/99...
***440MX (Banister)     05/17/99...
**450NX  (?)            06/29/98:...
**?????  (Profusion)    c:99...
**800 series...
*Headland/G2...
*HMC (Hulon Microelectronics)...
*Logicstar...
*Motorola...
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*PC CHIPS/Amptron/Atrend/ECS/Elpina/etc...
*SIS...
*Symphony...
*TI (Texas Instruments)...
*UMC...
*Unresearched:...
*VIA...
*VLSI...
*Western Digital...
*Winbond...
*ZyMOS...
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