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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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**A note on VESA support of 486 chipsets....
**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
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**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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*VIA...
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**Notes:
Western Digital bought Faraday in 1987:
http://articles.latimes.com/1987-07-21/business/fi-5111_1_western-digital-stock
**FE2010/A XT CPU controller integrated Circuit >11/22/85...
**FE2011 CPU Core Logic for PS/2 Model 30 Compatible c:87...
**FE3400/B 80286-Based AT Compatible CPU Core Logic (12 MHz) c:86...
**FE3500/B 80286-Based AT Compatible CPU Core Logic (12 MHz) c:87...
**FE3600/A/B/C 16/20MHz AT Chip set c:88...
**FE5300 CPU Core Logic for PS/2 Model 50/60 Compatibles c:87...
**FE5400 CPU Core Logic for PS/2 Model 50/60 Compatibles c:87...
**FE6500 CPU Core Logic for PS/2 Model 70/80 Compatibles c:88...
**WD6400SX/LP CPU Core Logic for PS/2 386SX Compatibles <90...
**WD6500 CPU Core Logic for PS/2 386DX/486 Compatible <90...
**WD7600A/LP/LV System Chip Set for 80286 or 80386SX <11/25/91...
**WD7700/LP System Chip Set for 80286 or 80386SX (Cache) <11/25/91...
**WD7855 System controller for 80386SX <09/25/92
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***Features:
Features common to both versions of the WD7855
o Single chip AT systems logic for desktops, notebooks, palmtops
o Supports 80386SX microprocessors at speeds up to 33 MHz
o Supports static, dynamic or cached CPUs
o Flexible DRAM support: 64K, 256K, 512K x 9, 1 Mbits, 4 Mbits,
1M x 18 bits or 2M x 9 bits
o Choice of non-page or page DRAM operating modes while supporting
optional extra wait states for page mode
o Up to eight banks of two-way interleave memory support
o Support for major DRAM standards, including 88-pin DRAM card
modules
o User-definable, non-cachable regions
o Supports external look aside cache
o Snoop interface to support cached CPUs
o Programmable full 16-bit I/O decode
o High-speed, local video bus (VLBI) support
o Slow Refresh
o Stop DMA clock
o 0.9 micron CMOS technology
o 160-pin MQFP package
o Three fully programmable Chip Selects in addition to standard
Chip Selects
o AUTOFAST (automatic CPU speedup)
o SMI and I/O trapping
o Suspend/Resume modes
o Hibernation mode
o Multiple CPU speeds
o CPU Sleep/CPU Powerdown modes
o Peripheral and I/O power control
o System Activity Monitor (SAM) for idle detection
WD7855LV Laptop Design
o Supports 3.3 volt operation with on-chip translators for
5 volt AT bus (Split rail operation)
**WD7900/LP/LV System Chip Set for 80286 or 80386SX (Cache) <11/25/91...
**WD8110 System controller for 80386DX/486 <11/30/93...
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**Support Chips:
**WD76C20x Floppy, RTC, IDE and Support Logic Device <11/25/91...
**WD76C30x Perip. Ctrl, Interrupt Multiplex, and Clock Gen <11/18/91...
**WD7615 Desktop Buffer Manager <04/15/92...
**WD7625 Desktop Buffer Manager <10/01/92...
**WD8120LV Super I/O [no datasheet] ?
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