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**82C596/A  3/486 Writeback Cache [no datasheet]             <11/11/92
Possibly  two variant,  or one  version with  two names,  one  being a
shorthand:
82C596
82C596A

ftp://ami.com/archive/Other_Manuals/!index.txt
lists the A variant with the date 11/11/92. No date for non-A:
" 
CTQ596.Z06    	88900   12-21-92  3/486 Contaq 596 chipset    06-06 core  
CTQ596A.Z11   	95383   10-07-93  3/486 Contaq 596-A for 11/11/92  
CTQ596_3.Z06   	92195   03-01-93  386   Contaq 596  
CTQ596_3.Z11    98031  	06-21-93  386   Contaq 596
CTQ596_4.Z06    92236  	03-01-93  486   Contaq 596
CTQ596_4.Z11    97602  	06-21-93  486   Contaq 596
CT596A.Z08   	96217   12-09-93  Contaq 596a  
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Note, the column of dates is the file date.

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**82498/493   Cache Controller / Cache RAM (for P54 Pentium)    <Nov94
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***Features:
o   High Performance Second Level Cache
    - Zero Wait States at 66 MHz 
    - Two-Way Set Associative 
    - Writeback with MESI Protocol 
    - Concurrent CPU Bus and Memory Bus Operation 
    - Boundary Scan
o   Pentium Processor (735\90, 815\100)
    - Chip Set Version of Pentium Processor (735\90, 815\100) 
    - Superscalar Architecture
    - Enhanced Floating Point 
    - On-Chip 8K Code and 8K Data Caches
    - See Pentium Processor Family Data Book for More Information
o   Highly Flexible
    - 1 Mbyte to 2 Mbyte
    - 64-, or 128-Bit Wide Memory Bus
    - Synchronous, Asynchronous and Strobed Memory Bus Operation
    - Selectable Bus Widths, Line Sizes, Transfers and Burst Orders
o   Full Multiprocessing Support
    - Concurrent CPU, Memory Bus and Snoop Operations
    - Complete MESI Protocol
    - Internal/External Parity Generation/Checking
    - Supports Read For Ownership, Write-Allocation and Cache-to-Cache
      Transfers


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