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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.
Many chipsets state  that they support VESA local  bus.  In some cases
these actually  implement VLB somewhat  like PCI, where it  is entirly
decoupled from the CPU bus. Chipsets  that do not state they work with
VLB,  may  be found  on  motherboards  that  contain VLB  slots.   VLB
is  *basically*  The 486  CPU  pinout in  a  slot  form. Unless  these
m/boards contain  some additional  chips, there VLB  implementation is
directly coupled to the CPU.

**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...
**800 series
***810         (Whitney)       04/26/99...
***810L        (Whitney)       04/26/99...
***810-DC100   (Whitney)       04/26/99...
***810e        (Whitney)       09/27/99...
***810e2       (Whitney)       01/03/01...
***815         (Solano)        06/19/00...
***815e        (Solano-2)      06/19/00...
***815em       (Solano-?)      10/23/00...
***815ep       (Solano-3)      c:Nov'00...
***815p        (Solano-3)      c:Mar'01...
***815g        (Solano-3)      c:Sep'01...
***815eg       (Solano-3)      c:Sep'01...
***820         (Camino)        11/15/99...
***820e        (Camino-2)      06/05/00...
***830M        (Almador)       07/30/01...
***830MP       (Almador)       07/30/01...
***830MG       (Almador)       07/30/01...
***840         (Carmel)        10/25/99...
***845         (Brookdale)     09/10/01...
***845MP       (Brookdale-M)   03/04/02...
***845MZ       (Brookdale-M)   03/04/02...
***845E        (Brookdale-E)   05/20/02...
***845G        (Brookdale-G)   05/20/02...
***845GL       (Brookdale-GL)  05/20/02...
***845GE       (Brookdale-GE)  10/07/02...
***845PE       (Brookdale-PE)  10/07/02...
***845GV       (Brookdale-GV)  10/07/02...
***848P        (Breeds Hill)   c:Aug'03...
***850         (Tehama)        11/20/00...
***850E        (Tehama-E)      05/06/02...
***852GM       (Montara-GM)    01/14/03...
***852GMV      (Montara-GM)    ???...
***852PM       (Montara-GM)    06/11/03...
***852GME      (Montara-GM)    06/11/03...
***854         (?)             04/11/05...
***855GM       (Montara-GM)    03/12/03...
***855GME      (Montara-GM)    03/12/03...
***855PM       (Odem)          03/12/03...
***860         (Colusa)        05/21/01...
***865G        (Springdale)    05/21/03...
***865PE       (Springdale-PE) 05/21/03...
***865P        (Springdale-P)  05/21/03...
***865GV       (Springdale-GV) c:Sep'03...
***875P        (Canterwood)    04/14/03...
*Headland/G2...
*HMC (Hulon Microelectronics)...
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**85C471/407     Green PC ISA-VLB 486 Single Chip                  <94
***Info:...
***Configurations:...
***Features:
o   Fully IBM PC/AT Compatible. 80486DX2/DX/SX/SL Enhanced, P24D/P24T/
    P24C, M6/M7 and Am486DXL/Am486DXL2 Single Chip Controller
o   Supports L1 Cache Writeback CPU (P24T/P24D/M6/M7) systems
o   Direct Mapped Cache Controller
    - Write-Back or Write-Through Schemes
    - Bank Interleave or Non-Interleave Cache
    - 0/1 Wait State Cache Write Hit
    - Flexible Cache Size : 32/64/128/256/512KB or 1MB
    - 7 bits or 8 bits TAG addresses
    - Flexible 2-1-1-1, 3-1-1-1, 2-2-2-2 and 3-2-2-2 Burst 
      Read/Write Timing
o   Fast Page Burst Mode DRAM Controller
    - 4 Banks up to 128MB of DRAMs
    - 256K/512K/1M/2M/4M/16MXN DRAM Type
    - Programmable DRAM Speed
    - Double-sided SIMMs
o   Two Programmable Non-Cacheable Regions (64KB-4MB area)
o   CAS before RAS Transparent DRAM Refresh
o   BIOS/Video ROM Cacheable
o   Shadow RAM in Increments of 32KB
    - Option to Disable Cache in Shadow RAM Area
o   256K Memory Relocation
o   8042 Emulation of Fast A2OGATE and CPU Reset
o   Supports Port 92h
o   Hardware/Software De-Turbo Switch
o   Supports Two VL-Bus Master
o   Supports Flash Memory
o   Supports Double/Single frequency input
o   CPU Operating frequency 0-100 MHz
o   Supports Power Management Mode
    - Supports the SMM and the SMI
    - CPU Stop Clock Function
    - Four Power Saving States
    - Long and Short System Timers
    - Supports the APM control
    - Supports Break Switch control
    - Power Saving also on non-SM] CPU
    - More System Event Monitoring and the Power Saving Control
o   AT Bus State Machine and Controller
o   Synchronous/Asynchronous AT Bus Clock
o   Programmable AT Bus Speed
    - l/2,l/3,1/4,l/5,1/6,1/8,l/10 of Input Clock or 7.159MHz
o   Programmable Wait State Generation
    - 1 or 2 Wait States for l6-Bit Transfers
    - 4 or 5 Wait States for 8-Bit Transfers
o   Programmable I/O Recovery Time
o   Programmable driving current for the DRAM and the ISA bus signals
o   32-Bit Data Buffer Between CPU and AT System
o   Data Conversion and Swapping Logic for 32-/16-/8-Bit Transfers 
    During CPU and DMA Cycles
o   Data Latches for AT Read Cycles
o   Parity Generation and Detection Logic
o   Port B Register and NMI Logic
o   Integrated Peripheral Controllers
    - 8259A x2 / 8237x2 / 8254 / 74LS612
o   387/487SX and Weitek 3167/4167 Coprocessors Interface
o   208-Pin PQFP
o   0.8nm Low Power CMOS Technology

**85C496/497     486-VIP 486 Green PC VESA/ISA/PCI Chipset         <95...
**85C501/502/503 Pentium/P54C PCI/ISA Chipset                <01/09/95...
**5101/5102/5103 Pentium/P54C PCI/ISA Chipset                <04/02/95...
**5120           Pentium PCI/ISA Chipset (Mobile)            <01/28/97...
**5501/5502/5503 Pentium/P54C PCI/ISA Chipset                <04/02/95...
**5511/5512/5513 Pentium PCI/ISA                             <06/14/95...
**5571           (Trinity) Pentium PCI/ISA Chipset (75MHz)   <12/09/96...
**5581/5582      (Jessie)  Pentium PCI/ISA Chipset (75MHz)   <04/15/97...
**5591/5592/5595 (David)   Pentium PCI A.G.P. Chipset        <01/09/98...
**5596/5513      (Genesis) Pentium PCI Chipset               <03/26/96...
**5597/5598      (Jedi)    Pentium PCI/ISA Chipset           <04/15/97...
**530/5595       (Sinbad) Host, PCI, 3D Graphics & Mem. Ctrl.<11/10/98...
**540            (Spartan) Super7 2D/3D Ultra-AGP Single C.S.<11/30/99...
**55x            SoC (System-on-chip)                        <03/14/02...
**
**Support chips:
**85C206     Integrated Peripheral Controller [no datasheet]         ?...
**5595       Pentium PCI System I/O                          <12/24/97...
**950        LPC I/O                                         <07/16/99...
**Other:...
**PII/III/Pro...
**Athlon etc...
*Symphony...
*TI (Texas Instruments)...
*UMC...
*Unresearched:...
*VIA...
*VLSI...
*Western Digital...
*Winbond...
*ZyMOS...
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