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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:
See:
http://108.59.254.117/~mR_Slug/pub/datasheets/chipsets/
Regetfully I did not keep them all.
*_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...
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**5596/5513 (Genesis) Pentium PCI Chipset <03/26/96
***Info:...
***Configurations:...
***Features:
o Supports Intel Pentium CPU and other compatible CPU at
66/60/50MHz (external clock speed)
o Supports VGA Shared Memory Architecture
- Direct Memory Accesses
- Shared Memory Area 0.5M, 1M, 1.5M, 2M, 2.5M, 3M, 3.5M, 4M.
- Built-in 2-Priority Scheme.
o Supports the Pipelined Address Mode of Pentium CPU.
o Integrated Second Level (L2) Cache Controller
- Write Through and Write Back Cache Modes
- 8 bits or 7 bits Tag with Direct Mapped Cache Organization
- Supports Pipelined Burst SRAM.
- Supports 256 KBytes to 1 MBytes Cache Sizes.
- Cache Read/Write Cycle of 3-1-1-1 Pipelined Burst SRAM at 66
Mhz and 3-1-1-1-1-1-1-1 at back to back read cycle.
o Integrated DRAM Controller
- Supports 4 RAS lines, the memory size is from 4MBytes up to
512Mbytes.
- Supports 256K/512K/1M/2M/4M/16M x N 70ns FP/EDO DRAM
- Supports 4K Refresh DRAM
- Supports 3V or 5V DRAM.
- Supports Symmetrical and Asymmetrical DRAM.
- Supports 32 bits/64 bits mixed mode configuration
- Supports Concurrent Write Back
- Table-free DRAM Configuration, Auto-detect DRAM size, Bank
Density, Single/Double sided DRAM, EDO/ FP DRAM for each bank
- Supports CAS before RAS "Intelligent Refresh"
- Supports Relocation of System Management Memory
- Programmable CAS# Driving Current
- Fully Configurable for the Characteristic of Shadow RAM (640
KByte to 1 Mbyte)
o Supports EDO/FP 5/6-2-2-2/-3-3-3 Burst Read Cycles
o Two Programmable Non-Cacheable Regions
o Option to Disable Local Memory in Non-Cacheable Regions
o Shadow RAM in Increments of 16 KBytes
o Supports SMM Mode of CPU.
o Supports CPU Stop Clock.
o Supports Break Switch.
o Provides High Performance PCI Arbiter.
- Supports 4 PCI Master.
- Supports Rotating Priority Mechanism.
- Hidden Arbitration Scheme Minimizes Arbitration Overhead.
- Supports Concurrency between CPU to Memory and PCI to PCI.
o Integrated PCI Bridge
- Supports Asynchronous PCI Clock.
- Translates the CPU Cycles into the PCI Bus Cycles
- Provides CPU-to-PCI Read Assembly and Write Disassembly
Mechanism
- Translates Sequential CPU-to-PCI Memory Write Cycles into PCI
Burst Cycles.
- Zero Wait State Burst Cycles.
- Supports Advance Snooping for PCI Master Bursting.
- Maximum PCI Burst Transfer from 256 Bytes to 4 KBytes.
o 388-Pin BGA Package.
o 0.5μm CMOS Technology.
**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...
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**PII/III/Pro...
**Athlon etc...
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