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**82495DX/490DX DX CPU-Cache Chip Set                           <Sep91
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**VT82C590     Apollo VP2, VP2/97, Single-Chip Pentium 66MHz <01/10/97
***Info:
The  VT82C590 Apollo-VP2  is  a high  performance, cost-effective  and
energy efficient  chip set for  the implementation of  PCI/ISA desktop
and   notebook  personal   computer  systems   based  on   the  64-bit
Pentium/AMD5K86/AMD6K86/Cyrix6X86 super-scalar processors.

The  Apollo-VP2 chip set  consists of  the VT82C595  system controller
(328 pin BGA) and the VT82C586B  PCI to ISA bridge (208 pin PQFP). The
VT82C595 system  controller provides superior  performance between the
CPU, optional synchronous cache, DRAM  and the PCI bus with pipelined,
burst and concurrent operation. For pipelined burst synchronous SRAMs,
3-1-1-1-1-1-1-1  timing  can  be  achieved  for both  read  and  write
transactions at 66  Mhz. Four cache lines (16  quadwords) of CPU/cache
to  DRAM  write  buffers  with concurrent  write-back  capability  are
included in the chip to speed up the cache read and write miss cycles.

The  VT82C595  supports six  banks  of DRAMs  up  to  512KB. The  DRAM
controller supports Standard Page  Mode DRAM, EDO DRAM and Synchronous
DRAM in a flexible mix  / match manner. The Synchronous DRAM interface
allows zero wait state bursting  between the DRAM and the data buffers
at  66Mhz. The  six banks  of  DRAM can  be composed  of an  arbitrary
mixture of 1M / 2M / 4M / 8M / 16MxN DRAMs. Each bank may be populated
with  either 32bit  or 64bit  data  width.  The  DRAM controller  also
supports  optional  ECC  (single-bit  error correction  and  multi-bit
detection) capability.

The VT82C595  supports 3.3 / 5V  32-bit PCI bus with  64-bit to 32-bit
data conversion.  Five levels (doublewords) of post  write buffers are
included to  allow for concurrent  CPU and PCI  operation. Consecutive
CPU addresses  are converted into  burst PCI cycles with  byte merging
capability  for  optimal  CPU   to  PCI  throughput.  For  PCI  master
operation, forty-eight levels (doublewords)  of post write buffers and
sixteen  levels (doublewords)  of  prefetch buffers  are included  for
concurrent PCI bus and  DRAM/cache accesses. The chipset also supports
enhanced  PCI  bus  commands  such as  Memory-Read-Line,  Memory-Read-
Multiple   and  Memory-Write-Invalid   commands   to  minimize   snoop
overhead. In addition, the  chipset supports advanced features such as
snoop ahead, snoop filtering, L1  write-back forward to PCI master and
L1  write-back merged  with PCI  post  write buffers  to minimize  PCI
master read  latency and  DRAM utilization. The  VT82C586B PCI  to ISA
bridge supports four levels (doublewords)  of line buffers, type F DMA
transfers and delay transaction to allow efficient PCI bus utilization
and  (PCI-2.1 compliant).  The VT82C586B  also includes  an integrated
keyboard controller  with PS2 mouse support,  integrated DS12885 style
real time  clock with  extended 256 byte  CMOS RAM,  integrated master
mode enhanced  IDE controller with full scatter  and gather capability
and  extension to  UltraDMA-33 /  ATA-33 for  33MB/sec  transfer rate,
integrated USB  interface with  root hub and  two function  ports with
built-in  physical layer  transceivers, Distributed  DMA  support, and
OnNow  / ACPI  compliant advanced  configuration and  power management
interface.  A complete  main board  can be  implemented with  only six
TTLs.   

The VT82C590 chipset is ideal for high performance, high quality, high
energy  efficient and  high integration  desktop and  notebook PCI/ISA
computer systems.

***Configurations:...
***Features:
o   PCI/ISA Green PC Ready
    - Supports 3.3V or 5V interface to CPU, system memory, and / or 
      PCI bus
    - Supports CPUs with internal voltages below 3.3V
    - PC-97 compatible using VT82C586B South Bridge with ACPI Power 
      Management
o   High Integration
    - Single chip implementation for 64-bit Pentium-CPU, 64-bit system 
      memory, and 32-bit PCI interface
    - VT82C590 Apollo VP2 Chipset: VT82C595 system controller and 
      VT82C586B PCI to ISA bridge
    - Chipset includes UltraDMA-33 EIDE, USB, and Keyboard / PS2-Mouse 
      Interfaces plus RTC / CMOS on chip
    - Six TTLs for a complete main board implementation
o   Flexible CPU Interface
    - Supports 64-bit Pentium, AMD 5k86 , AMD 6k86 and Cyrix 6x86 CPUs
    - CPU external bus speed up to 66 Mhz (internal 200Mhz and above)
    - Supports CPU internal write-back cache
    - System management interrupt, memory remap and STPCLK mechanism
    - Cyrix 6X86 linear burst support
    - CPU NA# / Address pipeline capability
o   Advanced Cache Controller
    - Direct map write back or write through secondary cache
    - Pipelined burst synchronous SRAM (PBSRAM) cache support (with 
      global write enable feature)
    - Flexible cache size: 0K/256K/512K/1M/2MB
    - 32 byte line size to match the primary cache
    - Integrated 10-bit tag comparator
    - 3-1-1-1 read/write timing for PBSRAM access at 66 Mhz
    - 3-1-1-1-1-1-1-1 back to back read timing for PBSRAM access at 
      66 Mhz
    - Sustained 3 cycle write access for PBSRAM access or CPU to DRAM 
      and PCI bus post write buffers at 66 Mhz
    - Data streaming for simultaneous primary and secondary cache 
      line fill
    - System and video BIOS cacheable and write-protect
    - Programmable cacheable region and cache timing
o   Fast DRAM Controller
    - Fast Page Mode/EDO/Synchronous-DRAM support in a mixed 
      combination
    - Mixed 1M/2M/4M/8M/16MxN DRAMs
    - 6 banks up to 512MB DRAMs
    - Flexible row and column addresses
    - 64-bit or 32-bit data width in arbitrary mixed combination
    - 3.3v and 5v DRAM without external buffers
    - Optional bank-by-bank ECC (single-bit error correction and 
      multi-bit error detection) for DRAM integrity
    - Two-bank interleaving for 16Mbit SDRAM support
    - Two-bank and four bank interleaving for 64Mbit SDRAM support 
      (14 MA lines)
    - Four cache lines (16 quadwords) of CPU/cache to DRAM write 
      buffers
    - Concurrent DRAM writeback
    - Speculative DRAM access
    - Read around write capability for non-stalled CPU read
    - Burst read and write operation
    - 4-2-2-2 on page, 7-2-2-2 start page and 9-2-2-2 off page timing 
      for EDO DRAMs at 50/60 MHz
    - 5-2-2-2 on page, 8-2-2-2 start page and 11-2-2-2 off page timing 
      for EDO DRAMs at 66 MHz
    - 6-1-1-1 on page, 8-1-1-1 start page and 10-1-1-1 off page for 
      SDRAMs at 66 MHz
    - 5-2-2-2-3-1-2-2 back-to-back access for EDO DRAM at 66 MHz
    - 6-1-1-1-3-1-1-1 back-to-back access for SDRAM at 66 MHz
    - BIOS shadow at 16KB increment
    - Decoupled and burst DRAM refresh with staggered RAS timing
    - Programmable refresh rate, CAS-before-RAS refresh and refresh 
      on populated banks only
o   Intelligent PCI Bus Controller
    - 32 bit 3.3/5v PCI interface
    - Synchronous divide-by-two PCI bus interface
    - PCI master snoop ahead and snoop filtering
    - PCI master peer concurrency
    - Synchronous bus to CPU clock with divide-by-two from the CPU 
      clock
    - Automatic detection of data streaming burst cycles from CPU to 
      the PCI bus
    - Five levels (double-words) of CPU to PCI posted write buffers
    - Byte merging in the write buffers to reduce the number of PCI 
      cycles and to create further PCI bursting possibilities
    - Zero wait state PCI master and slave burst transfer rate
    - PCI to system memory data streaming up to 132Mbyte/sec
    - Forty-eight levels (double-words) of post write buffers from PCI 
      masters to DRAM
    - Sixteen levels (double-words) of prefetch buffers from DRAM for 
      access by PCI masters
    - Enhanced PCI command optimization (MRL, MRM, MWI, etc.)
    - Complete steerable PCI interrupts
    - Supports L1 write-back forward to PCI master read to minimize 
      PCI read latency
    - Supports L1 write-back merged with PCI master post-write to 
      minimize DRAM utilization
    - Provides transaction timer to fairly arbitrate between PCI 
      masters
    - PCI-2.1 compliant
o   Built-in nand-tree pin scan test capability
o   0.6um mixed voltage, high speed / low power CMOS process
o   328 pin Low-Profile BGA Package

**VT82C597/AT  Apollo VP3, Single-Chip for Pentium with AGP  <10/03/97...
**VT82C598MVP  Apollo MVP3,Single-Chip 66/75/83/100MHz & AGP <09/22/97...
**VT8501       Apollo MVP4,Single-Chip 66-100MHz & AGP       <11/04/98...
**VT82C680     Apollo P6, Pentium-Pro Chip Set               <08/30/96...
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**VT82C505     Pentium/486 VL to PCI Bridge                  <05/30/94...
**VT82C586/A/B PCI Integrated Peripheral Controller          <10/13/96...
**VT82C596/A   Mobile PCI Integrated Peripheral Controller   <11/05/97...
**VT82C686A/B  PCI Super-I/O Integrated Peripheral Ctrl.     <02/10/98...
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