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**82497/492   Cache Controller / Cache RAM (for P54 Pentium)    <Nov94
***Notes:
Date source: 1995_Intel_Pentium_Processors_and_Related_Components.pdf

Information taken from: 
            1995_Intel_Pentium_Processors_and_Related_Components.pdf*
                                         8249x Cache controllers.pdf**
>*  Datasheet dated Nov'94
>** Datasheet undated, whole document dated '95

The info and features section have  been solely sourced from the first
source.   The  second source  provides  far  more detail.   Additional
information in the configurations section  and below have been sourced
from the second.

"Although the 82497 Cache Controller  is part of the Pentium processor
(735\90, 815\100, 1000\120, 1110\133) CPU-Cache Chip Set and the 82496
Cache  Controller is part  of the  Pentium Processor  (510\60, 567\66)
Chip  Set, the  two parts  are functionally  identical except  for the
differences noted in this section." - p491

Aside  from some  minor  differences in  pin  configuration, the  main
difference is the direct support  for 3.3V processors. This chipset is
still a 5V part. The cache operates at bus speed, max 66MHz.


This  chip was  used on  the Pentium  90MHz CPU  complexes of  Intel's
Xpress  platform.   Specifically  the BXCPUPENT90  (Single  90MHz,  16
82492s). Also found on IBM 9595/Server 500 Pentium 90MHz complexes.

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**VT82C597/AT  Apollo VP3, Single-Chip for Pentium with AGP  <10/03/97
***Info:...
***Configurations:...
***Features:
o   PCI/ISA Green PC Ready
    - Supports separately powered 3.3V (5V tolerant) interfaces to 
      system memory, AGP, and PCI bus
    - Supports 3.3V and sub-3.3V interface to CPU
    - PC-97 compatible using VT82C586B South Bridge with ACPI Power 
      Management
o   High Integration
    - Single chip implementation for 64-bit Socket-7-CPU, 64-bit 
      system memory, 32-bit PCI and 32-bit AGP interfaces
    - Apollo VP3  Chipset: VT82C597 or VT82C597AT  system controller 
      and VT82C586B  PCI to ISA bridge
    - Chipset includes UltraDMA-33 EIDE, USB, and Keyboard / PS2-Mouse 
      Interfaces plus RTC / CMOS on chip
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 233MHz 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
    - 4 cache lines of CPU/cache-to-DRAM post-write buffers
    - 4 quadwords of CPU/cache-to-DRAM read-prefetch buffers
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   AGP Controller
    - AGP v1.0 compliant
    - Supports SideBand Addressing (SBA) mode (non-multiplexed 
      address/data)
    - Supports 133MHz 2X mode for AD and SBA signalling
    - Pipelined split-transaction long-burst transfers up to 533 MB/
      sec
    - Eight level read request queue
    - Four level posted-write request queue
    - Thirty-two level (quadwords) read data FIFO (128 bytes)
    - Sixteen level (quadwords) write data FIFO (64 bytes)
    - Intelligent request reordering for maximum AGP bus utilization
    - Supports Flush/Fence commands
o   GART
    - One level TLB structure
    - Sixteen entry fully associative page table
    - LRU replacement scheme
    - Independent GART lookup control for host / AGP / PCI master 
      accesses
o   Intelligent PCI Bus Controller
    - PCI buses are synchronous to host CPU bus
    - 33 MHz operation on the primary PCI bus
    - 66 MHz PCI operation on the AGP bus
    - PCI-to-PCI bridge configuration on the 66MHz PCI bus
    - Separate data buffers for the two PCI buses
    - Peer concurrency
    - Concurrent multiple PCI master transactions;  i.e., allow PCI 
      masters from both PCI buses active at the same time
    - Allows PCI master access while ISA master/DMA is active
    - PCI master snoop ahead and snoop filtering
    - 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
    - Enhanced PCI command optimization (MRL, MRM, MWI, etc.)
    - 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
    - Supports L1/L2 write-back forward to PCI master read to minimize 
      PCI read latency
    - Supports L1/L2 write-back merged with PCI master post-write to 
      minimize DRAM utilization
    - Transaction timer for fair arbitration between PCI masters 
      (granularity of two PCI clocks)
    - Symmetric arbitration between Host/PCI bus for optimized system 
      performance
    - Complete steerable PCI interrupts
    - PCI-2.1 compliant, 32 bit 3.3V PCI interface with 5V tolerant 
      inputs
o   Advanced High-Performance DRAM Controller
    - 66MHz DRAM interface
    - Concurrent CPU and AGP access
    - FP, EDO, SDRAM, and SDRAM-II
    - 66MHz DDR (Double Data Rate) supported for SDRAM-II
      (supports central and edge DQ, bidirectional DS, and optional 
      SDR write)
    - Different DRAM types may be used in mixed combinations
    - Different DRAM timing for each bank
    - Mixed 1M / 2M / 4M / 8M / 16MxN DRAMs
    - 6 banks up to 1GB DRAMs
    - Flexible row and column addresses
    - 64-bit data width only
    - 3.3V DRAM interface with 5V-tolerant inputs
    - Optional bank-by-bank ECC (single-bit error correction and 
      multi-bit error detection) or EC (error checking only) for DRAM 
      integrity
    - Two-bank interleaving for 16Mbit SDRAM support
    - Two-bank and four bank interleaving for 64Mbit SDRAM support 
      (14 MA lines)
    - Supports maximum 8-bank interleave (i.e., 8 pages open 
      simultaneously);  banks are allocated based on LRU
    - Seamless DRAM command scheduling for maximum DRAM bus utilization
      (e.g., precharge other banks while accessing the current bank)
    - Four cache lines (16 quadwords) of CPU/cache to DRAM write 
      buffers
    - Concurrent DRAM writeback
    - Read around write capability for non-stalled CPU read
    - Burst read and write operation
    - 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
    - 5-2-2-2-3-2-2-2 back-to-back accesses for EDO DRAM at 66 MHz
    - 6-1-1-1-3-1-1-1 back-to-back accesses 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   Built-in NAND-tree pin scan test capability
o   3.3V, 0.5um, high speed / low power CMOS process
o   472 pin BGA Package
o   Alternate pinouts available to optimally accommodate different PCB 
    form factors
    - VT82C597 for ATX and NLX
    - VT82C597AT for Baby AT and ATX

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