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**82495XP/490XP Cache Controller / Cache RAM (for i860)       06/05/91
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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...
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**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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**VT82C596/A   Mobile PCI Integrated Peripheral Controller   <11/05/97
***Info:...
***Versions:...
***Features:
o   Inter-operable with VIA and other Host-to-PCI Bridges
    - Combine with VT82C597 for a complete 66MHz Socket-7 PCI / AGP / 
      ISA system (Apollo VP3)
    - Combine with VT82C598 for a complete 66 / 75 / 83 / 100MHz 
      Socket-7 PCI / AGP / ISA system (Apollo MVP3)
    - Combine with VT82C691 for a complete Socket-8 or Slot-1 PCI / 
      ISA system (Apollo Pro)
    - Inter-operable with Intel or other Host-to-PCI bridges for a 
      complete PC97 compliant PCI / AGP / ISA system
o   Pin-compatible upgrade for PIIX4 for existing designs
o   PC98 Compliant PCI to ISA Bridge
    - Integrated ISA Bus Controller with integrated DMA, timer, and 
      interrupt controller
    - Integrated Keyboard Controller with PS2 mouse support
    - Integrated DS12885-style Real Time Clock with extended 256 byte 
      CMOS RAM and Day/Month Alarm for ACPI
    - Integrated USB Controller with root hub and two function ports
    - Integrated UltraDMA-33 master mode EIDE controller with enhanced 
      PCI bus commands
    - PCI-2.1 compliant with delay transaction
    - Eight double-word line buffer between PCI and ISA bus
    - One level of PCI to ISA post-write buffer
    - Supports type F DMA transfers
    - Distributed DMA support for ISA legacy DMA across the PCI bus
    - Sideband signal support for PC/PCI and serial interrupt for 
      docking and non-docking applications
    - Fast reset and Gate A20 operation
    - Edge trigger or level sensitive interrupt
    - Flash EPROM, 2Mb EPROM and combined BIOS support
    - Supports positive and subtractive decoding
    - Supports external APIC interface for symmetrical multiprocessor 
      configurations
o   UltraDMA-33 Master Mode PCI EIDE Controller
    - Dual channel master mode PCI supporting four Enhanced IDE 
      devices
    - Transfer rate up to 33MB/sec to cover PIO mode 4, multi-word DMA 
      mode 2 drives, and UltraDMA-33 interface
    - Thirty-two levels (doublewords) of prefetch and write buffers
    - Dual DMA engine for concurrent dual channel operation
    - Bus master programming interface for SFF-8038i rev.1.0 and 
      Windows-95 compliant
    - Full scatter gather capability
    - Support ATAPI compliant devices including DVD devices
    - Support PCI native and ATA compatibility modes
    - Complete software driver support
    - Supports glue-less “Swap-Bay” option with full electrical 
      isolation
o   Universal Serial Bus Controller
    - USB v.1.0 and Intel Universal HCI v.1.1 compatible
    - Eighteen level (doublewords) data FIFO with full scatter and 
      gather capability
    - Root hub and two function ports
    - Integrated physical layer transceivers with over-current 
      detection status on USB inputs
    - Legacy keyboard and PS/2 mouse support
o   System Management Bus Interface
    - Host interface for processor communications
    - Slave interface for external SMBus masters
o   Sophisticated PC97-Compatible Mobile Power Management
    - Supports both ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) 
      and legacy (APM) power management
    - ACPI v1.0 Compliant
    - APM v1.2 Compliant
    - CPU clock throttling and clock stop control for complete ACPI C0 
      to C3 state support
    - PCI bus clock run and PCI/CPU clock generator stop control
    - Supports multiple system suspend types: power-on suspends with 
      flexible CPU/PCI bus reset options, suspend to DRAM, and suspend 
      to disk (soft-off), all with hardware automatic wake-up
    - Multiple suspend power plane controls and suspend status 
      indicators
    - One idle timer, one peripheral timer and one general purpose 
      timer, plus 24/32-bit ACPI compliant timer
    - Normal, doze, sleep, suspend and conserve modes
    - Global and local device power control
    - System event monitoring with two event classes
    - Primary and secondary interrupt differentiation for individual 
      channels
    - Dedicated input pins for power and sleep buttons, external modem 
      ring indicator, and notebook lid open/close for system wake-up
    - Up to 22 general purpose input ports and 31 output ports
    - Multiple internal and external SMI sources for flexible power 
      management models
    - Two programmable chip selects and one microcontroller chip 
      select
    - Enhanced integrated real time clock (RTC) with date alarm, month 
      alarm, and century field
    - Thermal alarm support
    - Cache SRAM power-down control
    - Hot docking support
    - I/O pad leakage control
o   Plug and Play Controller
    - PCI interrupts steerable to any interrupt channel
    - Three steerable interrupt channels for on-board plug and play 
      devices
    - Microsoft Windows 95TM and plug and play BIOS compliant
o   Built-in NAND-tree pin scan test capability
o   0.5u, 3.3V, low power CMOS process
o   Single chip 324 pin BGA

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