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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:...
*_IBM...
*ACC Micro...
*ALD...
*ALi...
*AMD . . . . . . . [no datasheets, some info]...
**AMD 640/645 (Pentium Based on VIA VT82C590) [some info] c97
640=VT82C595
645=VT82C586B
The Shuttle HOT-603 is the only known motherboard with the 640
chipset.
There may be another version known as the 640AGP with AGP support. It
is difficult to determine if this ever existed.
Various sources state the AMD 640 is the same as the VIA VT82C590
(VP2) chip set. However no first-hand source (datasheet, etc) has been
found. YMMV
**Later Chipsets:...
*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
Chips:
[82815] (GMCH) [82801AA] (ICH) [82802] (FWH) i754 AGP (Coloma)
CPUs: P-III/P-III(T)*1/Celeron
DRAM Types: SDRAM PC133*2
Mem Rows: 6*3
DRAM Density: 64Mbit 128Mbit 256Mbit
Max Mem: 512MB
ECC/Parity: No
AGP speed: 1x 2x 4x
Bus Speed: 66 100 133
PCI Clock/Bus: 1/2 1/3 1/4 PCI 2.2
>*1 P-III Tualatin first supported from B-0 stepping of chipset.
>*2 FSB and DRAM can be asynchronous. At 66MHz FSB, and 100MHz FSB,
DRAM operates at 100MHz. At 133MHz FSB, DRAM can be set to 100 or
133MHZ.
>*3 Supports 3 double-sided DIMMs @ 100MHz, 2 at 133MHz.
***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
Chips:
[82845](MCH) [82801CAM] (ICH3-M)
CPUs: Mobile Celeron, Pentium 4-M
DRAM Types: DDR 200
Mem Rows: --
DRAM Density: ?
Max Mem: 1GB
ECC/Parity: no
AGP speed: 4x
Bus Speed: 400 MT/s (100 MHz QDR)
PCI Clock/Bus: 1/3 PCI 2.2
***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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*TI (Texas Instruments)...
*UMC...
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