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**WD7600A/LP/LV System Chip Set for 80286 or 80386SX <11/25/91
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**WD7700/LP System Chip Set for 80286 or 80386SX (Cache) <11/25/91...
**WD7855 System controller for 80386SX <09/25/92
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1.3 GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Western Digital's WD7855/LV single chip ISA System Controller is
designed for high-performance IBM PC/AT compatible platforms.
Available for desktop, portable or low voltage (LV) applications, the
WD7855/LV supports the 803868X microprocessor operating at speeds up
to 33 MHz.
The WD7855/LV incorporates seven high-performance system controller
functions which include the ISA bus interface, CPU interface, flexible
memory controller, DMA controller, interrupt controller, timers and
advanced power management. In combination with Western Digital’s
support devices, the WD7855/LV provides a highly flexible and powerful
desktop or portable platform design.
The WD7855/LV is designed to work with all variations of 80386SX
compatible microprocessors. It supports the traditional dynamic CPUs
with the industry's only Processor Power-down feature to minimize
power consumption. The WD7855/LV fully supports static microprocessors
such as the AMD Am386SXL with CPU Stop Clock, System Management
Interrupt and I/O trapping features. The WD7855/LV incorporates
special circuitry which allows for optimizing the cache performance
and maintaining cache coherency with cached CPUs such as the Cyrix
Cx4868LC.
1.3.1 Desktop Applications
The WD7855 provides a high performance solution with a flexible memory
controller architecture, including support for eight banks of two way
interleave memory and EMS 4.0 hardware. The WD7855/LV can fully
support an external look-aside cache or a combination primary and
secondary cache. This feature makes it particularly suitable for use
with cached microprocessors such as Cyrix Cx486SLC where it maintains
cache coherency via its built-in bus snooping capability. In addition,
the WD7855/LV supports Video Local Bus Interface (VLBI) for enhanced
graphics performance.
1.3.2 Portable Applications
The WD7855LV is an ideal choice because of its advanced power
management features and power saving 3.3 volt operation which delivers
long battery life in a compact footprint. This makes it a perfect
choice for laptop, notebook, pen based and palmtop computers.
The eight bank memory controller on the WD7855LV provides the user
with great flexibility in the selection of 3.3 volt DRAMs to meet
system memory requirements in low voltage platforms. The WD7855LV
memory controller supports JEDEC standard 3.3 volt DRAM in various
configurations, including the JEIDA standard 88-pin DRAM card.
The WD7855/LV can be paired with the appropriate support devices from
Western Digital to deliver the most efficient solution for any
platform. For 5 volt desktop or portable platforms, the WD7855LV can
be used with the WD76C20 Peripheral Controller and the WD76C30 I/O
Controller. Alternatively, the WD7855 can be used with the WD7615
Buffer Manager device and a generic Super I/O chip to implement a low
cost desktop platform. For 3.3 volt applications, the WD7855LV can be
used with the WD76C20ALV and WD76C30ALV, both of which incorporate
level translators (split rail operation). For subnotebook and palmtop
type applications, WD7625LV buffer manager can be added to the
WD7855LV based solution to achieve a very compact footprint.
The WD7855/LV is a fourth generation system controller device derived
from core chips with proven compatibility and design maturity in
several of the industry’s leading desktop and portable platforms.
Designed with the state of the art 0.9 micron high performance CMOS
process, the WD7855/LV family maintains architectural compatibility
with Western Digital's WD7600 and WD7700 systems logic chip sets while
incorporating many additional performance enhancements.
***Configurations:...
***Features:...
**WD7900/LP/LV System Chip Set for 80286 or 80386SX (Cache) <11/25/91...
**WD8110 System controller for 80386DX/486 <11/30/93...
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**Support Chips:
**WD76C20x Floppy, RTC, IDE and Support Logic Device <11/25/91...
**WD76C30x Perip. Ctrl, Interrupt Multiplex, and Clock Gen <11/18/91...
**WD7615 Desktop Buffer Manager <04/15/92...
**WD7625 Desktop Buffer Manager <10/01/92...
**WD8120LV Super I/O [no datasheet] ?
**Other Chips:
SYSTEMS LOGIC/PERIPHERAL DEVICES
WD16C451, WD16C551 - Enhanced Asynchronous Communications Element (ACE) with Parallel Port
WD16C452, WD16C552 - Dual Enhanced Asynchronous Communications Element (ACE)
WD16C550 Enhanced Asynchronous Communications Element (ACE) with FIFOs
WD76C10AlLP/LV ISA-Based System Controller for 80386SX and 80286 Desktop and Portable Compatibles
WD76C20/LV Floppy Disk Controller, Real Time Clock, IDE Interface, and Support Logic Device
WD76C30/LV Peripheral Controller, Interrupt Multiplexer, and Clock Generator Device
WD7710/LP ISA-Based System Controller with Cache for 80386SX and 80286 Desktop and Portable Compatibles
WD7910/LP ISA-Based System Controller with Cache for 80386SX and 80286 Desktop and Portable Compatibles
IMAGING DEVICES
ICS90C61A Dual Video/Memory Clock Generator
ICS90C63 Dual Video/Memory Clock Generator
ICS90C64 Dual Video/Memory Clock Generator
WD90C00 VGA Controller (8514/A clone, max 1MB, 1024x768x16, 800x600x256)
WD90C01 8514/A for laptops
WD90C10 VGA, 256KB
WD90C11, WD90C11A Enhanced VGA Controller (max 512KB, 1024x768x16, 800x600x256)
WD90C20, WD90C20A VGA Flat Panel Display Controller (800x600x16, 640x460x256, 32 shades gray)
WD90C22 VGA Flat Panel Display Controller (800x600x16, 640x460x256, 64 shades gray)
WD90C24/A/A2 SVGA, max 1MB, 1280x1024x16, 1024x768x16, LCD, VESA-LB, 3.3 or 5V
WD90C26 VGA Flat Panel Display Controller
WD90C30 High Performance Video Controller (max 1MB, 1024x768x256, 1024x768x16)
WD90C31 Accelerator Video Controller (max 1MB, 1024x768x256, 1280x1024x16)
WD90C33 Same as WD90C31 but with, max 2MB, VESA-LB, 1280x1024x256, 1280x1024x16)
WD90C55 VGA LCD Interface
WD90C56 VLBI (Video Local Bus Interface), for WD90C30/31, VESA not mentioned.
WD9710 Pipelined, 32bit core, 64bit RAM, 24bit RAMDAC, PCI/VLB
WD9712 similar to WD9710
STORAGE DEVICES
WD10C01A Winchester Disk Controller
WD10C27 Data Separator
WD33C92A Enhanced SCSI Bus Interface Controller
WD33C93B Enhanced SCSI Bus Interface Controller
WD33C95A, WD33C96A Enhanced Single-ended and Differential SCSI Bus Interface Controller
WD37C65C Floppy Disk Subsystem Controller Device
WD42C22C Winchester Disk Subsystem Controller Device
WD60C318 Optical Disk Drive Encoder/Decoder
WD60C40A Peripheral Cache Manager Device
WD60C80 Error Detection and Correction Chip (EDAC)
WD61C23A High Performance Hard Disk Controller
WD61C40A Peripheral Cache Manager Device
WD7000 ESDI Controller (16-bit ISA)
WD7193 Fast SCSI-II PCI adapter, 33C296A-ZX chip
WD7197 Fast Wide version of WD7193
WD7296A Fast Wide SCSI-II (PCI?), possibly WD34C296 chip
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