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Early chip sets have  a title and a part no. to refer  to the chip set
as a  whole. As time went  on the chip  set became one chip,  so later
chip sets are usually referred to by  the part no. on the actual chip.
These are  usually called "Single  Chip" by the  manufacture, although
they nearly  always follow the 2-chip  North/South-bridge paradigm. So
these are referred to by for example, "M1521/M1523" or "M1521/M23" for
short. If there is a part number for  the chip set as a whole that has
precedence. Try the search function for  a chip part no. and hopefully
it will turn up the chip set it was part of.

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**82497/492   Cache Controller / Cache RAM (for P54 Pentium)    <Nov94
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**HT18          80386SX Single Chip                            c:Sep91
***Info:
The HT18  is an advanced PC/AT compatible,  single-chip 80386SX design
solution. This  highly integrated single chip allows  simple, low cost
system  design options  while  featuring high  performance, low  power
consumption,  and minimum board  space requirements.   Advanced memory
management features  include support  for page mode,  with 2  or 4-way
interleaving  in both pipelined  and non-pipelined  modes(18A/B only).
Extended Hardware EMS  options include dual sets of  32 registers with
multiple context operation. Revisions A/B support 256K and 1M DRAMs in
1 by 1,  1 by 4, and 1  by 9 device configurations. Rev  C supports 4M
devices, as well.  A Shadow RAM  option for System Video BIOS and dual
or single system ROM BIOS support adds to overall design versatility.

A  complete PC/AT  compatible  system with  advanced  features may  be
implemented with minimal external support logic. The HT18 performs all
CPU  and peripheral support  functions in  a single  chip.  Integrated
device  functions include  DMA Controllers,  a Memory  Mapper, Timers,
Counters, Interrupt  Controllers, a Bus Controller  and all supporting
circuitry for PC core logic requirements. An asynchronous AT Bus clock
allows  for a  constant 8MHz  Bus clock  rate for  highest  bus device
compatibility as defined in IEEE Spec P996. This device is packaged in
a 208-pin  Plastic Quad Flat  Pack combining several  external buffers
into this space saving solution.

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**HT21          386SX/286 Single Chip (20 MHz)                 c:Aug91...
**HT22          386SX/286 Single Chip (25 MHz)                 c:Sep91...
**HT25          3-volt Core Logic for 386SX                    c:Dec92...
**HT35          Single-Chip Peripheral Controller [partial info]     ?...
**HTK320        386DX Chip Set                                 c:Sep91...
**HTK340        "Shasta" 486 Chip Set                          c:Jun92...
**Support Chips:
**HT44          Secondary Cache                                c:Jun92...
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