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**Definition of a chip set:
In short it is a set of chips that allow a system designer to build a
computer. If we restrict the term 'chip' to that of a microchip then
technically any microcomputer contains a chip set, even one based of
7400-series logic alone.
In the context of this document, a chip set is defined as any group of
chips used to implement an IBM or IBM-compatible PC/XT/AT/386/486/etc
system.
There are 2 main categories that these chips fall into:
1. Direct copies or re-implementations of Intel chips
2. Chip sets sold as a set of chips to implement an IBM-compatible
that differ in some way to those used in an IBM system, e.g. not
pin compatible.
An example of the former would be some early chips built by VLSI
Technology (at the time known as VTI, to implement a 286:
o VL82C37A is a: 82C37A DMA controller
o VL82C59A is a: 82C59A interrupt controller
o VL82C54A is a: 82C54 timer
o VL82C612 is a: 74LS612 memory mapper
o VL82C84A is a: 82284 clock generator and ready interface
o VL82C88 is a: 82288 bus controller
These are all direct replacements for the parts used in an IBM AT.
Many companies had compatible versions of these chips.
An early example of the latter is the Chips & Technology NEAT chip set:
o 82C211 CPU/Bus controller,
o 82C212 Page/Interleave and EMS Memory controller,
o 82C215 Data/Address buffer
o 82C206 Integrated Peripherals Controller (IPC).
The description does not map directly to the parts used in the IBM AT.
Later chip sets are often even more integrated sometimes consisting of
just one chip, although two seems to be the most common.
The latter is generally considered the definition of a chip set, and
the former is not generally considered a chip set per-se. However when
looking at the early chip sets this distinction can be very
slight. Because of this, sets of chips meeting the criteria for (1.)
have been included where possible.
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**82395SX Smart Cache 12/17/90
***Notes:...
**82396SX Smart Cache 12/17/90...
**82485 Turbo Cache (and 485Turbocache) c90...
**82489DX Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller 10/12/92...
**82495DX/490DX DX CPU-Cache Chip Set <Sep91...
**82495XP/490XP Cache Controller / Cache RAM (for i860) 06/05/91...
**82496/491 Cache Controller / Cache RAM (for P5 Pentium) 03/22/93...
**82497/492 Cache Controller / Cache RAM (for P54 Pentium) <Nov94...
**82498/493 Cache Controller / Cache RAM (for P54 Pentium) <Nov94...
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**530/5595 (Sinbad) Host, PCI, 3D Graphics & Mem. Ctrl.<11/10/98
***Info:
The P5 A.G.P./VGA chipset, SiS530/5595, provides a high performance/
cost index Desktop/Mobile solution for the Intel Pentium P54C/P55C,
AMD K5/K6/K6-II, Cyrix M1/M2 and other compatible Pentium CPU with 3D
A.G.P. VGA system.
The Host, PCI, 3D A.G.P. Video/Graphics & Memory Controller, SiS530
integrates the Host- to-PCI bridge, the PCI interface, the L2 cache
controller, the DRAM controller, the high performance hardware 2D/3D
VGA controller, and the PCI IDE controller.
The Host interface supports Synchronous/Asynchronous Host/DRAM
clocking configuration to eminently improve the system performance and
DRAM compatibility issues.
The L2 cache controller can support up to 2 MB P.B. SRAM, and the DRAM
controller can support SDRAM memory up to 1.5 GBytes with three
double-sided SDRAM DIMMs configuration. The cacheable DRAM sizes
support up to 256 MBytes.
The built-in fast PCI IDE controller supports the ATA PIO/DMA, and the
Ultra DMA33/66 function that support the data transfer rate up to 66
MB/s. It provides the separate data path for two IDE channels that can
eminently improve the performance under the multi-tasking environment.
The A.G.P. internal interface is supported for integrated H/W 3D VGA
controller. The integrated VGA controller is a high performance and
targeted at 3D graphics application. In addition, the integrated 3D
Video/Graphics controller adopts the 64bits 100MHz host bus interface
high technology to improve the performance eminently. To cost-
effective the PC system, the share system memory architecture will be
adopted and it can flexibly using the 2MB, 4MB and 8MB frame buffer
size from programming the system BIOS. [something got confused in
translation there didn't it?] To enhance the system performance,
SiS530 also supports the local frame buffer solution and memory sizes
can support up to 8MB with SDRAM and SGRAM.
In addition to provide the standard interface for CRT monitors, it
also provides the Digital Flat Panel Port (DFP) for a standard
interface between a personal computer and a digital flat panel
monitor. This port allows a host computer to connect directly to an
external flat panel monitor without the need for analog-to-digital
conversion found in most flat panel monitors today. As for DVD
solution, the integrated 3D VGA controller also support DVD H/W
accelerator to improve the DVD playback performance.
The SiS5595 PCI system I/O integrates the PCI-to-ISA bridge with the
DDMA, PC/PCI DMA and Serial IRQ capability, the ACPI/Legacy PMU, the
Data Acquisition Interface, the Universal Serial Bus host/hub
interface, and the ISA bus interface which contains the ISA bus
controller, the DMA controllers, the interrupt controllers, the Timers
and the Real Time Clock (RTC). It also integrates the Keyboard
Controller and PS/2 mouse interface that can support keyboard power on
function for users to power on system by entering the hot key or
password from keyboard. The built-in USB controller, which is fully
compliant to OHCI (Open Host Controller Interface), provides two USB
ports capable of running full/low speed USB devices. The Data
Acquisition Interface offers the ability of monitoring and reporting
the environmental condition of the PC. It could monitor 5 positive
analog voltage inputs, 2 Fan speed inputs, and one temperature input.
In addition, SiS5595 also supports ACPI function to meet Advanced
Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) 1.0 specification for Windows
98 environment, it can support power-management timer, Power button,
Real-time clock alarm wake up, more sleeping state, ACPI LED for
sleeping and working state, LAN wake up, Modem Ring In wake up, and
OnNow initiative function.
***Configurations:...
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**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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**Support chips:
**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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