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section titled "Info:" or "Features:" is a quote from a datasheet
unless otherwised stated in that section. In these sections anything
inside [] is an annotation and not part of the datasheet unless
otherwise stated in that section.
Under any other section, the text is my own unless indicated with "".
Also this document does not contain the entire datasheet for each
chip, usually only the first few pages are included to give an outline
of it. Some datasheets are 100s of pages other are only 1.
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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
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**82C822 PCIB (VLB-to-PCI bridge) c:94
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***Info:
OPTi's 82C822 VESA local bus to PCI Bridge (PCIB) chip is a high
integration 208-pin PQFP device designed to work with VESA VL bus
compatible core logic chipsets. The 82C822 PCIB provides interface to
the high performance PCI bus and is fully compliant to the PCI Version
2.0 specification. The 82C822 requires no glue logic to implement the
PCI bus interface and hence it allows designers to have a highly
integrated motherboard with both VESA local bus and PCI local bus
support. The PCIB chip offers premium performance and flexibility for
VESA VL-based desktop systems running up to 50MHz. The 82C822 PCIB can
be used with OPTi's 82C802G core logic and 82C602 buffer chipsets to
build a low cost and power efficient 486-based desktop solution. It
also works with OPTi 82C546/547 chipset to build a high performance
PCI/VL solution based on the Intel P54C processor.
The 82C822 PCIB provides all of the control, address and data paths to
access the PCI bus from the VESA Local bus (VL bus). The 82C822
provides a complete solution including data buffering, latching,
steering, arbitration, DMA and master functions between the 32-bit VL
bus and the 32-bit PCI bus.
The PCIB works seamlessly with the motherboard chipset bus arbiter to
handle all requests of the host CPU and PCI bus masters, DMA masters,
I/O relocation and refresh. Extensive register and timer support are
designed into the 82C822 to implement the PCI specification.
The 82C822 is a true VESA to PCI bridge. It has the highest priority
on CPU accesses after cache and system memory. It generates LDEV#
automatically and then compares the addresses with its internal
registers to determine whether the current cycle is a PCI cycle. When
a cycle is identified as PCI cycle, the 82C822 will take over the
cycle and then return RDY# to the CPU. If not, the 82C822 will give up
the cycle to the local device or, in the case of an ISA slave,
generate a BOFF# cycle to the CPU. This action will abort the cycle
and allow the CPU to rerun the cycle.
The 82C822 includes registers to determine shadow memory space, hole
locations and sizes to allow the 82C822 to determine which memory
space should be local and which is located on the ISA bus. Upon access
to memory, the 82C822 can determine whether or not the cycle is a PCI
access by comparing the cycle with its internal registers.
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