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**82350DT     EISA Chip Set                                   04/22/91
***Notes:...
***Info:
****General:...
****82351   Local I/O EISA Support Peripheral (LIO.E)...
****82352DT EISA Bus Buffer (EBB)...
****82353   Advanced Data Path Device...
****82357   Integrated System Peripheral (ISP)...
****82358DT EISA Bus Controller...
****82359   DRAM Controller...
****82355   Bus Master Interface Controller (BMIC)
The  82355  Bus  Master   Interface  Controller  (BMIC)  is  a  highly
integrated  Bus Master  designed for  use  in 32-Bit  EISA Bus  Master
expansion board  designs and supports all of  the enhancements defined
in the EISA specifications  required for EISA bus master applications.
The  BMIC provides  a  simple, yet,  powerful  and flexible  interface
between the  functions on the expansion  board and the  EISA bus. With
the  help of  external  buffer  devices, the  BMIC  provides all  EISA
control, address, and data signals  necessary to interface to the EISA
bus.

The primary function  of the 82355 is to support  16- and 32-bit burst
data transfers between  functions on the EISA expansion  board and the
EISA bus.   Data transfer rates of  up to 33  Mbytes/sec are supported
(the fastest transfer  rate available on an EISA  bus).  The following
logic on the BMIC supports efficient burst transfers:

o Arbitration logic, for gaining control of the EISA bus
o Two transfer-address and byte counters
o Two data FIFOs, which allow expansion board and EISA bus timing to 
  operate asynchronously
o Data shifters, which align data to specific byte boundaries
o A transfer buffer interface, for the data transfers on the expansion 
  board
o General-purpose command and status interface logic
o Local processor interface, to allow programming by an on-board 
  processor
o EISA slave interface, to allow communication with the EISA system

The BMIC greatly simplifies the  design of EISA expansion boards, With
the 82355,  a board  can be implemented  with simple logic  similar to
that used  in traditional ISA  DMA designs.  The EISA  standard allows
designs  with 32-bit  data  and address  buses,  burst transfers,  and
automatic handling of the full EISA bus master protocol.

To maximize system throughput, the 82355 BMIC incorporates three fully
concurrent interfaces: EISA  interface, Transfer Buffer Interface, and
Local  Processor  interface.   The  EISA  interface  incorporates  two
24-byte FIFOs,  and implements the  full EISA protocol.   The Transfer
Buffer interface is  optimized for high speed static  RAM buffers, and
can  operate at a  maximum frequency  of 20  MHz. The  Local Processor
interface  supports a generic  slave interface,  and allows  the local
processor to  fully program the BMIC for  operation.  Local processors
are  supported with  the  ability to  access  individual locations  in
system  memory or  I/O space;  this peek-and-poke  feature  allows the
expansion  board  to communicate  easily  with  other  devices in  the
system.   All  three   interfaces  can  operate  simultaneously,  thus
maximizing overall system performance.

Address-generation support  for the data transfer buffer  logic on the
expansion  board  is  provided  onchip.   The transfer  logic  on  the
expansion board can use  a high-speed asynchronous transfer clock. The
BMIC handles all synchronization with the EISA bus.  A FIFO within the
BMIC eliminates  performance degradation on burst  transfers caused by
synchronization  delays.  The  BMIC also  provides a  set  of program-
mable  address comparators  that drive  external chip  selects  on the
expansion  board  to assist  local  devices  in  decoding I/O  address
ranges.


***Configurations:...
***Features:...
**82420TX/ZX  PCIset (for 486) TX (Saturn), ZX (Saturn II)     c:Nov92...
**82420EX     PCIset (for 486) EX (Aries)   (82425EX/82426EX)   <Dec94...
**82430LX     PCIset (Pentium) LX (Mercury) (82433LX/82434LX) 03/22/93...
**82430NX     PCIset (Pentium) NX (Neptune) (82433NX/82434NX)    Mar94...
**82430FX     PCIset (Pentium) FX (Triton I) (82437FX/82438FX)01/31/95...
**82430MX     PCIset (Pentium) MX (Mobile Triton)(82437/438MX)11/01/95...
**82430HX     PCIset (Pentium) HX (Triton II) (82439HX)       02/12/96...
**82430VX     PCIset (Pentium) VX (Triton II) (82437VX/82438) 02/12/96...
**82430TX     PCIset (Pentium) TX (Triton II) (82439TX)       02/17/97...
**82450KX/GX  PCIset (Pentium Pro) KX/GX (Mars/Orion)         11/01/95...
**
**Support Chips:
**82091AA     Advanced Interface Peripheral (AIP)                  c93...
**8289        Bus Arbiter (808x)                                   c79...
**82289       Bus Arbiter for iAPX 286 Processor Family            c83...
**82258       Advanced Direct Memory Access Coprocessor(ADMA) 01/01/84...
**82335       High-Integration Interface Device For 386SX      c:Nov88...
**82360SL     I/O Subsystem                                   10/05/90...
**82370       Integrated System Peripheral (for 82376)         c:Oct88...
**82371FB/SB  PCI ISA IDE Xcelerator 82371FB/82371SB (PIIX/3) 01/31/95...
**82371MX     Mobile PCI I/O IDE Xcelerator (MPIIX)           11/01/95...
**82371AB     PCI-TO-ISA / IDE Xcelerator 82371AB (PIIX4)     02/17/97...
**82374/82375 PCI-EISA Bridge (82374EB/82375EB, 374SB/375SB)   c:Mar93...
**82378       System I/O (SIO) (82378IB and 82378ZB)           c:Mar93...
**82379AB     System I/O-APIC (SIO.A)                           <Dec94...
**82380       32-bit DMA Controller w/ Integrated Peripherals 02/01/87...
**82380FB/AB  PCIset: 82380FB Mobile PCI-to-PCI Bridge(MPCI2) 02/17/97...
**82384       Clock Generator and Reset Interface                  c86...
**82385       32-bit Cache Controller for 80386               09/29/87...
**82385SX     32-bit Cache Controller for 80386SX             01/25/89...
**82395DX     High Performance Smart Cache                    06/18/90...
**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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