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**82420TX/ZX PCIset (for 486) TX (Saturn), ZX (Saturn II) c:Nov92
***Notes:
Date source: 82420 (nov92).pdf
Originally known as the 82420 chipset
Information taken from: 82420 (nov92).pdf
82420_PCIset_ISA_and_EISA_Bridges_Mar93.pdf
Intel_Peripheral_Components_1994.pdf*
82424ZX (nov94).pdf, 82420 (nov94).pdf
(Errata:1) http://support.intel.com/support/chipsets/420/8510.htm**
(Errata:2) http://support.intel.com/support/chipsets/420/8511.htm**
(Errata:3) http://support.intel.com/support/chipsets/420/8512.htm**
(Errata:4) http://support.intel.com/support/chipsets/420/8513.htm**
(Errata:5) http://support.intel.com/support/chipsets/420/apptech.htm**
>* General 82420 datasheet, 82423 and 82424 all dated Oct'93.
>** see archived sources at the end of this section
Differences:
Nov'92 to Mar'93:
The Mar'93 datasheet (Both only include the general section) has a
completely restructured Info and Features section. The main func-
tional difference is that in the Nov'92, no PCI-EISA bridge version
is available. The Mar'93 is the earliest datasheet found that
mentions the 82374/82375 EISA components.
Mar'93 to Oct'93:
The Mar'93 datasheet refers to the 82424TX component directly, the
Oct'93 to just 82424. Same with 82423TX and 82423. This is due to
the datasheet specifying both the TX and ZX variants of both chips.
A similar thing occurs with the 82378IB and 82378. In Oct'93 there
were IB and ZB variants. Other differences are shown in the text.
The Mar'93 source only includes the general section. In Oct'93, both
datasheets found for the specific chips are only short 1-2 pages
long.
In Errata:1, more specifics are given, that partially contradict the
Oct'93 datasheet. Dated Aug'93 the following differences are given:
"
82424TX * Name change from 82424TX to 82424ZX
Changes: * ZX eliminates all known TX errata
* Features/Enhancements include: Extra RAS line supports
additional memory, Optional memory locations for SMM,
external work-around logic for TX eliminated
Timing:
We anticipate production shipments...in October 1993 for the
82424ZX. "
Errata:2 gives further details. The document itself is undated, but
Errata:1 is hyperlinked to it. Its text is quoted in the Versions
section. Errata:3 & 4 go into further detail.
All Errata documents contradict the Oct'93 datasheet, by making no
mention of the 82423ZX variant.
Oct'93 to Nov'94:
In the Nov'94 datasheet specific variants are now referred to again.
All references to 82424 are replaced with 82424ZX, 82378 replaced
with 82378ZB. The 82423 is replaced with 82423TX again. It appears
the 82423ZX variant either no longer exists, or the Oct'93 datasheet
refers to a chip that was planned, but never introduced. As the
Oct'93 datasheet for the 82423 specific chip is only a part data-
sheet (1-2 pages), it has been impossible to determine what the
differences are between the ZX and TX variants, or even if the ZX
variant actually existed. It simply states there are differences.
The specific datasheet for the 82424 now only refers to the ZX
variant. the ZX-50 variant is not mentioned. Other changes between
the datasheets are shown in the text.
Errata:5 contains links to additional information, some related to
this chipset.
Archived sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20000816013859/http://support.intel.com/support/chipsets/420/8510.htm
http://web.archive.org/web/20000816013854/http://support.intel.com/support/chipsets/420/8511.htm
http://web.archive.org/web/20000818162626/http://support.intel.com/support/chipsets/420/8512.htm
http://web.archive.org/web/20000818162634/http://support.intel.com/support/chipsets/420/8513.htm
http://web.archive.org/web/19990421055226/http://support.intel.com/support/chipsets/420/apptech.htm
***Info:...
***Versions:...
***Configurations:...
***Features:...
**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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**530/5595 (Sinbad) Host, PCI, 3D Graphics & Mem. Ctrl.<11/10/98
***Info:...
***Configurations:...
***Features:
o Supports Intel/AMD/Cyrix/IDT Pentium CPU Host Bus at
66/75/83/95/100 MHz and 2.5/3.3V Bus Interface
− Supports the Pipelined Address of Pentium compatible CPU
− Supports the Linear Address Mode of Cyrix CPU
− 100/100, 95/95, 83/83, 75/75 and 66/66 MHz Synchronous
Host/DRAM clocking configuration
− 100/75, 95/75, 83/66, 66/100 and 66/83 MHz Asynchronous
Host/DRAM clocking configuration
− Supports Host Bus operation for integrated 3D VGA Controller
o Meets PC99 Requirements
o Supports PCI Revision 2.2 Specification
o Integrated Super AGP VGA for Hardware 2D/3D Video/Graphics
Accelerators
− Supports tightly coupled 64 bits 100MHz host interface to VGA
to speed up GUI performance and the video playback frame rate
− Built-in programmable 24-bit true-color RAMDAC up to 230 MHz
pixel clock
− Built-in reference voltage generator and monitor sense circuit
− Supports loadable RAMDAC for gamma correction in high color
and true color modes
− Built-in dual-clock generator
− Supports Multiple Adapters and Multiple Monitors
− Built-in PCI multimedia interface
− Flexible design for shared frame buffer or local frame buffer
architecture
− Shared System Memory Area 2MB, 4MB and 8MB
− Supports SDRAM and SGRAM local frame buffer and memory size up
to 8 MB
− Supports Digital Flat Panel Port for Digital Monitor (LCD Panel)
− Supports DVD H/W Accelerator
o Integrated Second Level ( L2 ) Cache Controller
− Write Back Cache Mode
− Direct Mapped Cache Organization
− Supports Pipelined Burst SRAM
− Supports 256K/512K/1M/2M Bytes Cache Sizes
− Cache Hit Read/Write Cycle of 3-1-1-1
− Cache Back-to-Back Read Cycle of 3-1-1-1-1-1-1-1
− Supports Single Read Allocation for L2 Cache
− Supports Concurrency of CPU to L2 cache and Integrated A.G.P.
VGA master to DRAM accesses
o Integrated DRAM Controller
− Supports up to 3 double sided DIMMs (6 rows memory)
− Supports 8Mbytes to 1.5 GBytes of main memory
− Supports Cacheable DRAM Sizes up to 256 MBytes
− Supports 1M/2M/4M/8M/16M/32M x N for 2-bank or 4-bank SDRAM
− Supports 3.3V DRAM
− Supports Concurrent Write Back
− Supports CAS before RAS Refresh, Self Refresh
− Supports Relocation of System Management Memory
− Programmable CS#, DQM#, SRAS#, SCAS#, RAMWE# and MA Driving
Current
− Option to Disable Local Memory in Non-cacheable Regions
− Entries GART cache to Minimize the Number of Memory Bus Cycles
Required for Accessing Graphical Texture Memory
− Programmable Counters to Ensure Guaranteed Minimum Access Time
for Integrated A.G.P. VGA, CPU, and PCI accesses
− Two Programmable Non-cacheable Regions
− Supports X-1-1-1/X-2-2-2 Burst Write Cycles
− Fully Configurable for the Characteristic of Shadow RAM (640
KBytes to 1 MBytes)
− Shadow RAM in Increments of 16 KBytes Built-in 8 Way
Associative/16
− Supports SDRAM 7/8-1-1-1 Burst Read Cycles
o Provides High Performance PCI Arbiter
− Supports up to 4 PCI Masters
− Supports Rotating Priority Mechanism
- Hidden Arbitration Scheme Minimizes Arbitration Overhead
- Supports Concurrency between CPU to Memory and PCI to PCI
- Supports Concurrency between CPU to 33Mhz PCI Access and 33Mhz
PCI to integrated A.G.P. VGA Access
- Programmable Timers Ensure Guaranteed Minimum Access Time for
PCI Bus Masters, and CPU
o PCI Bus Interface
- Supports 32-bit PCI local bus standard Revision 2.2 compliant
- Integrated write-once subsystem vendor ID configuration register
- Supports zero wait-state memory mapped I/O burst write
- Integrated 2 stages PCI post-write buffer to enhance frame
buffer write performance
- Integrated 256 bits read cache to enhance frame buffer read
performance
- Supports full 16-bit re-locatable VGA I/O address decoding
o Integrated Host-to-PCI Bridge
- Supports Asynchronous PCI Clock
- Translates the CPU Cycles into the PCI Bus Cycles
- Zero Wait State Burst Cycles
- Supports Pipelined Process in CPU-to-PCI Access
- Maximum PCI Burst Transfer from 256 Bytes to 4 Kbytes
- Supports Memory Remapping Function for PCI master accessing
Graphical Window
o Integrated A.G.P. Compliant Target/66Mhz Host-to-PCI Bridge
- Supports Graphic Window Size from 4MBytes to 256MBytes
- Supports Pipelined Process in CPU-to-Integrated 3D A.G.P.
VGA Access
- Supports 8 Way, 16 Entries Page Table Cache for GART to enhance
Integrated A.G.P. VGA Controller Read/Write Performance
- Supports PCI-to-PCI bridge function for memory write from 33Mhz
PCI bus to Integrated A.G.P. VGA
o Integrated Posted Write Buffers and Read Prefetch Buffers to
Increase System Performance
- CPU-to-Memory Posted Write Buffer (CTMFF) with 12QW Deep, Always
Sustains 0 Wait Performance on CPU-to-Memory
- CPU-to-Memory Read Buffer with 4 QW Deep
- CPU-to-PCI Posted Write Buffer with 2 QW Deep
- PCI-to-Memory Posted Write Buffer with 8 QW Deep, Always
Streams 0 Wait Performance on PCI-to/from-Memory Access
- PCI-to-Memory Read Prefetch Buffer with 8 QW Deep
- CPU-to-VGA Posted Write Buffer with 4 QW Deep
o Fast PCI IDE Master/Slave Controller
- Bus Master Programming Interface for Windows 98 Compliant
Controller
- Plug and Play Compatible
- Supports Scatter and Gather
- Supports Dual Mode Operation - Native Mode and Compatibility
Mode
- Supports IDE PIO Timing Mode 0, 1, 2 ,3 and 4
- Supports Multiword DMA Mode 0, 1, 2
- Supports Ultra DMA 33/66
- Two Separate IDE Bus
- Two 16 DW FIFO for PCI Burst Transfers.
o Supports NAND Tree for Ball Connectivity Testing
o 576-Balls BGA Package
o 3.3V Core with mixed 2.5V, 3.3V and 5V I/O CMOS Technology
**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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**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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