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**82430FX     PCIset (Pentium) FX (Triton I) (82437FX/82438FX)01/31/95
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***Features:
o   Supports all 3V Pentium Processors
o   Integrated Second Level Cache Controller
    - Direct Mapped Organization
    - Write-Back Cache Policy
    - Cacheless, 256-Kbyte, and 512-Kbyte
    - Standard Burst and Pipelined Burst SRAMs
    - Cache Hit Read/Write Cycle Timings at 3-1-1-1 with Burst or 
      Pipelined
      Burst SRAMs
    - Back-to-Back Read Cycles at 3-1-1-1-1-1-1-1 with Burst or 
      Pipelined Burst SRAMs
    - Integrated Tag/Valid Status Bits for Cost Savings and Performance
    - Supports 5V SRAMs for Tag Address
o   Integrated DRAM Controller
    - 64-Bit Data Path to Memory
    - 4 Mbytes to 128 Mbytes Main Memory
    - EDO/Hyper Page Mode DRAM (x-2-2-2 Reads) or Standard Page Mode 
      DRAMs
    - 5 RAS Lines
    - 4 Qword Deep Buffer for 3-1-1-1 Posted Write Cycles
    - Symmetrical and Asymmetrical DRAMs
    - 3V or 5V DRAMs
o   EDO DRAM Support
    - Highest Performance with Burst or Pipelined Burst SRAMs
    - Superior Cacheless Designs
o   Fully Synchronous 25/30/33 MHz PCI Bus interface
    - 100 MB/s instant Access Enables Native Signal Processing (NSP) on
      Pentium Processors
    - Synchronized CPU-to-PCI Interface for High Performance Graphics
    - PCI Bus Arbiter: PIIX and Four PCI Bus Masters Supported
    - CPU-to-PCI Memory Write Posting with 4 Dword Deep Buffers
    - Converts Back-to-Back Sequential CPU to PCI Memory Writes to PCI
      Burst Writes
    - PCI-to-DRAM Posting of 12 Dwords
    - PCI-to-DRAM up to 120 Mbytes/Sec Bandwidth Utilizing Snoop Ahead
      Feature
o   NAND Tree for Board-Level ATE Testing
o   208 Pin OFP for the 82437FX System Controller (TSC); 100 Pin-QFP 
    for Each 82438FX Data Path (TDP)
o   Supported Kits
    - 82437FX ISA Kit (TSC, TDPs, PIIX)

**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...
**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
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**82498/493   Cache Controller / Cache RAM (for P54 Pentium)    <Nov94...
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**450NX  (?)            06/29/98:...
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