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**Intro:
The information  contained within this  file should not  be considered
100%  correct.   Where  possible   information  has  been  taken  from
datasheets, however  even this info  may be incorrect.  The datasheets
state what  the chip should  do, not what  they actually do.  This is,
compounded further by different revisions of chips.

This  document will  never be  complete, and  I have  no intention  of
finding every  datasheet for  every chip  set. Some  of the  chip sets
listed are  from later systems  in the PIII/P4/Athlon era.   There are
many websites  with information on  these chip sets and  these entries
will likely not be expanded upon.  The focus of this document is early
PC/XT to  Pentium chip sets.  There are  few sites that  clearly illu-
strate this information, and how they relate to each other.

I  aim  to  prioritize   cataloging  significant,  rare  or  otherwise
interesting chip sets.

BTW the reason I wrote all of this down, is so that I could FORGET it.
Basically I needed to free  up some RAM.  I've  a head full  of arcane
snippets of  information on this subject.   I don't want to  end up  a
crazy old man  ranting random disjointed information  ("The C&T CS8220
came before the CS8221 you KNOW!") to disinterested passersby,  unable
to see how senile I've become. A side benefit, this might be useful to
someone else:-)

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**Why this document is not GPL or a wiki...
**Definition of a chip set:...
**'chip set', 'chip-set' or 'chipset'?...
**What's not included:...
**Who made the first chip set?...
**Spelling errors/mistyped words...
**Info needed on:...
**A note on VESA support of 486 chipsets....
**Datasheets:...
*_IBM...
*ACC Micro...
*ALD...
*ALi...
*AMD . . . . . . . [no datasheets, some info]...
*Chips & Technologies...
*Contaq  . . . . . [no datasheets, some info]...
*Efar Microsystems [no datasheets, some info]...
*ETEQ...
*Faraday...
*Forex . . . . . . [List only, no datasheets found]...
*Intel...
**82395SX     Smart Cache                                     12/17/90
***Notes:...
**82396SX     Smart Cache                                     12/17/90
***Notes:...
***Info:...
***Versions:...
***Features:...
**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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**Later chipsets (basic spec):
**440 series:...
**450NX  (?)            06/29/98:...
**?????  (Profusion)    c:99...
**800 series...
*Headland/G2...
*HMC (Hulon Microelectronics)...
*Logicstar...
*Motorola...
*OPTi...
*PC CHIPS/Amptron/Atrend/ECS/Elpina/etc...
*SIS...
*Symphony...
*TI (Texas Instruments)...
*UMC...
**Other chips:
***Video:...
***Disk:

UM8272A/A-4   Floppy Disk Controller 4, 8 MHz Versions
UM82C776      ISA bridge
UM82C865F     Super I/O (May be compatible with SMC37C665GT)
UM82C862      ISA IDE controller
UM82C863F     VLB IDE controller
UM82C871F     VLB IDE controller 1 port
UM83C001      Hard Disk Controller For PC/XT H.D.C
UM83C002      RAM Buffer Controller
UM83C003      Hard Disk Controller Interface For PC/XT MFM H.D.C.
UM83C004      Hard Disk Controller Interface For PC/XT MFM/RLL H.D.C.
UM83C021      Hard Disk Controller For PC/AT H.D.C.
UM83C022      AT HDC Interface For PC/AT H.D.C.
UM8326/B      Floppy Disk Data Separator (FDDS) 4, 8 MHz Versions
UM8329/T/B/BT Floppy Disk Controller
UM8388        Single-Chip Floppy Disk Controller Special Design For IBM PC
UM8397        Single-Chip Floppy Disk Controller Design For IBM PC XT
UM8398        Single-Chip Floppy Disk Controller Special Design For IBM PC
UM8660        Super I/O?
UM8670        Super I/O
UM8672        EIDE controller VLB 2 ports
UM8672F       VLB IDE controller, LBA support
UM8673F       PCI EIDE controller
UM9228-1      Floppy Disk Controller

***Peripheral:...
***Other:...
*Unresearched:...
*VIA...
*VLSI...
*Western Digital...
*Winbond...
*ZyMOS...
*General Sources:...