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**82395SX     Smart Cache                                     12/17/90
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**82396SX     Smart Cache                                     12/17/90...
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**82495DX/490DX DX CPU-Cache Chip Set                           <Sep91...
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**85C496/497     486-VIP 486 Green PC VESA/ISA/PCI Chipset         <95
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***Features:
o   Host Bus
    - Supports Intel 486, P24D, P24T, DX4, SL
    - Enhanced 486, AMD 486, Enhanced Am486, and Cyrix M7/Cx 5x86
      in 25/33/40/50 Mhz, 5V CPU.
o   VESA Bus Slave
    - Supports VESA Bus Specification Rev. 2.0p with Local Device 
      Target only.
o   PCI Local Bus
    - Supports PCI Bus Specification Rev. 2.0 with up to 4 PCI Masters
    - Implements 3 Level Post Write Buffer for CPU write PCI Target 
      Memory Cycle.
    - Supports Back to Back Single Memory Write to PCI Burst Write.
    - Supports PCI Interrupt Steering with Four PIRQ Inputs.
    - Supports PCI Master Burst Accesses On-Board Memory Up to 64 
      Double Word Long.
    - Supports Concurrency PCI Bus.
    - Snoop  Filter  and  Advanced  Snooping  for  Reducing CPU Snoops 
      During Sequential PCI Master Accesses On-Board Memory Cycles.
    - Supports PCI Bus PCI to PCI Bridge.
o   Supports L1 Cache Write Back CPU (P24T/P24D/M7/Enhanced Am486) 
    systems
o   Supports Cx 5x86 Linear Burst Order Mode.
o   L2 Cache Controller
    - Write-Back or Write-Through Schemes
    - Bank Interleave/Non-Interleave Cache Access
    - Cache Size: 64K/128K/256K/512K/1MB
    - 8 bit or 7 bit Tag (Combined Tag and Dirty SRAM) with  
      Direct-Mapped cache organization.
    - Optional Separate Dirty SRAM.
o   DRAM Controller
    - Supports 8 Banks Non-Interleaved Access for Single and Double 
      Sided SIMMs up to 255 MBytes.
    - Supports DRAM CAS Before RAS Refresh.
    - Supports "Table-Free" DRAM configuration.
    - Programmable driving current for the DRAM signals.
    - Supports Symmetrical and Asymmetrical DRAMs.
    - Supports 256K/512K/1M/2M/4M/8M/16M/32M xN Fast Page Mode and 
      EDO DRAM.
o   Built-In Local Bus IDE Interface
    - Supports Data Conversion for the Double Word Accessing
    - Supports Symmetry Configuration for Channel 1 and Channel  
      0,  PIO  Mode  IDE  Hard Disks.
    - Supports Mode 3 and above Timing.
    - Supports Individual Drive Timing Setting for Optimal Performance
    - Supports Posted Write Buffers and Pre-fetch Buffer.
    - Supports Primary IDE or Secondary IDE Addressing (1Fx/17x)
o   Fast-Slow Link Interface
    - Linkage to ISA Bridge by FS-Link Interface.
    - Fast Access to BIOS, ISA Memory Holes, and Interrupt Acknowledge 
      Cycle by FS-Link.
    - Two Programmable Non-Cacheable Regions 
    - Two Programmable PCI Memory Holes and One Programmable ISA 
      Memory Holes.
o   208-Pin PQFP
o   0.6um Low Power CMOS Technology

**85C501/502/503 Pentium/P54C PCI/ISA Chipset                <01/09/95...
**5101/5102/5103 Pentium/P54C PCI/ISA Chipset                <04/02/95...
**5120           Pentium PCI/ISA Chipset (Mobile)            <01/28/97...
**5501/5502/5503 Pentium/P54C PCI/ISA Chipset                <04/02/95...
**5511/5512/5513 Pentium PCI/ISA                             <06/14/95...
**5571           (Trinity) Pentium PCI/ISA Chipset (75MHz)   <12/09/96...
**5581/5582      (Jessie)  Pentium PCI/ISA Chipset (75MHz)   <04/15/97...
**5591/5592/5595 (David)   Pentium PCI A.G.P. Chipset        <01/09/98...
**5596/5513      (Genesis) Pentium PCI Chipset               <03/26/96...
**5597/5598      (Jedi)    Pentium PCI/ISA Chipset           <04/15/97...
**530/5595       (Sinbad) Host, PCI, 3D Graphics & Mem. Ctrl.<11/10/98...
**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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