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**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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**82C281/282     Cache Sx/AT         (386SX)                 <08/22/91
***Notes:...
***Info:...
***Configurations:...
***Features:
o   Flexible DRAM Banks Configuration
    - The 82C281/2 supports 256K, 1M, and 4M memory devices, total 
      main memory size can be up to 16MB. A total of 12 different 
      memory configurations are supported.
o   Page Mode Operation
    - Based on the memory configuration shown above [see datasheet], 
      the memory control unit inside the 820281/2 performs page mode 
      of operation with a varying block size of 1k, 2k, or 4k bytes 
      for 256k, 1M, or 4M DRAMs respectively.
o   System BIOS Shadow RAM
    - The 820281/2 memory control unit provides shadow RAM feature for 
      several areas of memory system BIOS, video BIOS, and adapter 
      BIOS.
o   Memory Remapping
    - If shadow RAM feature is not utilized for the memory area 
      between 0D0000H - 0EFFFFH, then memory remapping is possible. 
      The local DRAM areas, 0A0000H - 0BFFFFH and 0D0000H - 0EFFFFH, a 
      total of 256 KByte, are remapped to the top of total system 
      memory. The areas for 0F0000H-0FFFFFH (system BIOS) and 
      0C000H-0CFFFFH (Video BIOS) are reserved for shadow RAM purpose.
o   Flexible Multiplexed DRAM Address
o   Cache Control Subsystem
    - Direct-mapped posted write cache control function provides a low 
      cost alternative to enhance the system performance by up to 50%. 
      In order to simplify the design without increasing the system 
      cost or decreasing performance, the 82C281/2 has been designed 
      to support only non-pipeline mode for systems with cache memory.
      The 82C281/2 offers the following cache control features: 
      - Flexible  Cache Memory Size
        - 4MB Cacheabie main memory by using 16KB low cost SRAM.
        - 8MB Cacheable main memory by using 32KB low cost SRAM.
        - Cache 16MB main memory by using 64KB low cost SRAM.
        - Increase the cache size beyond 64KB up to 512KB
      - Cache Line Size 4 Byte
        - Burst mode memory prefetch is supported by the 82C281/2. 
          During cache read miss cycles, the memory control subsystem 
          will perform two consecutive read cycles to fetch 4 bytes 
          from main memory before terminating the cycle by sending 
          RDYO# signal to 3868X.
      - Non-Cacheable Area
        The non-cacheable areas are predefined as indicated below:
        - I/O address space
        - memory address between 0A0000H and 0FFFFFH.
        - any memory address beyond the current configured memory 
          size.
        - programmable non-cacheable memory area as defined by 
          82C281/2 internal registers.
      - 82C281 Posted Write Cache
        - The 820281 supports flexible direct-mapped cache with posted 
          write through update of main memory. By programming the 
          internal register, the post write control signals are 
          provided by the 820281 to support a one level write buffer. 
          With posted write, the CPU write cycles can be completed in 
          2 CPU T-States, thereby increasing system performance.
      - 820282 Write Through Cache
        - The 820282 supports a write-through cache system which 
          allows the designer to reduce system cost by eliminating two
          F244's and two F373‘s with only a slight reduction in system 
          performance (5-10%).
      - AT Bus Control
        - The 820281/2 AT bus control unit handles all of the AT bus 
          operations and the DMA/Refresh arbitration. The AT bus 
          control unit supports the following features:
          - Programmable AT Bus Clock - The AT bus clock, ATCLK. can 
            be programmed as CLK2/6, which is default, or CLK2/4.
          - Turbo Switch - The 820281/2 provides a turbo switch 
            feature that allows users to change the system clock
            speed. A programmable bit will enable or disable this 
            turbo function. When the turbo function is enabled by 
            setting reg[14H], bit[1] to 1, the 82C281/2 turbo pin 
            then determines the system clock speed. A low on the 
            turbo pin forces the CPU to run at the current AT bus 
            speed which IS CLK2/6 or CLK2/4.



**82C283         386SX System Controller                          c:91...
**82C291         SXWB PC/AT Chipset  (386SX)                      c:91...
**82C295         SLCWB PC/AT Chipset (386SX)                         ?...
**82C381/382     HiD/386             (386DX)                      c:89...
**82C391/392     386WB PC/AT Chipset (386DX)                    <Dec90...
**82C461/462     Notebook PC/AT chipset [no datasheet]               ?...
**82c463         SCNB Single Ship Notebook                        c:92...
**82c465MV/A/B   Single-Chip Mixed Voltage Notebook Solution    <Oct97...
**82C481?/482?   HiP/486 & HiB/486 [no datasheet]                Oct89...
**82C491/392     486WB PC/AT Chipset                         <04/21/91...
**82C493/392     486SXWB                                     <10/21/91...
**82C495SX/392SX LCWB PC/AT chipset [no datasheet]                   ?...
**82C495SLC      DXSLC 386/486 Low Cost Write Back                c:92...
**82C495XLC      PC/AT Chip Set                                   c:93...
**82c496A/B      DXBB PC/AT Chipset                             <Mar92...
**82C496/7       DXBB PC/AT Chipset (Cached)                 <01/16/92...
**82C498         DXWB PC/AT chipset [no datasheet]                   ?...
**82C499         DXSC DX System Controller                        c:93...
**82C546/547     Python PTM3V                                     c:94...
**82C556/7/8     Viper [no datasheet]                                ?...
**82C556/7/8N    Viper-N  Viper Notebook Chipset             <05/25/95...
**82C556M/7M/8E  Viper-N+ Viper Notebook Chipset                  c:96...
**82C566/7/8     Viper-Max Chipset Scalable MultiMedia PC Solution   ?...
**82C571/572     486/Pentium                                      c:93...
**82C576/7/8     Viper Xpress  [no datasheet]                        ?...
**82C576/8/9     Viper XPress+ [no datasheet, some info]     <01/16/97...
**82C596/597     PTMAWB Pentium Adaptive Write-back (Cobra)       c:93...
**82C650/1/2     Discovery (Pentium Pro) [no datasheet]              ?...
**82C681/2/6/7   386/486WB EISA                                   c:92...
**82C683         386/486AWB EISA [no datasheet]                      ?...
**82C693/6/7     Pentium uP Write Back Cache EISA                 c:93...
**82C700         FireStar                                         c:97...
**82C701         FireStar Plus                                    c:97...
**82C750         Vendetta      [no datasheet]                        ?...
**82c801         SCWB2 DX Single Chip Solution                    c:92...
**82C802         SCWB2 PC/AT Single Chip [no datasheet]              ?...
**82C802G/GP     System/Power Management Controller (cached)      c:93...
**82C895         System/Power Management Controller (cached)   c:Sep94...
**82C898         System/Power Management Controller (non-cache)c:Nov94...
**
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**82C601/2       Buffer Devices                                 <Nov94...
**82C822         PCIB (VLB-to-PCI bridge)                         c:94...
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http://www.plasma-online.de/index.html?content=http%3A//www.plasma-online.de/english/identify/picture/pcchips.html

Chipset name   | OEM of                    | used on mainboard
---------------+---------------------------+-----------------------------------------
HX Pro         | ALi M1521/M1523           |  
SX Pro         | SiS 530/5595              | M598
AGP Pro PC-100 | VIA VT82C598AT/VT82C596B  | M577
TX AGP Pro     | SiS 5591/5595/6326        |  
TX Two         | ALi M1531/M1543           | 
TX Pro         | ALi M1531/M1543           | M560, M575
TX Pro II      | SiS 5597/5598             | M571
TX Pro III     | VIA VT82C580VPX/VT82C586B | M573
TX Pro IV      | SiS 5591/5592             | M570
Top Gun        | ALi Aladdin IV+           | M565
VIA GRA        | VIA VT8501/VT82C596B      | M858LMR
VX Pro         | VIA VT82C580VP/VT82C586B  | 	 
VX Pro +       | VIA VT82C580VPX/VT82C586B | 	 
VX Pro II      | UTron / HiNT UT801X       |   		 
VX two         | VIA VT82C580VP/VT82C586B  | Amptron PM-8600A
VX two         | VIA VT82C580VPX/VT82C586B | Amptron PM-8600B
BXToo          | VIA Apollo Pro            | M760V, M761V
BXToo          | VIA VT82C693/VT82C686A    | M767V
BXPro          | SiS 600/5595              | M747
BXCel          | ALi M1621/M1543           | M726, M729
BXpert         | VIA VT82C691/VT82C596     |  
BXTel          | VIA Apollo Pro            | M730
Xcel 2000      | SiS 620/5595              | M741LMRT
Super TX       | SiS 5597/5598             | ASUS SP97-V, SP98-N, Jetway J-TX98R2
Super TX       | ALi M1531/M1543           | 
Super TX       | ALi M1541/M1543           | Biostar M5ALA, M5ALC, Pionex MBD-P5ABx
Super TX3      | SiS 5571                  | 	 
Super TX4 AGP  |                           | 	 
GFXcel         | SiS 630                   | 	 
GFXpro         | ALi M1631/M1535D          |  
T-Bird         | SiS730S                   | M810
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