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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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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

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*VIA...
**VT82C486/2/3 "GMC chipset"            [no datasheet, some info]    ?
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***Info:
8) The VIA GMC chipset  (VIA:  1106/4358) (5/18/96)
  --------------------

This  chipset  includes  the  VIA VT82C486A-F  with  a  built-in  8042
keyboard controller and  a VIA VT82C505-D chipset for the  VESA to PCI
bridge.  Specifically, the chips are as follows:

82C486A - cache/memory controller + VLB to ISA bridge
82C482 - VLB to ISA bridge (why there are two I'm not sure)
82C483 - DRAM controller
VT82C505 PCI to VLB bridge

A board using this chipset has been unstable (even under DOS/Win), and
did not work  with an Adaptec 2940 SCSI controller  under OS/2 at all.
Boards based  on this chipset  are therefore  to be avoided.   I have,
however, had  one report of success  from someone using revision  G of
this chipset, so it could be that the new revision fixes problems with
older  rev's.  Designers  with  whom I've  corresponded indicate  that
improperly designed  boards which use  this chipset may  have unstable
caches.  In  addition, the  cache controller reads  the data  into the
cache SRAMs first, then into  the CPU, increasing latency and reducing
throughput.

***Configurations:...
**VT82C495/480 "Venus" Chip Set                    [no datasheet]    ?
**VT82C495/491 ? EISA Chip Set          [no datasheet, some info]  <93...
**VT82C496G    Pluto, Green PC 80486 PCI/VL/ISA System       <05/30/94...
**VT82C530MV   3.3V Pentium chipset [no datasheet, some info]<05/30/94...
**VT82C570M    Apollo Master, Green Pentium/P54C             <06/22/95...
**VT82C580VP   Apollo VP,  Pentium/M1/K5 PCI/ISA System      <02/15/96...
**VT82C580VPX  Apollo VPX, VPX/97, Pentium with 66/75MHz Bus <01/09/97...
**VT82C590     Apollo VP2, VP2/97, Single-Chip Pentium 66MHz <01/10/97...
**VT82C597/AT  Apollo VP3, Single-Chip for Pentium with AGP  <10/03/97...
**VT82C598MVP  Apollo MVP3,Single-Chip 66/75/83/100MHz & AGP <09/22/97...
**VT8501       Apollo MVP4,Single-Chip 66-100MHz & AGP       <11/04/98...
**VT82C680     Apollo P6, Pentium-Pro Chip Set               <08/30/96...
**Support chips:
**VT82C505     Pentium/486 VL to PCI Bridge                  <05/30/94...
**VT82C586/A/B PCI Integrated Peripheral Controller          <10/13/96...
**VT82C596/A   Mobile PCI Integrated Peripheral Controller   <11/05/97...
**VT82C686A/B  PCI Super-I/O Integrated Peripheral Ctrl.     <02/10/98...
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