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**M????          Genie, Quad Pentium  [no datasheet, some info]    c95
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**M1451/49       Aladdin    (Pentium) [no datasheet]                 ?...
**M1511/12/13    Aladdin II (Pentium) [no datasheet, some info] >Apr95...
**M1521/23       Aladdin III       50-66MHz                     <Nov96...
**M1531/33/43    Aladdin IV & IV+  50-83.3MHz                <05/28/97...
**M1541/42/33/43 Aladdin V & V+    50-100MHz                         ?...
**M1561/43/35D   Aladdin 7 ArtX    [no datasheet, some info]  11/08/99...
**M6117          386SX Single Chip PC                              <97...
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**Support Chips:
**M1535/D        South Bridge                                        ?
***Info:
The  M1535  provides the  highest  integration  south bridge  solution
between PCI bus and Peripheral buses for personal computer systems. It
includes audio, high-speed modem, Super  I/O and Fast IR integrated in
to  one chip to  complement any  one of  ALi’s North  Bridge solutions
namely M1541, M1621 and M1631.

The  M1535 is  PCI spec.   2.2 compliant.   It provides  steerable PCI
Interrupts for PCI device Plug-and-Play, it has up to 8 PCI interrupts
routing, it  has level to edge  trigger transfer. It  has enhanced DMA
controller.  It  provides 14 interrupt channels  as Interrupt Control-
ler.  It provides 8254 Compatible timers for system timer, Refresh Re-
quest,  Speaker  Output  use.  It  has  7  DMA  channels that  can  be
arbitrarily programmed as distributed  channels.  It provides 1 PC/PCI
DMA channel interface.  It supports serialized IRQ in quiet/continuous
mode.  It  supports Plug-and-Play.  It  has built-in PS2  Keyboard and
mouse controller.  It provides hot plugging events detection.

The M1535 also provides the  best power management solution. The M1535
integrates  ACPI   support,  deep  green   function,  2-channel  Ultra
DMA-33/66  IDE bus  master  controller, 4-port  USB controller,  SMBus
controller,  Super  I/O, audio  system  and  software  modem into  one
27mmx27mm BGA  (Ball Grid Array)  chip. 

Further  more, the  M1535  is  designed to  meet  the requirements  of
desktop, mobile PCs.

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**May not exist:...
**Later Chipsets:...
**Other:...
*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...
**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)...
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*PC CHIPS/Amptron/Atrend/ECS/Elpina/etc...
**Notes:
You eventually get  to know when a  board is made by PC  Chips just by
looking at it.
 
Here is a test:
1.  No manufacture name, or one of the above.
2.  If the board has a lots of components that sound like a well known 
    part but aren't the well known part. i.e. 'HX Pro' instead of 
    '430HX'
3a. A really good feature set where you think, that's exactly what I'm 
    looking for.
 b. The features don't really work as intended. 
4.  The price is fantastic.
5.  Its disappointing on closer examination.

PC Chips is  renowned for making crap products. Some  are actually not
too bad, they're no worse than  your average brand. However some are a
nightmare either by design or  just poorly made. Fake components glued
on is not  uncommon. Fake labels over other components.  PCB's so thin
they require low insertion force ISA connectors, every trick to save a
few $.

**Early Chipsets:...
**Later Chipsets:...
*SIS...
*Symphony...
*TI (Texas Instruments)...
*UMC...
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