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**Who made the first chip set?
By the criteria of (2.) in 'Definition of a chip set' many sources
state this to be the Chips and Technologies NEAT chip set. I don't
know why this is stated as it is most definitely incorrect. The CS8221
NEW Enhanced AT (NEAT) chip set consisting of the chips;
82C211/82C212/82C215/82C206 was as far as I can establish, first
released sometime in 1986.
C&T itself have an earlier chip set called the CS8220 PC/AT compatible
Chip Set, and consists of the following chips; 82C201/82C202/
82A203/82A204/82A205. It was first available in OCT-85. (see:C&T>
CS8220>Notes for further info.)
That is, AFAIK, the first motherboard chip set from C&T and AFAIK the
worlds first chip set that meets the criteria of (2.). However C&T did
already have on the market their popular EGA chip set, but that isn't
a motherboard chip set.
By the criteria of (1.), IBM, or Intel, see IBM>PC/XT chip set.
Another pre-'86 chipset is the Faraday FE2010. The datasheet includes
a schematic on the very last page dated 11/22/85. This only indicates
the chip set was on paper at that date. An acutal release date has not
been found.
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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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**Later chipsets (basic spec):
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**450NX (?) 06/29/98:...
**????? (Profusion) c:99...
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**FE5400 CPU Core Logic for PS/2 Model 50/60 Compatibles c:87
***Notes:...
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***Configurations:
FE5000 Peripheral and Control
FE5010 DMA and Micro Channel Control logic
FE5020 Address and Data Buffer logic
FE5030 Memory Controller
The datasheet for the FE6000 states that it can also be used in this
chipset. Presumably the FE5000 was at some point replaced with the
FE6000. For details on the FE6000 see the FE6500 section. The
configuration should be as follows:
FE6000 Peripheral and Control (c:88)
FE5010 DMA and Micro Channel Control logic
FE5020 Address and Data Buffer logic
FE5030 Memory Controller
***Features:...
**FE6500 CPU Core Logic for PS/2 Model 70/80 Compatibles c:88...
**WD6400SX/LP CPU Core Logic for PS/2 386SX Compatibles <90...
**WD6500 CPU Core Logic for PS/2 386DX/486 Compatible <90...
**WD7600A/LP/LV System Chip Set for 80286 or 80386SX <11/25/91...
**WD7700/LP System Chip Set for 80286 or 80386SX (Cache) <11/25/91...
**WD7855 System controller for 80386SX <09/25/92...
**WD7900/LP/LV System Chip Set for 80286 or 80386SX (Cache) <11/25/91...
**WD8110 System controller for 80386DX/486 <11/30/93...
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**Support Chips:
**WD76C20x Floppy, RTC, IDE and Support Logic Device <11/25/91...
**WD76C30x Perip. Ctrl, Interrupt Multiplex, and Clock Gen <11/18/91...
**WD7615 Desktop Buffer Manager <04/15/92...
**WD7625 Desktop Buffer Manager <10/01/92...
**WD8120LV Super I/O [no datasheet] ?
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