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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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**A note on VESA support of 486 chipsets....
**Datasheets:...
*_IBM...
*ACC Micro...
*ALD...
*ALi...
*AMD . . . . . . . [no datasheets, some info]...
*Chips & Technologies...
**CS8227 CHIPSlite (82C235/82C641) ?
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***Info:...
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**CS8230 386/AT (82C301/302/303/304/305/306)cFeb87
***Notes:...
***Info:...
***Configurations:
CS8230-16 is a 16Mhz set
CS8230-20 is a 20Mhz set
CS8230-25 is a 25Mhz set
Configurations:
82C301 BUS CONTROLLER
82C302 PAGE/INTERLEAVE MEMORY CONTROLLER
82A303 HIGH ADDRESS BUFFER
82A304 LOW ADDRESS BUFFER
82B305 DATA BUFFER
82A306 CONTROL BUFFER
and
82C206
also sometimes the 82C296 instead of the 82C206.
Note that different speeds use slightly different parts no:
CS8230-16 CS8230-20 CS8230-25
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82C301 82C301-20 82C301-25
82C302 82C302-20 82C302-25
82A303 82A303 82A303
82A304 82A304 82A304
82A305 82B305 82B305
82A306 82A306 82A306
"82A305" *may* be a typo.
Parts are often marked:
CHIPS P82C301C 20Mhz or
CHIPS P82C302C 20Mhz
The 'C' at the end of the part *may* refer to parts that don't support
the 387
***Features:...
**CS8231 TURBO CACHE-BASED 386/AT (82C301/307/303/304/305/306) c86...
**CS8232 CMOS 386/AT (82C301/302/303/304/305/306) c86...
**CS8233 PEAK/386 AT (Cached) (82C311/82C315/82C316) c:Dec90...
**CS8236 386/AT (82C301/2/3/4/5/6/206) c86...
**CS8237 TURBO CACHE-BASED 386/AT (82C301/7/3/4/5/6/206) c86...
**CS8238 CHIPS/280 & 281 (386 MCA)(82C321/322/325/223/226) c:Aug89...
**CS82310 PEAK/DM 386 AT (82C351/82C355/82C356) c91...
**CS8281 NEATsx (386SX) (82C811/812/215/206) c:Dec89...
**CS8283 LeAPset-sx (82C841/82C242/82C636) c:Mar90...
**CS8285 PEAKsx (82C836/82C835) c91...
**CS8288 CHIPSlite-sx (82C836/82C641/82C835) c?...
**CS4000 WinCHIPS (64200/84021/84025) c92...
**CS4021 ISA/486 (84021/84025) c92...
**CS4031 CHIPSet (84031/84035) 5/10/93...
**CS4041/5 CHIPSet (84041/84045) 2/10/95...
**CB8291 ELEAT [no datasheet] c90...
**CB8295 ELEATsx [no datasheet] c90...
**82C100 IBM PS/2 Model 30/Super XT ?...
**82C110 IBM PS/2 Model 30/Super XT ?...
**82C235 Single Chip AT (SCAT) c89...
**82C836 Single Chip 386sx (SCATsx) <91...
**F8680/A PC/CHIP Single-Chip PC c93...
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**Support Chips:
**64200 (Wingine) High Performance 'Windows Engine' c:Oct91...
**82C206 Integrated Peripheral Controller c86...
**82C601/A Single Chip Peripheral Controller <08/30/90...
**82C607 Multifunction Controller <Jun88...
**82C710 Universal Peripheral Controller c:Aug90...
**82C711 Universal Peripheral Controller II c:Jan91...
**82C712 Universal Peripheral Controller II c:Jan91...
**82C721 Universal Peripheral Controller III c:May93...
**82C735 I/O Peripheral Controller With Printgine c:Jul93...
**82C835 Single CHIP 386sx AT Cache Controller c:Apr91...
**F87000 Multi-Mode Peripheral Chip 11/23/93...
**Other:...
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*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...
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