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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:...
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*ACC Micro...
*ALD...
*ALi...
*AMD . . . . . . . [no datasheets, some info]...
*Chips & Technologies...
**CS8233 PEAK/386 AT (Cached) (82C311/82C315/82C316) c:Dec90
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**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
***Info:
The CS82310 PEAK/DM CHIPSet is a three chip VLSI implementation of the
systems logic required to implement a cache-based 386DX system. This
CHIPSet is designed to offer a 100% PC/AT compatible Integrated
solution. The flexible architecture of the PEAK/DM allows it to be
used in any iAPX386-based system design such as CAD/CAE workstations,
office systems, industrial and financial transaction systems. The
CS82310 PEAK/DM CHIPSet provides a complete cache based 386/AT system
using only 19 components plus memory devices. The CS82310 PEAK/DM
CHIPSet consists of one 82C351 CPU/cache/DRAM controller, one 82C355
data buffer, and one 82C356 peripheral controller. The CHIPSet
supports a local CPU bus, a 32-bit memory bus, and AT buses.
82C351 CPU/Cache/D RAM/Controller
By integrating both the cache and DRAM control functions in one chip,
the 82C351 supports simultaneous activation of cache and DRAM
accesses; minimizing the cache miss penalty. It has hardware support
to allow the user to designate up to four blocks (of variable size
from 4KB to 4MB) of main memory as non-cacheable address space. The
82C351 cache controller supports a direct mapped cache architecture
and cache sizes of 32KB, 64KB, 128KB, or 256KB. Memory write updates
are implemented using a buffered write-through scheme. The 82C351 is
available in a 160-pin PFP package.
82C355 Data Buffer
The 82C355 bus controller contains the data buffers used to interface
the local and system memory buses and a path for the AT data bus. In
addition to having high current bus drive, it also performs
conversions between the different sized data paths and provides parity
generation and checking. The 82C355 is available in a 120-pin PFP
package.
82C356 Peripheral Controller
The 82C356 peripheral controller contains the address buffers used to
interface between the processor address bus (A<23:2>) and the system
address bus (SA<19:0>). It also contains an equivalent 82C206
integrated peripheral controller that incorporates: two 8237 DMA
controllers, two 8259 interrupt controllers, one 8254 timer/counter,
one MC146818 real time clock, and several TTL/SSI interface logic
chips.
***Configurations:...
***Features:...
**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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