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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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**Datasheets:...
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*ACC Micro...
*ALD...
*ALi...
*AMD . . . . . . . [no datasheets, some info]...
*Chips & Technologies...
**CS4031   CHIPSet                  (84031/84035)              5/10/93
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**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
***Info:
The 82C206 Integrated Peripheral  Controller incorporates two 8237 DMA
controllers.   two  8259   Interrupt  controllers.   one  8254  Timer/
Counter.   one MC146818  Real Time  Clock, 74LS612  memory  mapper. in
addition to  several other  TTL/SSI interface logic  chips to  offer a
single  chip  integration  of  all  the peripherals  attached  to  the
peripheral  bus (X-Bus) in  the IBM  PC AT  While offering  a complete
compatibility to the IBM PC  AT architecture. the chip offers enhanced
features and  improved speed performance. These  include an additional
64 bytes of user RAM for  the Real Time Clock, and drastically reduced
recovery  specifications for the  8237, 8259  and 8254.  Variable wait
state option is  provided for the DMA cycles.  Programmable delays are
provided for the CPU access to the internal registers of the chip. The
chip also provides an option to select 8 or 4 MHz system clock.

The 82C206 along with the  (CS8220 PC AT Compatible CHIPSet provides a
highly  integrated high performance  solution for  a PC  AT compatible
implementation.

The  82C206  is  implemented  usmg  advanced CMOS  technology  and  is
packaged in an 84-pin PLCC.


***Versions:...
***Features:...
**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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**450NX  (?)            06/29/98:...
**?????  (Profusion)    c:99...
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