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**82496/491     Cache Controller / Cache RAM (for P5 Pentium) 03/22/93
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***Features:
o   High Performance Second Level Cache
    - Zero Walt States at 66 MHz
    - Two-way Set Associative
    - Write-Back with MESI Protocol
    - Concurrent CPU Bus and Memory Bus Operation
    - Boundary Scan
o   Pentium Processor
    - Chip Set Version of Pentium Processor
    - Superscalar Architecture
    - Enhanced Floating Point
    - On-chip SK Code and SK Data Caches
    - See Pentium Processor User's Manual Volume 2 for more 
      Information
o   Highly Flexible
    - 256K to 512K with parity
    - 32, 64, or 128-Bit Wide Memory Bus
    - Synchronous, Asynchronous, and Strobed Memory Bus Operation
    - Selectable Bus Widths, Line Sizes, Transfers, and Burst Orders
o   Full Multiprocessing Support 
    - Concurrent CPU, Memory Bus, and Snoop Operations
    - Complete MESI Protocol
    - Internal/External Parity Generation/Checking
    - Supports Read-for Ownership, Write-Allocation, and Cache-to-
      Cache Transfers

**82497/492   Cache Controller / Cache RAM (for P54 Pentium)    <Nov94...
**82498/493   Cache Controller / Cache RAM (for P54 Pentium)    <Nov94...
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