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**CS8230   386/AT                   (82C301/302/303/304/305/306)cFeb87
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The CS8230-16-20-25 AT/386 CHIPSet is a seven chip VLSI implementation
of most of  the system logic to control an iAPX  386 based system. The
CHIPSet  is designed  to  offer  a 100%  PC  AT compatible  integrated
solution.  The  flexible architecture of  the CHIPSet allows it  to be
used in any iAPX386 based system design, such as CAD/CAE workstations,
office systems, industrial and financial transaction systems.

CS8230  CHIPSet  combined with  CHIPs  82C206, Integrated  Peripherals
Controller, provides a complete PC  AT compatible system using only 40
components plus memory devices.

The CS8230 CHIPSet  consists of one 82C301 Bus  Controller, one 82C302
Page/Interleave Memory  Controller, one each of 82A303  and two 82A304
Address Bus Interfaces, two 82A305  or 82B305 Data Bus Interfaces, and
a 82A306 Control  Signal Buffer. An all CMOS  CS8232-16, and CS8232-20
CHIPSet  allow OEM's to  reduce the  form factor,  size and  weight of
their portable, laptop machines due to the reduced power requirements,
the   reduced   cooling  requirements   and   the  reduced   buffering
requirements of the CHIPSet. In particular, the all CMOS CS8232-16 and
CS8232-20 CHIPSet will reduce a system's power consumption requirement
by at least half that of an NMOS/BIPOLAR/CMOS based system.

The only difference between the  CS8232 CHIPSet and the CS8230 CHIPSet
is  that the  bipolar parts  (82A303, 82A304,  82A305, 82A306)  in the
CS8230  CHIPSet have been  replaced with  CMOS parts  (82C303, 82C304,
82C305, 83C306). The difference between the new CMOS parts is that the
drive capability is 12 mA as opposed to 24 mA in the bipolar parts.

The CHIPSet supports a local CPU  bus, a 32-bit system memory bus, and
AT buses  as shown  in the System  Block Diagram [see  datasheet]. The
82C301 and 82A306/82C306 provide the generation and synchronization of
control signals for all buses. The 82C301 also supports an independent
AT bus clock, and allows  for dynamic selection of the processor clock
between  the 16-20-25MHz  clock  and  the AT  bus  clock.  The  82A306
provides  buffers  for  bus   control  signal  in  addition  to  other
miscellaneous logic functions.

The 82C302  Page/Interleave Memory Controller  provides an interleaved
memory subsystem design with page  mode operation. It supports 1 MB to
16 MB  of DRAMs with  combinations of 256Kbit  and 1 Mbit  DRAMs.  The
processor  can operate  at 16-20-25  MHz with  zero wait  state memory
accesses.

The  82A303/82C303  and 82A304/82C304  interface  between all  address
buses and the  addresses needed for proper data  path conversion.  Two
82A305/82C305/82B305 are  used to interface between  the local, system
memory, and AT  data buses. In addition to  having high current drive,
they also perform the conversion necessary between the different sized
data paths.

System Overview
The CS8230  is designed  for use in  80386-based systems  and provides
complete support for the IBM PC AT bus. There are four buses supported
by  the  CS8230 as  shown  in the  AT/386  system  block diagram  [see
datasheet]: the CPU local bus (A and D), the system memory bus (MA and
MD. the IO  Channel bus (SA and SD),  and the X bus (XA  and XD).  The
system memory  bus is  used to interface  to DRAM's controlled  by the
82C302. The  IO channel bus  refers to the  bus supporting the  AT bus
adapters which could be either 8  bit devices or 16 bit devices. The X
bus  refers to the  peripheral bus  to which  the DMA  controllers and
timers are attached in an IBM PC  AT. The X bus has only an 8-bit data
path. The term "AT  bus" is used to refer to the  IO channel bus and X
bus. Provisions are also made for  user extension of the IO channel to
a 32 bit bus.

***Configurations:...
***Features:
o   100% IBM PC AT compatible 
o   Tightly coupled 80386 interface 
    - Designed to interface directly with the 80386 
    - Supports 16, 20 and 25MHz operation 
o   Operates in page mode, with interleave memory subsystem 
o   Independent clock to support correct AT bus timing 
o   Provides flexible processor clock selection 
o   Supports staggered and non-staggered refresh 
o   A complete 386/AT requires only 40 IC's plus memory 
o   Flexible Memory Architecture 
    - Supports memory configuration of up to 16MB 
    - Programmable wait states 
    - Supports 256K and 1MB DRAMs 
    - Supports page mode access with interleaved memory banks 
    - Supports zero wait state read hit operation 
    - Supports shadowing of BIOS EPROMs for efficient BIOS execution 



**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...
**
**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]...
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*Faraday...
*Forex . . . . . . [List only, no datasheets found]...
*Intel...
**82230/82231 High Integration AT-Compatible Chip Set(ZyMOS)   c:Aug88
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**82310       Micro Channel Compatible Peripheral Chip Set    04/21/88...
**82311       High Integration MCA Compatible Perip. Chip Set 11/14/88...
**82320       MCA compatible Chipset           [no datasheet] 04/10/89...
**82340DX     Chip Set (VLSI) (82346/82345/82355)             01/08/90...
**82340SX     Chip Set (VLSI) (82343/82344)                   01/25/89...
**82350       EISA Chip Set                                   07/10/89...
**82350DT     EISA Chip Set                                   04/22/91...
**82420TX/ZX  PCIset (for 486) TX (Saturn), ZX (Saturn II)     c:Nov92...
**82420EX     PCIset (for 486) EX (Aries)   (82425EX/82426EX)   <Dec94...
**82430LX     PCIset (Pentium) LX (Mercury) (82433LX/82434LX) 03/22/93...
**82430NX     PCIset (Pentium) NX (Neptune) (82433NX/82434NX)    Mar94...
**82430FX     PCIset (Pentium) FX (Triton I) (82437FX/82438FX)01/31/95...
**82430MX     PCIset (Pentium) MX (Mobile Triton)(82437/438MX)11/01/95...
**82430HX     PCIset (Pentium) HX (Triton II) (82439HX)       02/12/96...
**82430VX     PCIset (Pentium) VX (Triton II) (82437VX/82438) 02/12/96
***Notes:...
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**82430TX     PCIset (Pentium) TX (Triton II) (82439TX)       02/17/97...
**82450KX/GX  PCIset (Pentium Pro) KX/GX (Mars/Orion)         11/01/95...
**
**Support Chips:
**82091AA     Advanced Interface Peripheral (AIP)                  c93...
**8289        Bus Arbiter (808x)                                   c79...
**82289       Bus Arbiter for iAPX 286 Processor Family            c83...
**82258       Advanced Direct Memory Access Coprocessor(ADMA) 01/01/84...
**82335       High-Integration Interface Device For 386SX      c:Nov88...
**82360SL     I/O Subsystem                                   10/05/90...
**82370       Integrated System Peripheral (for 82376)         c:Oct88...
**82371FB/SB  PCI ISA IDE Xcelerator 82371FB/82371SB (PIIX/3) 01/31/95...
**82371MX     Mobile PCI I/O IDE Xcelerator (MPIIX)           11/01/95...
**82371AB     PCI-TO-ISA / IDE Xcelerator 82371AB (PIIX4)     02/17/97...
**82374/82375 PCI-EISA Bridge (82374EB/82375EB, 374SB/375SB)   c:Mar93...
**82378       System I/O (SIO) (82378IB and 82378ZB)           c:Mar93...
**82379AB     System I/O-APIC (SIO.A)                           <Dec94...
**82380       32-bit DMA Controller w/ Integrated Peripherals 02/01/87...
**82380FB/AB  PCIset: 82380FB Mobile PCI-to-PCI Bridge(MPCI2) 02/17/97...
**82384       Clock Generator and Reset Interface                  c86...
**82385       32-bit Cache Controller for 80386               09/29/87...
**82385SX     32-bit Cache Controller for 80386SX             01/25/89...
**82395DX     High Performance Smart Cache                    06/18/90...
**82395SX     Smart Cache                                     12/17/90...
**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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