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**Definition of a chip set:
In short it is a set of chips that allow a system designer to build a
computer. If we restrict the term 'chip' to that of a microchip then
technically any microcomputer contains a chip set, even one based of
7400-series logic alone.
In the context of this document, a chip set is defined as any group of
chips used to implement an IBM or IBM-compatible PC/XT/AT/386/486/etc
system.
There are 2 main categories that these chips fall into:
1. Direct copies or re-implementations of Intel chips
2. Chip sets sold as a set of chips to implement an IBM-compatible
that differ in some way to those used in an IBM system, e.g. not
pin compatible.
An example of the former would be some early chips built by VLSI
Technology (at the time known as VTI, to implement a 286:
o VL82C37A is a: 82C37A DMA controller
o VL82C59A is a: 82C59A interrupt controller
o VL82C54A is a: 82C54 timer
o VL82C612 is a: 74LS612 memory mapper
o VL82C84A is a: 82284 clock generator and ready interface
o VL82C88 is a: 82288 bus controller
These are all direct replacements for the parts used in an IBM AT.
Many companies had compatible versions of these chips.
An early example of the latter is the Chips & Technology NEAT chip set:
o 82C211 CPU/Bus controller,
o 82C212 Page/Interleave and EMS Memory controller,
o 82C215 Data/Address buffer
o 82C206 Integrated Peripherals Controller (IPC).
The description does not map directly to the parts used in the IBM AT.
Later chip sets are often even more integrated sometimes consisting of
just one chip, although two seems to be the most common.
The latter is generally considered the definition of a chip set, and
the former is not generally considered a chip set per-se. However when
looking at the early chip sets this distinction can be very
slight. Because of this, sets of chips meeting the criteria for (1.)
have been included where possible.
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**A note on VESA support of 486 chipsets....
**Datasheets:...
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*AMD . . . . . . . [no datasheets, some info]...
*Chips & Technologies...
*Contaq . . . . . [no datasheets, some info]...
*Efar Microsystems [no datasheets, some info]...
*ETEQ...
*Faraday...
*Forex . . . . . . [List only, no datasheets found]...
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**82420EX PCIset (for 486) EX (Aries) (82425EX/82426EX) <Dec94
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**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...
**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
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**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...
**
**Later chipsets (basic spec):
**440 series:...
**450NX (?) 06/29/98:
Chips:
[82454NX] (PXB) [82453NX] (MUX)
[82452NX] (RCG) [82451NX] (MIOC)
[82371EB] (PIIX4E),
CPUs: Single/Dual/Quad P-II Xeon/P-III Xeon
DRAM Types: FPM EDO 2-way Interleave 4-way Interleave
Mem Rows: 8
DRAM Density: 16Mbit 64Mbit
Max Mem: 8GB
ECC/Parity: Both
AGP speed: N/A
Bus Speed: 100
PCI Clock/Bus: 1/3
**????? (Profusion) c:99...
**800 series
***810 (Whitney) 04/26/99...
***810L (Whitney) 04/26/99...
***810-DC100 (Whitney) 04/26/99...
***810e (Whitney) 09/27/99...
***810e2 (Whitney) 01/03/01...
***815 (Solano) 06/19/00...
***815e (Solano-2) 06/19/00...
***815em (Solano-?) 10/23/00...
***815ep (Solano-3) c:Nov'00...
***815p (Solano-3) c:Mar'01...
***815g (Solano-3) c:Sep'01...
***815eg (Solano-3) c:Sep'01...
***820 (Camino) 11/15/99...
***820e (Camino-2) 06/05/00...
***830M (Almador) 07/30/01...
***830MP (Almador) 07/30/01...
***830MG (Almador) 07/30/01...
***840 (Carmel) 10/25/99...
***845 (Brookdale) 09/10/01...
***845MP (Brookdale-M) 03/04/02...
***845MZ (Brookdale-M) 03/04/02...
***845E (Brookdale-E) 05/20/02...
***845G (Brookdale-G) 05/20/02...
***845GL (Brookdale-GL) 05/20/02...
***845GE (Brookdale-GE) 10/07/02...
***845PE (Brookdale-PE) 10/07/02...
***845GV (Brookdale-GV) 10/07/02...
***848P (Breeds Hill) c:Aug'03...
***850 (Tehama) 11/20/00...
***850E (Tehama-E) 05/06/02...
***852GM (Montara-GM) 01/14/03...
***852GMV (Montara-GM) ???...
***852PM (Montara-GM) 06/11/03...
***852GME (Montara-GM) 06/11/03...
***854 (?) 04/11/05...
***855GM (Montara-GM) 03/12/03...
***855GME (Montara-GM) 03/12/03...
***855PM (Odem) 03/12/03...
***860 (Colusa) 05/21/01...
***865G (Springdale) 05/21/03...
***865PE (Springdale-PE) 05/21/03...
***865P (Springdale-P) 05/21/03...
***865GV (Springdale-GV) c:Sep'03...
***875P (Canterwood) 04/14/03...
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**950 LPC I/O <07/16/99
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**UM8881/8886 HB4 PCI Chipset "Super Energy Star Green"[no dsheet]c94
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**UM8890 Pentium chipset [no datasheet] ?...
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**Support Chips:
**UM82152 Cache Controller (AUStek A38152 clone) <91...
**UM82C852 Multi I/O For XT <91...
**UM82C206 Integrated Peripheral Controller <91...
**UM82c45x Serial/Parallel chips ?...
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