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**A note on VESA support of 486 chipsets.
Many chipsets state  that they support VESA local  bus.  In some cases
these actually  implement VLB somewhat  like PCI, where it  is entirly
decoupled from the CPU bus. Chipsets  that do not state they work with
VLB,  may  be found  on  motherboards  that  contain VLB  slots.   VLB
is  *basically*  The 486  CPU  pinout in  a  slot  form. Unless  these
m/boards contain  some additional  chips, there VLB  implementation is
directly coupled to the CPU.

**Datasheets:...
*_IBM...
*ACC Micro...
*ALD...
*ALi...
*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]...
*Intel...
**82489DX       Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller    10/12/92
***Notes:...
***Info:...
***Versions:...
***Features:...
**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:...
**?????  (Profusion)    c:99...
**800 series...
*Headland/G2...
*HMC (Hulon Microelectronics)...
*Logicstar...
*Motorola...
*OPTi...
**82C556M/7M/8E  Viper-N+ Viper Notebook Chipset                  c:96
***Notes:...
***Info:...
***Configurations:...
***Features:...
**82C566/7/8     Viper-Max Chipset Scalable MultiMedia PC Solution   ?...
**82C571/572     486/Pentium                                      c:93...
**82C576/7/8     Viper Xpress  [no datasheet]                        ?...
**82C576/8/9     Viper XPress+ [no datasheet, some info]     <01/16/97...
**82C596/597     PTMAWB Pentium Adaptive Write-back (Cobra)       c:93...
**82C650/1/2     Discovery (Pentium Pro) [no datasheet]              ?...
**82C681/2/6/7   386/486WB EISA                                   c:92...
**82C683         386/486AWB EISA [no datasheet]                      ?...
**82C693/6/7     Pentium uP Write Back Cache EISA                 c:93...
**82C700         FireStar                                         c:97...
**82C701         FireStar Plus                                    c:97...
**82C750         Vendetta      [no datasheet]                        ?...
**82c801         SCWB2 DX Single Chip Solution                    c:92...
**82C802         SCWB2 PC/AT Single Chip [no datasheet]              ?...
**82C802G/GP     System/Power Management Controller (cached)      c:93...
**82C895         System/Power Management Controller (cached)   c:Sep94...
**82C898         System/Power Management Controller (non-cache)c:Nov94...
**
**Support Chips:
**82C601/2       Buffer Devices                                 <Nov94...
**82C822         PCIB (VLB-to-PCI bridge)                         c:94...
**Other:
OPTi 82C200  - ChromaCast LCD-VGA chipset
OPTi 82C205  - LCD panel controller / scalar
OPTi 82C264  - 2D VGA controller
OPTi 82C265  - Video ????????????????????????????
OPTi 82C268  - Video ????????????????????????????
OPTi 82C611  - EIDE VLB
OPTi 82C611A - EIDE VLB
OPTi 82C621  - PCI-to-IDE controller
OPTi 82C621A - PCI-to-IDE controller 
OPTi 82C824  - FireFox PCI to PCMCIA Controller
OPTi 82C825  - FireBridge II PCI to PCMCIA Controller
OPTi 82C814  - Docking Station Controller for laptops (PCI-to-PCI bridge)
OPTi 82C842  - PCI-to-IEEE 1393 FireWire
OPTi 82C832  - ?????????????????????????????????????????
OPTi 82C861  - PCI-to-USB Bridge   c1997
OPTi 82C862  - PCI-to-USB Bridge 4x port
OPTi 82C863  - PCI-to-USB Bridge 2x port
OPTi 82C871  - PCI-to-USB Bridge + Sound Blaster compatibility and USB 2.0
OPTi 82C916  - Audio, ISA, serial CODEC) used in combination with Vendetta chipset 82C750
OPTi 82C924  - Audio, ISA
OPTi 82C925  - ISA Audio Controller (replaces the 924)
OPTi 82C928  - (MAD16) ISA Audio Controller (Emulates Sound Blaster Pro) c1993
OPTi 82C929  - (MAD16 Pro) ISA Audio Controller (Emulates Sound Blaster Pro) c1994
OPTi 82C930  - ISA Audio Controller (Emulates Sound Blaster Pro, AdLib)
OPTi 82C931  - ISA Audio controller (Emulates Sound Blaster Pro, AdLib)
OPTi 82C933  - Audio ?????????????????????????????
OPTi 82C935  - EV1935 ECTIVA MachOne PCI Audio
OPTi 82C941  - Wavetable chip, has something to do with 82C930
OPTi 82C950  - (MAD32) Audio/Modem controller (Emulates Sound Blaster Pro) c1994
OPTi 92C160  - Clock Generator for 92C168
OPTi 92C168  - LCD VGA controller c1993
OPTi 92C178  - LCD VGA controller with blt c1993
OPTi 92C264  - 2D VGA controller 

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*PC CHIPS/Amptron/Atrend/ECS/Elpina/etc...
*SIS...
**530/5595       (Sinbad) Host, PCI, 3D Graphics & Mem. Ctrl.<11/10/98
***Info:...
***Configurations:...
***Features:
o   Supports Intel/AMD/Cyrix/IDT Pentium CPU Host Bus at 
    66/75/83/95/100 MHz and 2.5/3.3V Bus Interface
    − Supports the Pipelined Address of Pentium compatible CPU
    − Supports the Linear Address Mode of Cyrix CPU
    − 100/100, 95/95, 83/83, 75/75 and 66/66 MHz Synchronous 
      Host/DRAM clocking configuration
    − 100/75, 95/75, 83/66, 66/100 and 66/83 MHz Asynchronous 
      Host/DRAM clocking configuration
    − Supports Host Bus operation for integrated 3D VGA Controller
o   Meets PC99 Requirements
o   Supports PCI Revision 2.2 Specification
o   Integrated Super AGP VGA for Hardware 2D/3D Video/Graphics 
    Accelerators
    − Supports tightly coupled 64 bits 100MHz host interface to VGA 
      to speed up GUI performance and the video playback frame rate
    − Built-in programmable 24-bit true-color RAMDAC up to 230 MHz 
      pixel clock
    − Built-in reference voltage generator and monitor sense circuit
    − Supports loadable RAMDAC for gamma correction in high color 
      and true color modes
    − Built-in dual-clock generator
    − Supports Multiple Adapters and Multiple Monitors
    − Built-in PCI multimedia interface
    − Flexible design for shared frame buffer or local frame buffer 
      architecture
    − Shared System Memory Area 2MB, 4MB and 8MB
    − Supports SDRAM and SGRAM local frame buffer and memory size up 
      to 8 MB
    − Supports Digital Flat Panel Port for Digital Monitor (LCD Panel)
    − Supports DVD H/W Accelerator
o   Integrated Second Level ( L2 ) Cache Controller
    − Write Back Cache Mode
    − Direct Mapped Cache Organization
    − Supports Pipelined Burst SRAM
    − Supports 256K/512K/1M/2M Bytes Cache Sizes
    − Cache Hit Read/Write Cycle of 3-1-1-1
    − Cache Back-to-Back Read Cycle of 3-1-1-1-1-1-1-1
    − Supports Single Read Allocation for L2 Cache
    − Supports Concurrency of CPU to L2 cache and Integrated A.G.P. 
      VGA master to DRAM accesses
o   Integrated DRAM Controller
    − Supports up to 3 double sided DIMMs (6 rows memory)
    − Supports 8Mbytes to 1.5 GBytes of main memory
    − Supports Cacheable DRAM Sizes up to 256 MBytes
    − Supports 1M/2M/4M/8M/16M/32M x N for 2-bank or 4-bank SDRAM
    − Supports 3.3V DRAM
    − Supports Concurrent Write Back
    − Supports CAS before RAS Refresh, Self Refresh
    − Supports Relocation of System Management Memory
    − Programmable CS#, DQM#, SRAS#, SCAS#, RAMWE# and MA Driving 
      Current
    − Option to Disable Local Memory in Non-cacheable Regions
    − Entries GART cache to Minimize the Number of Memory Bus Cycles 
      Required for Accessing Graphical Texture Memory
    − Programmable Counters to Ensure Guaranteed Minimum Access Time 
      for Integrated A.G.P. VGA, CPU, and PCI accesses
    − Two Programmable Non-cacheable Regions
    − Supports X-1-1-1/X-2-2-2 Burst Write Cycles
    − Fully Configurable for the Characteristic of Shadow RAM (640 
      KBytes to 1 MBytes)
    − Shadow RAM in Increments of 16 KBytes Built-in 8 Way 
      Associative/16
    − Supports SDRAM 7/8-1-1-1 Burst Read Cycles
o   Provides High Performance PCI Arbiter
    − Supports up to 4 PCI Masters
    − Supports Rotating Priority Mechanism
    - Hidden Arbitration Scheme Minimizes Arbitration Overhead
    - Supports Concurrency between CPU to Memory and PCI to PCI
    - Supports Concurrency between CPU to 33Mhz PCI Access and 33Mhz 
      PCI to integrated A.G.P. VGA Access
    - Programmable Timers Ensure Guaranteed Minimum Access Time for 
      PCI Bus Masters, and CPU
o   PCI Bus Interface
    - Supports 32-bit PCI local bus standard Revision 2.2 compliant
    - Integrated write-once subsystem vendor ID configuration register
    - Supports zero wait-state memory mapped I/O burst write
    - Integrated 2 stages PCI post-write buffer to enhance frame 
      buffer write performance
    - Integrated 256 bits read cache to enhance frame buffer read 
      performance
    - Supports full 16-bit re-locatable VGA I/O address decoding
o   Integrated Host-to-PCI Bridge
    - Supports Asynchronous PCI Clock
    - Translates the CPU Cycles into the PCI Bus Cycles
    - Zero Wait State Burst Cycles
    - Supports Pipelined Process in CPU-to-PCI Access
    - Maximum PCI Burst Transfer from 256 Bytes to 4 Kbytes
    - Supports Memory Remapping Function for PCI master accessing 
      Graphical Window
o   Integrated A.G.P. Compliant Target/66Mhz Host-to-PCI Bridge
    - Supports Graphic Window Size from 4MBytes to 256MBytes
    - Supports Pipelined Process in CPU-to-Integrated 3D A.G.P. 
      VGA Access
    - Supports 8 Way, 16 Entries Page Table Cache for GART to enhance 
      Integrated A.G.P. VGA Controller Read/Write Performance
    - Supports PCI-to-PCI bridge function for memory write from 33Mhz 
      PCI bus to Integrated A.G.P. VGA
o   Integrated Posted Write Buffers and Read Prefetch Buffers to 
    Increase System Performance
    - CPU-to-Memory Posted Write Buffer (CTMFF) with 12QW Deep, Always 
      Sustains 0 Wait Performance on CPU-to-Memory
    - CPU-to-Memory Read Buffer with 4 QW Deep
    - CPU-to-PCI Posted Write Buffer with 2 QW Deep
    - PCI-to-Memory Posted Write Buffer with 8 QW Deep, Always 
      Streams 0 Wait Performance on PCI-to/from-Memory Access
    - PCI-to-Memory Read Prefetch Buffer with 8 QW Deep
    - CPU-to-VGA Posted Write Buffer with 4 QW Deep
o   Fast PCI IDE Master/Slave Controller
    - Bus Master Programming Interface for Windows 98 Compliant 
      Controller
    - Plug and Play Compatible
    - Supports Scatter and Gather
    - Supports Dual Mode Operation - Native Mode and Compatibility 
      Mode
    - Supports IDE PIO Timing Mode 0, 1, 2 ,3 and 4
    - Supports Multiword DMA Mode 0, 1, 2
    - Supports Ultra DMA 33/66
    - Two Separate IDE Bus
    - Two 16 DW FIFO for PCI Burst Transfers.
o   Supports NAND Tree for Ball Connectivity Testing
o   576-Balls BGA Package
o   3.3V Core with mixed 2.5V, 3.3V and 5V I/O CMOS Technology

**540            (Spartan) Super7 2D/3D Ultra-AGP Single C.S.<11/30/99...
**55x            SoC (System-on-chip)                        <03/14/02...
**
**Support chips:
**85C206     Integrated Peripheral Controller [no datasheet]         ?...
**5595       Pentium PCI System I/O                          <12/24/97...
**950        LPC I/O                                         <07/16/99...
**Other:...
**PII/III/Pro...
**Athlon etc...
*Symphony...
*TI (Texas Instruments)...
*UMC...
*Unresearched:...
*VIA...
*VLSI...
*Western Digital...
*Winbond...
*ZyMOS...
*General Sources:...

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