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The information contained within this file should not be considered
100% correct. Where possible information has been taken from
datasheets, however even this info may be incorrect. The datasheets
state what the chip should do, not what they actually do. This is,
compounded further by different revisions of chips.
This document will never be complete, and I have no intention of
finding every datasheet for every chip set. Some of the chip sets
listed are from later systems in the PIII/P4/Athlon era. There are
many websites with information on these chip sets and these entries
will likely not be expanded upon. The focus of this document is early
PC/XT to Pentium chip sets. There are few sites that clearly illu-
strate this information, and how they relate to each other.
I aim to prioritize cataloging significant, rare or otherwise
interesting chip sets.
BTW the reason I wrote all of this down, is so that I could FORGET it.
Basically I needed to free up some RAM. I've a head full of arcane
snippets of information on this subject. I don't want to end up a
crazy old man ranting random disjointed information ("The C&T CS8220
came before the CS8221 you KNOW!") to disinterested passersby, unable
to see how senile I've become. A side benefit, this might be useful to
someone else:-)
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**'chip set', 'chip-set' or 'chipset'?...
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**Spelling errors/mistyped words...
**Info needed on:...
**A note on VESA support of 486 chipsets....
**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:
System
o 100% PC/AT compatible
o Supports 3.3V Intel Pentium 75/90/100/120 processors at bus
frequencies up to 66MHz
o Supports Cyrix 6x86 processor
DRAM
o Full 64-bit FPM/EDO DRAM controller
- Supports 2-2-2 EDO pipeline at 66MHz bus speed
- Supports 5V or 3.3V DRAM with-out buffers
- Supports up to 512MB
- Controls up to 6 banks
- Post write buffer
o Selectable current drive for DRAM bus
Cache
o L1 Cache supports write-through and write-back modes
o Power managed L2 Cache
- 64KB-2MB cache
- Write-back or write-through modes
- 2-1-1-1 synchronous cache cycles
- 3-1-1-1 pipelined synchronous cache cycles
- Combined tag/dirty SRAM option
ISA/VL/PCI Bus
o Integrated PCI bus with operation up to 33MHz; supports up to
three masters
o CLKRUN# support for PCI
o Distributed DMA support (software-based)
o 100% AT-compatible ISA bus; 3.3V or 5V operation, also supports
ISA bus masters
o VL bus support (slave only)
o Integrated Local Bus IDE supports four drives, which can be bus
masters, modes 4 and 5 supported
Power Management
o Advanced Power Management Unit
o Full CPU System Management Mode (SMM) support
o Full CPU power control through "clock throttling"
o Full system clock control, even CPU clock can be stopped during
APM doze mode
o Both hardware and software controlled power management
o Full peripheral power control
o 13 flexible peripheral timers
o Sixteen power control pins
o I/O trapping captures address and data
o Distributed DMA support (software-based)
o Full peripheral activity tracking
o Automatic peripheral power-up/power-down features
o Full suspend current leakage control
o 36 Power Management Interrupt (PMI) sources
o Eight external power management interrupt sources
o Supports SMBASE re-programmability that allows the cache to be
maintained during system management mode, avoiding cache fills
after returning from SMM
o Proprietary automatic internal pull-up/pull-down resistors
activated only when needed to reduce power consumption
Thermal Management
o Advanced Thermal Management Unit
o Internal mechanism tracks CPU activity and initiates cool down
mode before CPU temperature reaches a damaging level
o External sensor option
Packaging
o 82C556M Data Buffer
- 176 pin TQFP (0.5mm pin spacing)
o 82C557M System Controller
- 208 pin TQFP (0.5mm pin spacing)
o 82C558E Peripheral Controller
- 208 pin TQFP (0.5mm pin spacing)
82C602A RTC/Buffer Companion Chip
o Integrated Real-Time Clock
o Based on Benchmark Bq3285
o 256 bytes battery-backed memory
o Integrates multiplexing/demultiplexing logic, latches, and
buffers
o Eliminates most/all TTL in typical synchronous cache system
o 100 pin TQFP package (0.5mm pin spacing)
o Also available in 100 pin PQFP
**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:...
*PC CHIPS/Amptron/Atrend/ECS/Elpina/etc...
*SIS...
**85C461 ISA 386DX/486 Single Chip [no datasheet] ?
***Notes:...
**85C471/407 Green PC ISA-VLB 486 Single Chip <94...
**85C496/497 486-VIP 486 Green PC VESA/ISA/PCI Chipset <95...
**85C501/502/503 Pentium/P54C PCI/ISA Chipset <01/09/95...
**5101/5102/5103 Pentium/P54C PCI/ISA Chipset <04/02/95...
**5120 Pentium PCI/ISA Chipset (Mobile) <01/28/97...
**5501/5502/5503 Pentium/P54C PCI/ISA Chipset <04/02/95...
**5511/5512/5513 Pentium PCI/ISA <06/14/95...
**5571 (Trinity) Pentium PCI/ISA Chipset (75MHz) <12/09/96...
**5581/5582 (Jessie) Pentium PCI/ISA Chipset (75MHz) <04/15/97...
**5591/5592/5595 (David) Pentium PCI A.G.P. Chipset <01/09/98...
**5596/5513 (Genesis) Pentium PCI Chipset <03/26/96...
**5597/5598 (Jedi) Pentium PCI/ISA Chipset <04/15/97...
**530/5595 (Sinbad) Host, PCI, 3D Graphics & Mem. Ctrl.<11/10/98...
**540 (Spartan) Super7 2D/3D Ultra-AGP Single C.S.<11/30/99...
**55x SoC (System-on-chip) <03/14/02
***Notes:...
***Versions:...
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**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...
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