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**82395SX     Smart Cache                                     12/17/90
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**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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**5571           (Trinity) Pentium PCI/ISA Chipset (75MHz)   <12/09/96
***Info:...
***Configurations:...
***Features:
o   Supports Intel Pentium CPU and other compatible CPU at 
    75/66/60/50MHz (external clock speed)
o   Supports the Pipelined Address Mode of Pentium CPU
o   Supports the Full 64-bit Pentium Processor data Bus
o   Supports 32-bit PCI Interface
o   Integrated Second Level (L2) Cache Controller
    - Write Through and Write Back Cache Modes
    - 8 bits or 7 bits Tag with Direct Mapped Cache Organization
    - Integrated 16K bits Dirty Ram
    - Supports Pipelined Burst SRAM
    - Supports 256 KBytes to 512 MBytes Cache Sizes
    - Cache Read/Write Cycle of 3-1-1-1-1-1-1-1 at 66 MHz
o   Integrated DRAM Controller
    - Supports 3 Banks of FP/EDO SIMMs, or 2 Banks of SDRAM DIMMs
    - Supports 2Mbytes to 384Mbytes of main memory
    - Supports 256K/512K/1M/2M/4M/16M x N FP/EDO/SDRAM DRAM
    - Supports 3V or 5V DRAM.
    - Supports Symmetrical and Asymmetrical DRAM.
    - Supports 32 bits/64 bits mixed mode configuration
    - Supports Concurrent Write Back for FP/EDO DRAM
    - Supports Mixed DRAM (FP/EDO/SDRAM) Technology
    - Supports CAS before RAS Refresh
    - Supports Relocation of System Management Memory
    - Programmable CAS# ,RAS#, RAMW# and MA Driving Current
    - Fully Configurable for the Characteristic of Shadow RAM (640 
      KBytes to 1 MBytes)
    - Supports FP DRAM 5-3-3-3(-3-3-3-3) Burst Read Cycles
    - Supports EDO DRAM 4/5-2-2-2(-2-2-2-2) Burst Read Cycles
    - Supports SDRAM 6/7-1-1-1(-2-1-1-1) Burst Read Cycles
    - Supports X-1-1-1/X-2-2-2/X-3-3-3 Burst Write Cycles
    - Supports 8 Qword Deep Buffer for Read/Write Reordering, Dword 
      Merging and 3/2-1-1-1 Post write Cycles
    - Two Programmable Non-Cacheable Regions
    - Option to Disable Local Memory in Non-Cacheable Regions
    - Shadow RAM in Increments of 16 KBytes
o   Integrated PMU Controller
    - Supports SMM Mode of CPU
    - Supports CPU Stop Clock
    - Supports Break Switch
    - Supports Modem Ring Wakeup
    - Supports Automatic Power Supply Control
o   Provides High Performance PCI Arbiter.
    - Supports 3 internal masters and 5 external  PCI Masters
    - Supports Rotating Priority Mechanism
    - Hidden Arbitration Scheme Minimizes Arbitration Overhead.
    - Supports Concurrency between CPU to Memory and PCI to PCI.
o   Integrated Host-to-PCI Bridge
    - Supports Asynchronous/Synchronous PCI Clock
    - Translates the CPU Cycles into the PCI Bus Cycles
    - Provides CPU-to-PCI Read Assembly and Write Disassembly 
      Mechanism
    - Translates Sequential CPU-to-PCI Memory Write Cycles into PCI 
      Burst Cycles
    - Zero Wait State Burst Cycles
    - Supports 8 DW Deep Buffer for CPU-to-PCI Posted Write Cycles
    - Supports Pipelined Process in CPU-to-PCI Access
    - Supports Advance Snooping for PCI Master Bursting
    - Maximum PCI Burst Transfer from 256 Bytes to 4 Kbytes
    - Fast back-to-back
o   Integrated Posted Write Buffers and Read Prefetch Buffers to 
    Increase System Performance
    - CPU-to-Memory Posted Write Buffer (CTMFF) with 8 QW Deep, Always 
      Sustains 0 Wait Performance on CPU-to-Memory.
    - CPU-to-PCI Posted Write Buffer(CTPFF) with 8 DW Deep
    - PCI-to-Memory Posted Write Buffer(PTHFF) with 8 QW Deep, Always 
      Streams 0 Wait Performance on PCI-to/from-Memory Access
    - PCI-to-Memory Read Prefetch Buffer(CTPFF) with 8 QW Deep
o   Built-in one 32-bit General Purpose Register
o   Integrated PCI-to-ISA Bridge
    - Translates PCI Bus Cycles into ISA Bus Cycles
    - Translates ISA Master or DMA Cycles into PCI Bus Cycles
    - Provides a Dword Post Buffer for PCI to ISA Memory cycles
    - Two 32 bit Prefetch/Post Buffers Enhance the DMA and ISA Master 
      Performance
    - Fully Compliant to PCI 2.1
o   Enhanced DMA Functions
    - 8-, 16- bit DMA Data Transfer
    - ISA compatible, and Fast Type F DMA Cycles
    - Two 8237A Compatible DMA Controllers with Seven Independent 
      Programmable Channels
    - Provides the Readability of the two 8237 Associated Registers
o   Built-in Two 8259A Interrupt Controllers
    - 14 Independently Programmable Channels for Level- or Edge-
      triggered Interrupts
    - Provides the Readability of the two 8259A Associated Registers
o   Three Programmable 16-bit Counters compatible with 8254
    - System Timer Interrupt
    - Generates Refresh Request
    - Speaker Tone Output
    - Provides the Readability of the 8254 Associated Registers
o   Built-in Keyboard Controller
    - Hardwired Logic Provides Instant Response
    - Supports PS/2 Mouse
    - Support Hot Key "Sleep" Function
o   Built-in Real Time Clock(RTC) with 256B CMOS SRAM
o   Fast PCI IDE Master/Slave Controller
    - Fully Compatible with PCI Local Bus Specification V2.1
    - Supports PCI Bus Mastering
    - 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 of ANSI ATA Specification
    - Supports Mode 3 and Mode 4 Timing Proposal on Enhanced IDE 
      Specification
    - Supports Multiword DMA Mode 0, 1, 2
    - Separate IDE Bus
    - Two 8x32-bit FIFO for PCI Burst Read/Write Transfers.
o   Universal Serial Bus Controller
    - Host/Hub Controller
    - Two USB ports
o   On-Board Plug and Play Support
    - One Steerable DMA Channel
    - One Steerable Interrupt
    - One Programmable Chip Select
o   Supports the Reroutibility of the four PCI Interrupts
o   Supports Flash ROM
o   480-Pin BGA Package
o   0.5 μm CMOS Technology

**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...
**
**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
***Notes (Unverified Information!):...
***5600        c:Nov98...
***600         ?...
***620         c:Apr99...
***621         ?...
***630/630E/S  c:Feb00...
***630ST/ET    ?...
***633/633T    c:Mar01...
***635/635T    c:Mar01...
***640T        c:Mar01      ...
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*VIA...
**VT82C496G    Pluto, Green PC 80486 PCI/VL/ISA System       <05/30/94
***Info:...
***Configurations:...
***Features
1.  Fully IBM PC/AT Compatible
2.  Flexible CPU and Local Bus Interface
    - Supports 80486SX/DX/DX2/DX4 and compatible CPUs
    - CPU speed up to 100 Mhz including 80486DX-50, 80486DX2-66 and 
      80486DX4-100
    - Supports CPUs with write-back internal cache, e.g. P24D, P24T 
      and Cx486DX/DX2
    - Snoop filtering for write-back CPUs
    - Supports SMI protocols of Intel, AMD, TI and Cyrix CPUs
    - CPU clock stretching and throttling
    - Zero frequency and zero voltage CPU suspend
    - Soft and hard CPU reset
    - Direct VESA and other local bus interface with DMA/master access
    - Built-in arbitration for two local bus masters
3.  Advanced Cache Controller
    - Write back/write through scheme
    - Direct map scheme
    - Flexible cache size: 0K/32K/64K/128K/256K/512K/1MB
    - One bank or two banks of data independent of cache size
    - Integrated 8-bit tag comparator
    - Interleaved SRAM access to achieve 2-1-1-1 burst fill
    - Supports burst read and burst write transfers
    - System and video BIOS cacheable and write-protect
    - Programmable cache timing
    - Programmable non-cacheable region
    - Optional combined tag and alter bit SRAM for the write-back 
      scheme
    - Eight bit tag under the combined tag-alter scheme without 
      sacrifice of cacheable space
4.  Fast Page Mode DRAM Controller
    - Mixed 256K/512K/1M/2M/4M/8M/16MxN DRAMs
    - 8 banks up to 128MB
    - Flexible column and row addresses
    - 30 pin (x9) and single/double density 72 pin (x36) SIMM 
      module support
    - Programmable DRAM timing
    - BIOS shadow at 16KB increment
    - 256/384K memory relocation
    - System management memory remapping
    - Decoupled DRAM refresh with staggered RAS timing
    - CAS-before-RAS and slow refresh
5. Synchronous ISA Bus Controller
    - Synchronous ISA bus clock
    - Programmable wait state, command delay and IO recovery time
    - Bus conversion and data alignment
    - Hardware and software de-turbo control
    - Fast reset and Gate A20 operation
    - Integrated 82C206 peripheral controller
    - Edge trigger or level sensitive interrupt controller
    - Flash EPROM and combined BIOS support
6. Integrated Power Management Unit
    - Normal, conserve, doze, sleep and suspend modes
    - System event monitoring with two event classes and two idle 
      timers
    - Primary and secondary interrupt differentiation for individual 
      channels
    - One extended peripheral timer and one general purpose timer
    - Automatic conserve mode operation for short and frequent system 
      idleness
    - Modular clock and modular power
    - CPU clock stretching, throttling or stop without affecting the 
      ISA bus clock
    - Zero frequency operation with automatic resume
    - Zero volt operation with leakage control
    - Four general purpose IO or power control ports
    - APM 1.1 compliant
7.  Integrated Local Bus IDE Controller
    - 32-bit host data transfer
    - Mode-3 transfer capabilities (>10MB/s)
    - Programmable read/write, master/slave and active/recovery timing 
      in units of CPU clock
    - Prefetch and write buffers
    - Support either primary (1F0-1F7h) or secondary (170-177h) 
      channel  with two devices
    - No external logic required
8.  High Integration and Complete Functionality
    - Glueless interface with the VT82C406MV IXP (Integrated X-bus 
      Peripheral Controller, 100PQFP) to eliminate the multi-clock 
      generator, the keyboard controller with PS2 mouse, the DS-1285 
      style real time clock with extended CMOS RAM and the address 
      buffers.
    - 9 TTLs for a complete main board implementation
    - Optional VT82C505 (160 PQFP) to bridge a VL/ISA system to the 
      PCI bus
9.  0.8um high speed and low power CMOS process
10. 208-pin PQFP package

**VT82C530MV   3.3V Pentium chipset [no datasheet, some info]<05/30/94...
**VT82C570M    Apollo Master, Green Pentium/P54C             <06/22/95...
**VT82C580VP   Apollo VP,  Pentium/M1/K5 PCI/ISA System      <02/15/96...
**VT82C580VPX  Apollo VPX, VPX/97, Pentium with 66/75MHz Bus <01/09/97...
**VT82C590     Apollo VP2, VP2/97, Single-Chip Pentium 66MHz <01/10/97...
**VT82C597/AT  Apollo VP3, Single-Chip for Pentium with AGP  <10/03/97...
**VT82C598MVP  Apollo MVP3,Single-Chip 66/75/83/100MHz & AGP <09/22/97...
**VT8501       Apollo MVP4,Single-Chip 66-100MHz & AGP       <11/04/98...
**VT82C680     Apollo P6, Pentium-Pro Chip Set               <08/30/96...
**Support chips:
**VT82C505     Pentium/486 VL to PCI Bridge                  <05/30/94...
**VT82C586/A/B PCI Integrated Peripheral Controller          <10/13/96...
**VT82C596/A   Mobile PCI Integrated Peripheral Controller   <11/05/97...
**VT82C686A/B  PCI Super-I/O Integrated Peripheral Ctrl.     <02/10/98...
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