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**82489DX       Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller    10/12/92
***Notes:...
***Info:
1.0 INTRODUCTION

The  82489DX  Advanced   Programmable  Interrupt  Controller  provides
multiprocessor interrupt management, providing both static and dynamic
symmetrical interrupt distribution across all processors.

The main  function of the  82489DX is to provide  interrupt management
across all  processors. This  dynamic interrupt  distribution includes
routing of the interrupt to the lowest-priority processor. The 82489DX
works in  systems with multiple  I/O subsystems, where  each subsystem
can  have  its  own  set  of  interrupts.   This  chip  also  provides
inter-processor interrupts,  allowing any  processor to  interrupt any
processor or set  of processor. Each 82489DX I/O  init interrupt input
pin is individually  programmable by software as either  edge or level
triggered.  The interrupt vector and interrupt steering information an
be specified  per pin.  A  32-bit wide timer  is provided that  can be
programmed to interrupt the local processor.  the timer can be used as
a counter to provide a time base to software running on the processor,
or to generate  time slice interrupts locally to  that processor.  the
82489DX   provides   32-bit   software    access   to   its   internal
registers. Since no  82489DX register read have any  side effects, the
82489DX registers  can be aliased  to a  user read-only page  for fast
user access (e.g., performance monitoring timers).

The 82489DX  supports a generalized naming/addressing  scheme that can
be tailored by  software to fit a variety of  system architectures and
usage  models.   It  also  supports 8259A  compatibility  by  becoming
virtually  transparent with  regard to  an externally  connected 8259A
style controller, making the 8259A visible to software.

***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...
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**82C556M/7M/8E  Viper-N+ Viper Notebook Chipset                  c:96
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***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:...
*PC CHIPS/Amptron/Atrend/ECS/Elpina/etc...
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**SL82C490   'Wagner' 486?              [no datasheet]               ?
***Notes:...
**SL82C550   'Rossini' Pentium          [no datasheet]            c:95...
**
**Support Chips:
**SL82C365    Cache Controller (for 386DX/SX)                     c:91...
**SL82C465    Cache Controller (for 486/386DX/SX)                 c:91...
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**VT82C597/AT  Apollo VP3, Single-Chip for Pentium with AGP  <10/03/97
***Info:...
***Configurations:...
***Features:
o   PCI/ISA Green PC Ready
    - Supports separately powered 3.3V (5V tolerant) interfaces to 
      system memory, AGP, and PCI bus
    - Supports 3.3V and sub-3.3V interface to CPU
    - PC-97 compatible using VT82C586B South Bridge with ACPI Power 
      Management
o   High Integration
    - Single chip implementation for 64-bit Socket-7-CPU, 64-bit 
      system memory, 32-bit PCI and 32-bit AGP interfaces
    - Apollo VP3  Chipset: VT82C597 or VT82C597AT  system controller 
      and VT82C586B  PCI to ISA bridge
    - Chipset includes UltraDMA-33 EIDE, USB, and Keyboard / PS2-Mouse 
      Interfaces plus RTC / CMOS on chip
o   Flexible CPU Interface
    - Supports 64-bit Pentium, AMD 5k86, AMD 6k86 and Cyrix 6x86 CPUs
    - CPU external bus speed up to 66 MHz (internal 233MHz and above)
    - Supports CPU internal write-back cache
    - System management interrupt, memory remap and STPCLK mechanism
    - Cyrix 6x86 linear burst support
    - CPU NA# / Address pipeline capability
    - 4 cache lines of CPU/cache-to-DRAM post-write buffers
    - 4 quadwords of CPU/cache-to-DRAM read-prefetch buffers
o   Advanced Cache Controller
    - Direct map write back or write through secondary cache
    - Pipelined burst synchronous SRAM (PBSRAM) cache support (with 
      global write enable feature)
    - Flexible cache size: 0K / 256K / 512K / 1M / 2MB
    - 32 byte line size to match the primary cache
    - Integrated 10-bit tag comparator
    - 3-1-1-1 read/write timing for PBSRAM access at 66 MHz
    - 3-1-1-1-1-1-1-1 back to back read timing for PBSRAM access at 
      66 MHz
    - Sustained 3 cycle write access for PBSRAM access or CPU to DRAM 
      and PCI bus post write buffers at 66 MHz
    - Data streaming for simultaneous primary and secondary cache line 
      fill
    - System and video BIOS cacheable and write-protect
    - Programmable cacheable region and cache timing
o   AGP Controller
    - AGP v1.0 compliant
    - Supports SideBand Addressing (SBA) mode (non-multiplexed 
      address/data)
    - Supports 133MHz 2X mode for AD and SBA signalling
    - Pipelined split-transaction long-burst transfers up to 533 MB/
      sec
    - Eight level read request queue
    - Four level posted-write request queue
    - Thirty-two level (quadwords) read data FIFO (128 bytes)
    - Sixteen level (quadwords) write data FIFO (64 bytes)
    - Intelligent request reordering for maximum AGP bus utilization
    - Supports Flush/Fence commands
o   GART
    - One level TLB structure
    - Sixteen entry fully associative page table
    - LRU replacement scheme
    - Independent GART lookup control for host / AGP / PCI master 
      accesses
o   Intelligent PCI Bus Controller
    - PCI buses are synchronous to host CPU bus
    - 33 MHz operation on the primary PCI bus
    - 66 MHz PCI operation on the AGP bus
    - PCI-to-PCI bridge configuration on the 66MHz PCI bus
    - Separate data buffers for the two PCI buses
    - Peer concurrency
    - Concurrent multiple PCI master transactions;  i.e., allow PCI 
      masters from both PCI buses active at the same time
    - Allows PCI master access while ISA master/DMA is active
    - PCI master snoop ahead and snoop filtering
    - Five levels (double-words) of CPU to PCI posted write buffers
    - Byte merging in the write buffers to reduce the number of PCI 
      cycles and to create further PCI bursting possibilities
    - Zero wait state PCI master and slave burst transfer rate
    - PCI to system memory data streaming up to 132Mbyte/sec
    - Enhanced PCI command optimization (MRL, MRM, MWI, etc.)
    - Forty-eight levels (double-words) of post write buffers from PCI 
      masters to DRAM
    - Sixteen levels (double-words) of prefetch buffers from DRAM for 
      access by PCI masters
    - Supports L1/L2 write-back forward to PCI master read to minimize 
      PCI read latency
    - Supports L1/L2 write-back merged with PCI master post-write to 
      minimize DRAM utilization
    - Transaction timer for fair arbitration between PCI masters 
      (granularity of two PCI clocks)
    - Symmetric arbitration between Host/PCI bus for optimized system 
      performance
    - Complete steerable PCI interrupts
    - PCI-2.1 compliant, 32 bit 3.3V PCI interface with 5V tolerant 
      inputs
o   Advanced High-Performance DRAM Controller
    - 66MHz DRAM interface
    - Concurrent CPU and AGP access
    - FP, EDO, SDRAM, and SDRAM-II
    - 66MHz DDR (Double Data Rate) supported for SDRAM-II
      (supports central and edge DQ, bidirectional DS, and optional 
      SDR write)
    - Different DRAM types may be used in mixed combinations
    - Different DRAM timing for each bank
    - Mixed 1M / 2M / 4M / 8M / 16MxN DRAMs
    - 6 banks up to 1GB DRAMs
    - Flexible row and column addresses
    - 64-bit data width only
    - 3.3V DRAM interface with 5V-tolerant inputs
    - Optional bank-by-bank ECC (single-bit error correction and 
      multi-bit error detection) or EC (error checking only) for DRAM 
      integrity
    - Two-bank interleaving for 16Mbit SDRAM support
    - Two-bank and four bank interleaving for 64Mbit SDRAM support 
      (14 MA lines)
    - Supports maximum 8-bank interleave (i.e., 8 pages open 
      simultaneously);  banks are allocated based on LRU
    - Seamless DRAM command scheduling for maximum DRAM bus utilization
      (e.g., precharge other banks while accessing the current bank)
    - Four cache lines (16 quadwords) of CPU/cache to DRAM write 
      buffers
    - Concurrent DRAM writeback
    - Read around write capability for non-stalled CPU read
    - Burst read and write operation
    - 5-2-2-2 on page, 8-2-2-2 start page and 11-2-2-2 off page timing 
      for EDO DRAMs at 66 MHz
    - 6-1-1-1 on page, 8-1-1-1 start page and 10-1-1-1 off page for 
      SDRAMs at 66 MHz
    - 5-2-2-2-3-2-2-2 back-to-back accesses for EDO DRAM at 66 MHz
    - 6-1-1-1-3-1-1-1 back-to-back accesses for SDRAM at 66 MHz
    - BIOS shadow at 16KB increment
    - Decoupled and burst DRAM refresh with staggered RAS timing
    - Programmable refresh rate, CAS-before-RAS refresh and refresh on 
      populated banks only
o   Built-in NAND-tree pin scan test capability
o   3.3V, 0.5um, high speed / low power CMOS process
o   472 pin BGA Package
o   Alternate pinouts available to optimally accommodate different PCB 
    form factors
    - VT82C597 for ATX and NLX
    - VT82C597AT for Baby AT and ATX

**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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