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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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**85C501/502/503 Pentium/P54C PCI/ISA Chipset                <01/09/95
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**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...
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**5595       Pentium PCI System I/O                          <12/24/97...
**950        LPC I/O                                         <07/16/99...
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**TACT83000   AT 'Tiger' Chip Set (386)                            c89
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***Features:
o   High-Speed 1-um CMOS Technology Supports System Speeds up to 
    33 MHz
o   Fully AT-Compatible 386 Three-Chip SX, Four-Chip DX Solutions
o   Only Four Additional Logic Chips Needed
o   Major Features Programmable Through Software
o   TACT83442 Memory Control Unit (MCU)
    - Cascadable up to Eight Devices
    - Address Range of up to 32M Byte Per Device, 256M Byte Fully 
      Cascaded
    - Supports 256K-, 1M-, and 4M-Bit DRAMs in Normal, Page, Word-
      interleave, and Page Block-interleave Modes
    - Programmable DRAM Timing Parameters
    - Supports up to Two Memory Banks for 32-Bit Systems and Four 
      Banks for 16-Bit Systems
    - Can Directly Drive up to 36 DRAM Devices
    - Shadow RAM Available Between 0C 0000h and 0F FFFFh
    - Contains Global Page Mapping RAM Allowing Remap of 
      - 64K-Byte Memory Blocks Above 1M Byte
      - 16K-Byte Memory Blocks Below 1M Byte
o   TACT83443 AT Bus Interface Unit (ATU)
    - Internal Clock Switching Between Two Independent Frequencies 
      Controlled by Software
    - Asynchronous AT Bus Interface With Write Buffer Option
    - Full AT Direct-Drive Capability
    - Extended Direct Memory Access Mode for 32-Bit Operation
    - Fast CPU Reset and A20 GATE Modification
    - Numeric Processor Interface for 387SX, 387DX, and Weitek 3167
    - Integrates All Essential AT Peripherals
    - Real Time Clock With 128-Byte CMOS RAM
o   TACT83441 Data Path Unit (DPU)
    - 8- and 16-Bit Data Bus Sizing
    - Data Path Cascadable to 32 Bits
    - Write Buffer Capability for AT Bus Access
    - Supports Posted Write Operations From Cache Controller
    - Parity Generation and Checking Logic

**TACT84500   AT Chip Set (486, EISA) [no datasheet, some info]    c91...
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**VT82C686A/B  PCI Super-I/O Integrated Peripheral Ctrl.     <02/10/98
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