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**82395SX     Smart Cache                                     12/17/90
***Notes:...
**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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**85C206     Integrated Peripheral Controller [no datasheet]         ?...
**5595       Pentium PCI System I/O                          <12/24/97...
**950        LPC I/O                                         <07/16/99...
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**VL82C380         Single chip 386DX PC/AT Controller +on-chip cache ?
***Info:
VLSI  Technology,  Inc.'s  VL82C380  is  a  highly  integrated  32-bit
single-chip PC/AT  controller with  on-chip cache  controller designed
for use  in 386DX-based  ISA systems  operating at up  to 40  MHz. Its
cache  controller   is  designed   with  a  look-aside,   write-  back
architecture  for   increased  write  performance  as   well  as  read
performance.  Full  coherency  is maintained  during  DMA/Master  Mode
cycles.

The VL82C380 is  a highly integration solution. A  complete system can
be implemented  using only  the CPU,  BIOS, DRAM,  VL82C380, VL82C113A
Combination I/O and 3 SSI TTL's, plus optional TAG and Data SRAMs.

Tag SRAMs  can be either  8- or  9-bit (7- or  8-bit tag plus  a dirty
bit). Dirty and Valid bits are optional, each may be disabled in order
to increase cacheable DRAM range.  The Dirty bit, when used, indicates
that the cache has been updated but not the corresponding locations in
DRAM. The  Valid bit,  when used,  indicates that  both the  cache and
corresponding DRAM locations have been updated.

Only  on-board   DRAM  is  cached,  this   prevents  coherency  issues
associated with caching  system memory in the USA  bus. Full coherency
is  maintained   during  DMA/Master  mode  cycles,   so  flushing  and
invalidating   operations   are    unnecessary.   set-up/sizing   mode
(programmable) provides direct access to the cache data SRAMs.

The Memory Controller logic is capable of accessing up to 64 MB. There
can be up to 4 banks of 256K,  1M, or 4M DRAMs used in the system. The
VL82C380  can drive  two  banks without  external buffering.  Built-in
page-mode  operations  and  up  to 2-way  interleaving  allow  the  PC
designer    to   maximize    system    performance   using    low-cost
DRAMs. Programmable DRAM timing is  provided for RAS precharge, RAS to
CAS delay, and CAS pulse width.

***Configuration:...
***Features:
o   Highly integrated system solution using VL82C380 single-chip 
    ISA controller, VL82C113A Combination I/O chip and 3 TTLs
o   Supports one- or two-bank write-back cache
    - External TAGs
    - 32 Kbyte to 1 Mbyte cache size
    - 0 or 1 wait state writes
    - Separate dirty RAM not required; first write to clean, valid 
      line sets dirty bit 
o   Caches main system DRAM only
o   Maintains full coherency during DMA/MASTER mode cycles
o   Optional remap of video and hard disk ROM BIOS onto motherboard, 
    allowing use of single BIOS ROM
o   Optional bus acceleration for video accesses, with programmable 
    address regions
o   Software-configurable
o   Utilizes proven 8254, 8237, 8259 megacalls used in all previous
    VLSI Technology PC/AT chipsets
o   High-performance memory controller:
    - One wait state red up to 33 MHz, Zero wait state reads up to 
      40 MHz
    - Automatic configuring of Bank start address
    - Each bank individually configurable for any supported DRAM type
    - shadow RAM support form 640K to 1M in 16K segments
    - Staggered refresh reduces power supply peak currents
    - Decoupled-mode refresh improves performance
    - Programmable refresh frequency for support of slow-refresh DRAMs
    - Up to 64 Mbytes of motherboard memory in one to four banks using
      256K, 1M, and/or 4Mbit DRAM, all motherboard memory is cacheable
    - Direct-drive up to 2 banks (32 Mbyte) of motherboard memory
    - Two-way page mode interleave
    - Supports 32-bit ini-interleaved or interleaved configurations
    - Programmable RAS/CAS timing supported for Cycle-start, Trp, 
      Trcd, and Tacs

**VL82C325             VL82C386SX System Cache controller            ?...
**VL82C335             VL82C386DX System Cache ctrl. [no d.sheet]    ?...
**VL82C315A/322A/3216  Kodiak 32-Bit Low-Voltage Chip Set            ?...
**VL82C420/144/146     SCAMP IV [no datasheet, some info]          c93...
**VL82C480         System/Cache/ISA bus Controller                   ?...
**VL82C481         System/Cache/ISA bus Controller                 c92...
**VL82C486         Single-Chip 486, SC486, Controller                ?...
**VL82C425         486 Cache controller                              ?...
**????????         Cheetah 486, PCI [no datasheet]                   ?...
**VL82C3216        Bus Expanding Controller Cache with write buffer  ?...
**VL82C521/522     Lynx/M                                            ?...
**VL82C530         Eagle Ð                                         c95...
**VL82C541/543     Lynx                                            c95...
**VL82C591/593     SuperCore 590                                   c94...
**VL82C594/596/597 Wildcat                                         c95...
**I/O Chips:
**VL82C106 Combination I/O chip                                      ?...
**VL82C107 SCAMP  Combination I/O chip                               ?...
**VL82C108 TOPCAT Combination I/O chip                               ?...
**VL82C110 Combination I/O chip                                      ?...
**VL82C113 SCAMP  Combination I/O chip                               ?...
**VL82C114 Combination I/O chip                                      ?...
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