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**82395SX     Smart Cache                                     12/17/90
***Notes:...
**82396SX     Smart Cache                                     12/17/90...
**82485       Turbo Cache (and 485Turbocache)                      c90...
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**82495DX/490DX DX CPU-Cache Chip Set                           <Sep91...
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**5571           (Trinity) Pentium PCI/ISA Chipset (75MHz)   <12/09/96
***Info:
[no general section in datasheet]

3. Functional Description
3.1 DRAM Controller
3.1.1 DRAM Type
The SiS5571  can support up to  384MBytes (3 banks) of  DRAMs and each
bank could be single or double sided 64 bits FP (Fast Page mode) DRAM,
EDO  (Extended  Data  Output)   DRAM,  and  SDRAM  (Synchronous  DRAM)
DRAM. Half populated bank(32-bit) is also supported.

The installed DRAM type can be 256K,  512k, 1M, 2M, 4M or 16M bit deep
by n bit  wide DRAMs, and both symmetrical  and asymmetrical type DRAM
are supported. It is also  permissible to mix the DRAMs (FP/EDO/SDRAM)
bank  by bank  and  the  corresponding DRAM  timing  will be  switched
automatically according to register settings.

3.1.2 DRAM Configuration

The SiS5571 can support single  sided or double sided DRAM modules for
each bank. The basic configurations are shown as the following:

3.1.3 Double-sided DRAM    [omitted see datasheet]
3.1.4 Single-sided DRAM    [omitted see datasheet]
3.1.5 DRAM Scramble Table  [omitted see datasheet]
3.1.6 64-bit mapping table [omitted see datasheet]

3.2 DRAM Performance       [omitted see datasheet]

3.3 CPU to DRAM Posted Write FIFOs

There is  a built-in CPU  to Memory posted  write buffer with  8 QWord
deep ( CTMFF). All the write  access to DRAM will be buffered. For the
CPU read miss / Line fill cycles, the write- back data from the second
level cache will be buffered first,  and right after the data had been
posted write into the FIFO, CPU can performs the read operation by the
memory controller starting to read  data from DRAMs. The buffered data
are  then written  to DRAM  whenever no  any other  read  DRAM request
comes. With  this concurrent write  back policy, many wait  states are
eliminated. If  there comes a  bunch of continuous DRAM  write cycles,
some ones will be pending if the CTMFF is full.

3.4 32-bit (Half-Populated) DRAM Access
For the read  access, there will be either single  or burst read cycle
to access the DRAM which depends  on the cacheability of the cycle. If
the  current  DRAM  configuration  is half-populated  bank,  then  the
SiS5571 will assert 8 consecutive  cycles to access DRAM for the burst
cycle.  For the  single cycle that only accesses  DRAM within a DWord,
the SiS5571 will  only issue one cycle to access  DRAM. For the single
cycle that  accesses one  Qword or cross  DWord boundary,  the SiS5571
will issue two consecutive cycles to access DRAM.

3.5 Arbiter
The arbiter is the interface  between the DRAM controller and the host
which  can  access  DRAMs.  In  addition  to  pass  or  translate  the
information  from   outside  to  DRAM  controller,   arbiter  is  also
responsible for which master has  higher priority to access DRAMs. The
arbiter treats different DRAM access  request as DRAM master, and that
makes there be  5 masters which are trying to  access DRAMs by sending
their request to the arbiter. After one of them get the grant from the
arbiter, it owns DRAM bus and begins to do memory data transaction.

The masters are: CPU read request, PCI master, Posted write FIFO write
request, and Refresh  request. The order of these  masters shown above
also stands for their priority to access memory.

3.6 Refresh cycle
The refresh cycle  will occur every 15.6 us. It is  timed by a counter
of 14Mhz input.  The CAS[7:0]# will be asserted at  the same time, and
the RAS[5:0]# are asserted sequentially.

3.7 PCI bridge
SiS5571 is  able to operate  at both asynchronous and  synchronous PCI
clocks. Synchronous  mode is provided for those  synchronous system to
improve the overall system performance.  While in the PCI master write
cycles, post-write  is always performed.  And function  of Write Merge
with CPU-to-DRAM  post-write buffer  is incorporated to  eliminate the
penalty of snooping write-back. On the other hand, prefetch is enabled
for master read cycles by default, and such function could be disabled
optionally.  And, Direct-Read  from CPU-to-DRAM  post-write  buffer is
implemented to eliminate the overhead of snooping write-back also.  In
addition to  Write-Merge and  Direct-Read, Snoop-Ahead also  hides the
overhead of inquiry cycles for master to main memory cycles. These key
functions,  Write-Merge,  Direct-Read  and  Snoop-Ahead,  achieve  the
purpose  of zero  wait for  PCI  burst transfer.   The post-write  and
prefetch buffers are both 16 Double-Word deep FIFOs.

3.8  Snooping Control                          [omitted see datasheet]
3.9  AHOLD/BOFF# Process and Arbiter Interface [omitted see datasheet]
3.10 Target Initiated Termination    	       [omitted see datasheet]
3.11 DATA Flow	      			       [omitted see datasheet]
3.12 PCI Master Read/Write DRAM Cycle	       [omitted see datasheet]


***Configurations:...
***Features:...
**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...
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**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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**W83C553F    System I/O Controller With PCI Arbiter           c:sep95
***Info:
The W83C553F Enhanced System I/O  (SIO) Controller with PCI Arbiter is
a  highly  integrated  device  intended  for  use  in  any  Peripheral
Component  Interconnect  (PCI)   system,  supporting  x86  or  PowerPC
(non-x86) type microprocessors. It  supports all PCI 2.1 compliant CPU
bridge  implementations  and  directly  interfaces with  PCI  and  ISA
industry  standard  buses, including  two  direct  drive IDE  channels
supporting up to four peripherals.

The W83C553F  is a universal  PCI device which  can be used  with many
CPU-to-PCI  bridge  solution. The  W83C553F  includes  32-bit ISA  DMA
addressing (rather than  24-bit) to simplify its use  in systems using
re-compiled versions  of 32-bit operating systems (such  as Windows NT
running on PowerPC, Alpha, or other RISC CPU).

The peripheral  controller integrated  into the W83C553F  includes two
enhanced seven channel 82C37A 32-bit DMA controllers that support fast
DMA transfers with a four byte line buffer to isolate the PCI bus from
the  ISA  bus, enhancing  performance.  Both  DMA controllers  support
scatter/gather data transfer capability.

The W83C553F  Enhanced SIO controller provides the  bridge between the
PCI bus and the ISA expansion bus. It also integrates a PCI bus master
IDE controller, an eight master  PCI arbiter (which may be disabled if
desired) and  many of  the common I/O  functions found in  today's ISA
based PC systems.  The W83C553F incorporates the logic  for a complete
PCI  interface  (master  and  slave)  and ISA  interface  (master  and
slave). Also included  is PCI and ISA arbitration,  14 level interrupt
controller,  a 16-bit BIOS  timer, three  programmable counter/timers,
non-maskable-interrupt  (NMI) control logic  and register  support for
power management break events.

The built-in Enhanced  PCI IDE Controller is a  highly integrated dual
port controller,  providing a high  performance data path  between IDE
devices  and  the  PCI  bus.  Four IDE  chip  select  signals  provide
accessing of up to four  devices. Each device has its own programmable
registers  for selecting  16-bit  and 32-bit  data pipelined  transfer
rates, read-ahead and posted writes.  A large 64 Byte DMA FIFO buffers
data to and from the  IDE disks enabling the integrated scatter/gather
DMA controller to efficiently  perform zero wait state burst transfers
across the  PCI bus  when enough  data is available  in the  FIFO. Bus
master IDE significantly improves  the overall system performance of a
multi-master  PCI configuration by  greatly reducing  the bus  and CPU
utilization  required for the  disk and  CD-ROM interface.  Burst data
transfers at 33 MHz can be sustained at 132 MB/s on the PCI bus.

The  integrated  bus-mastering PCI-IDE  core  is  the original  Sonata
W83789F  core  with  some  modification of  interrupt  routing.   This
controller is fully compliant  to Intel's Bus-Mastering Controller and
SFF8038i specifications. BIOS support has been incorporated in all the
leading BIOS  companies' software. Driver  software, previously tested
and  qualified for  the  W83789F, is  available  from Winbond  Systems
Laboratory  for  all  major  operating systems,  including  recompiled
PowerPC versions.

***Versions:...
***Features:...
**W83628F/29D PCI TO ISA Bridge Set                                c98...
**W83626F/D   LPC TO ISA Bridge Set                                <00...
**
**Multi I/O:
**W83757          SUPER I/O  CHIP                                  <92...
**W83767F         ??           Multi I/O  [no datasheet]
**W83777F/87F     Power I/O   (Multi I/O)                          <95...
**W83877F         WINBOND I/O (Multi I/O)                          <96...
**W83877TF/TG/TD  WINBOND I/O (Multi I/O)                          c97...
**W83977F/G/AF/AG WINBOND I/O (Multi I/O)                          c97...
**W83977TF        WINBOND I/O (Multi I/O)                          c97...
**W83977EF        WINBOND I/O (Multi I/O)                          <98...
**W83977ATF       WINBOND I/O (Multi I/O)                          <98...
**
**Disk Controller:
**W83759/A/F/AF   Advanced VL-IDE Disk Controller                  <96...
**W83769          Local Bus IDE Solution                           <94...
**
**UARTS:
**W86C250A  UART (equivalent of INS8C250A) [no datasheet]
**W86C450/P Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter         <Jul89...
**W86C451   I/O controller for IBM PC/AT/XT                     <Jul89...
**W86C452   I/O controller for IBM PC/AT                         Jul89...
**W86C456   I/O controller [no datasheet]                            ?
**W860551/P UART with FIFO and Printer Port Controller             <94...
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