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**Who made the first chip set?
By the criteria of (2.) in 'Definition of a chip set' many sources
state this to be the Chips and Technologies NEAT chip set. I don't
know why this is stated as it is most definitely incorrect. The CS8221
NEW Enhanced AT (NEAT) chip set consisting of the chips;
82C211/82C212/82C215/82C206 was as far as I can establish, first
released sometime in 1986.
C&T itself have an earlier chip set called the CS8220 PC/AT compatible
Chip Set, and consists of the following chips; 82C201/82C202/
82A203/82A204/82A205. It was first available in OCT-85. (see:C&T>
CS8220>Notes for further info.)
That is, AFAIK, the first motherboard chip set from C&T and AFAIK the
worlds first chip set that meets the criteria of (2.). However C&T did
already have on the market their popular EGA chip set, but that isn't
a motherboard chip set.
By the criteria of (1.), IBM, or Intel, see IBM>PC/XT chip set.
Another pre-'86 chipset is the Faraday FE2010. The datasheet includes
a schematic on the very last page dated 11/22/85. This only indicates
the chip set was on paper at that date. An acutal release date has not
been found.
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**82C591/2 3/486 <Mar92
The BIOS companion. (Croucher, Phil) available here:
https://archive.org/details/pc_engineers_vol1_BIOS
Lists this as:
82C591/82C592 WriteBack
Also listed in:
ftp://ami.com/archive/Other_Manuals/!index.txt
"
CTQ3591.Z12 55546 03-17-92 386 Contaq 82c591 chipset
CTQ4591.Z12 57510 03-17-92 486 Contaq 82c591 chipset
CTQ591A.Z11 84994 02-08-93 3/486 Contact 591-A chipset
"
Indicating there is an A variant of the 82C591, the 82C591A.
**82C593 3/486 [no datasheet] <May92...
**82C596/A 3/486 Writeback Cache [no datasheet] <11/11/92...
**?????? 486 EISA chipset [no datasheet] <Feb93...
**82C599 PCI-VLB Bridge [no datasheet, some info] ?...
**82C693 PCI-ISA Bridge [no datasheet] ?...
*Efar Microsystems [no datasheets, some info]...
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**440 series:
***440FX (Natoma) 05/06/96...
***440LX (Balboa) 08/27/97...
***440BX (Seattle) c:Apr'98...
***440DX (?) c:?...
***440EX (?) c:Apr'98...
***440GX (Marlinespike) 06/29/98...
***440ZX & 440ZX-66 (?) 01/04/99...
***440ZX-M (?) 05/17/99...
***440MX (Banister) 05/17/99...
**450NX (?) 06/29/98:...
**????? (Profusion) c:99...
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**UM82C088 PC/XT Integration Chip <91
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**UM82C230 286AT MORTAR Chip Set <91...
**UM82C210 386SX/286 AT Chip Set <91...
**UM82C3xx Twinstar & UM82C336F/N & UM82C39x [no datasheet] ?...
**UM82C380 386 HEAT PC/AT Chip Set <91...
**UM82C480 386/486 PC Chip Set c91...
**UM82C493/491 ??????????????? [no datasheet] ?...
**UM8498/8496 486 VL Chipset "Super Energy Star Green"[no dsheet]c94...
**UM8881/8886 HB4 PCI Chipset "Super Energy Star Green"[no dsheet]c94...
**UM8890 Pentium chipset [no datasheet] ?...
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**Support Chips:
**UM82152 Cache Controller (AUStek A38152 clone) <91...
**UM82C852 Multi I/O For XT <91...
**UM82C206 Integrated Peripheral Controller <91...
**UM82c45x Serial/Parallel chips ?...
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