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**A note on VESA support of 486 chipsets....
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*_IBM...
**IBM PC/XT/AT...
*ACC Micro...
**Notes:...
**ACC82010 AT Chip Set (286 12.5/16MHz Max) c88...
**ACC82020 Turbo PC/AT Chip Set (286/386SX 25MHz Max) c88...
**ACC82021 Turbo PC/AT Chip Set (286/386SX 25MHz Max) >88...
**ACC82300 386 AT Chip Set (386DX) c88...
**ACC82C100 Single-Chip PC/XT Systems-Controller c90...
**ACC83000 Model 30 Integrated Chip Set (MCA) c88...
**ACC85000/A Model 50/60 Chipset (MCA) c88...
**ACC1000 Turbo PC/XT Integrated Bus and Peripheral Ctrl. 04/02/88...
**ACC2036 Single Chip Solution 2036 (286/386SX) <Jul92...
**ACC2046/ST 486DX/486SX/386DX Single Chip AT <Jul92...
**ACC2048 WB 486 Notebook/Embedded Single Chip [no datasheet] ?...
**ACC2051/NT PCI Single Chip Solution for Notebook Applications c96...
**ACC2056 ?Pentium 3.3V Notebook [no datasheet]<Jan96...
**ACC2057 PCI Notebook/Embedded Single Chip [no datasheet]<Aug96...
**ACC2066NT 486 Notebook/Embedded Single Chip [no datasheet] ?...
**ACC2086 486 VL-based System Super Chip Soluti[no datasheet] ?...
**ACC2087 Enhanced Super Chip (486 Single Chip) <Aug96...
**ACC2089 486 PCI-based System Super Chip [no datasheet] ?...
**ACC2168/GT 32-bit 486 Green System Single Chip [no datasheet] ?...
**ACC2178A 32-bit 486 Green System Single Chip [no datasheet] ?...
**ACC2268 ?486 [no datasheet] ?...
**ACC???? Maple/Maple-133 486-System-On-Chip [no datasheet] ?...
**
**Support Chips:
**ACC2016 Buffer and MUX Logic c96...
**ACC2020 Power Management Chip c92...
**ACC5500 Multifunction I/O Control Chip for PS2 Model 50/60 c88...
**
**Other chips...
*ALD...
**Notes:...
**Chips with no datasheet:...
**93C488 5x86/486 Single Chip PCI controller <Aug96...
*ALi...
**Notes:...
**M1207 286 Single Chip [no datasheet] ?...
**M1217/M1209 386SX/SLC Single Chip (40MHz) [no datasheet] c91...
**M1219 386DX/486 ISA Cache? Single Chip [no datasheet] ?
**M1419 386DX/486 ISA Cache Single Chip [no datasheet] c91
**Ml429/31/35 486 VLB/PCI/ISA [no datasheet, some info] cOct93...
**M1439/31/45 486 VLB/PCI/ISA [no datasheet, some info] <May95...
**M1489/87 FinALi-486 PCI Chipset <Feb95...
**M???? Genie, Quad Pentium [no datasheet, some info] c95...
**M1451/49 Aladdin (Pentium) [no datasheet] ?...
**M1511/12/13 Aladdin II (Pentium) [no datasheet, some info] >Apr95...
**M1521/23 Aladdin III 50-66MHz <Nov96...
**M1531/33/43 Aladdin IV & IV+ 50-83.3MHz <05/28/97...
**M1541/42/33/43 Aladdin V & V+ 50-100MHz ?...
**M1561/43/35D Aladdin 7 ArtX [no datasheet, some info] 11/08/99...
**M6117 386SX Single Chip PC <97...
**
**Support Chips:
**M1535/D South Bridge ?...
**
**May not exist:...
**Later Chipsets:...
**Other:...
*AMD . . . . . . . [no datasheets, some info]...
**AMD Am286ZX/LX (286 Embeded CPU + integrated peripherals) ?
**AMD Elan Series (386/486 Embeded CPU + integrated peripherals) ?
**AMD 640/645 (Pentium Based on VIA VT82C590) [some info] c97...
**Later Chipsets:...
*Chips & Technologies...
**CS8220 PC/AT compatible CHIPSet (82C201/C202/A203/A204/A205)cOct85...
**CS8221 NEW Enhanced AT (NEAT) (82C211/82C212/82C215/82C206) c86...
**CS8223 LeAPset [no datasheet] ?
**CS8225 CHIPS/250 PS/2 50/60 [no datasheet, some info] c88...
**CS8227 CHIPSlite (82C235/82C641) ?...
**CS8230 386/AT (82C301/302/303/304/305/306)cFeb87...
**CS8231 TURBO CACHE-BASED 386/AT (82C301/307/303/304/305/306) c86...
**CS8232 CMOS 386/AT (82C301/302/303/304/305/306) c86...
**CS8233 PEAK/386 AT (Cached) (82C311/82C315/82C316) c:Dec90...
**CS8236 386/AT (82C301/2/3/4/5/6/206) c86...
**CS8237 TURBO CACHE-BASED 386/AT (82C301/7/3/4/5/6/206) c86...
**CS8238 CHIPS/280 & 281 (386 MCA)(82C321/322/325/223/226) c:Aug89...
**CS82310 PEAK/DM 386 AT (82C351/82C355/82C356) c91...
**CS8281 NEATsx (386SX) (82C811/812/215/206) c:Dec89...
**CS8283 LeAPset-sx (82C841/82C242/82C636) c:Mar90...
**CS8285 PEAKsx (82C836/82C835) c91...
**CS8288 CHIPSlite-sx (82C836/82C641/82C835) c?...
**CS4000 WinCHIPS (64200/84021/84025) c92...
**CS4021 ISA/486 (84021/84025) c92...
**CS4031 CHIPSet (84031/84035) 5/10/93...
**CS4041/5 CHIPSet (84041/84045) 2/10/95...
**CB8291 ELEAT [no datasheet] c90...
**CB8295 ELEATsx [no datasheet] c90...
**82C100 IBM PS/2 Model 30/Super XT ?...
**82C110 IBM PS/2 Model 30/Super XT ?...
**82C235 Single Chip AT (SCAT) c89...
**82C836 Single Chip 386sx (SCATsx) <91...
**F8680/A PC/CHIP Single-Chip PC c93...
**
**Support Chips:
**64200 (Wingine) High Performance 'Windows Engine' c:Oct91...
**82C206 Integrated Peripheral Controller c86...
**82C601/A Single Chip Peripheral Controller <08/30/90...
**82C607 Multifunction Controller <Jun88...
**82C710 Universal Peripheral Controller c:Aug90...
**82C711 Universal Peripheral Controller II c:Jan91...
**82C712 Universal Peripheral Controller II c:Jan91...
**82C721 Universal Peripheral Controller III c:May93...
**82C735 I/O Peripheral Controller With Printgine c:Jul93...
**82C835 Single CHIP 386sx AT Cache Controller c:Apr91...
**F87000 Multi-Mode Peripheral Chip 11/23/93...
**Other:...
**Disk:...
**Video:...
*Contaq . . . . . [no datasheets, some info]...
**82C591/2 3/486 <Mar92...
**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]...
**EFAR-8290WB 386/486 Writeback PC/AT Chipset [no datasheet] ?...
**82EC798 386/486 Writeback PC/AT Single Chip [no datasheet] ?
**Other:...
*ETEQ...
**?????? "Cougar/Bobcat" 386DX/486DX chipset [no datasheet] cNov91...
**?????? "Bengal" 386DX/486 (WriteBack) [no datasheet] cNov91...
**ET2000 386/486 WB Chipset ?...
**ET6000 "Cheetah" 486DX/SX Non-Cache System <Apr92...
**ET9000 "Jaguar" 486 Write Back Cache AT Single Chip <Jun92...
**ET9800/391 "Firefox" 386SX Write Back chipset [no datasheet] ?...
**82C390SX "Panda" S.C. 386SX Direct Mapped Cache [no d.sheet]cFeb92...
**66x8 VIA clones [no datasheet] ?...
*Faraday...
*Forex . . . . . . [List only, no datasheets found]...
*Intel
**IBM PC/XT/AT Chip Sets...
**82230/82231 High Integration AT-Compatible Chip Set(ZyMOS) c:Aug88...
**82310 Micro Channel Compatible Peripheral Chip Set 04/21/88...
**82311 High Integration MCA Compatible Perip. Chip Set 11/14/88...
**82320 MCA compatible Chipset [no datasheet] 04/10/89...
**82340DX Chip Set (VLSI) (82346/82345/82355) 01/08/90...
**82340SX Chip Set (VLSI) (82343/82344) 01/25/89...
**82350 EISA Chip Set 07/10/89...
**82350DT EISA Chip Set 04/22/91...
**82420TX/ZX PCIset (for 486) TX (Saturn), ZX (Saturn II) c:Nov92...
**82420EX PCIset (for 486) EX (Aries) (82425EX/82426EX) <Dec94...
**82430LX PCIset (Pentium) LX (Mercury) (82433LX/82434LX) 03/22/93...
**82430NX PCIset (Pentium) NX (Neptune) (82433NX/82434NX) Mar94...
**82430FX PCIset (Pentium) FX (Triton I) (82437FX/82438FX)01/31/95...
**82430MX PCIset (Pentium) MX (Mobile Triton)(82437/438MX)11/01/95...
**82430HX PCIset (Pentium) HX (Triton II) (82439HX) 02/12/96...
**82430VX PCIset (Pentium) VX (Triton II) (82437VX/82438) 02/12/96...
**82430TX PCIset (Pentium) TX (Triton II) (82439TX) 02/17/97...
**82450KX/GX PCIset (Pentium Pro) KX/GX (Mars/Orion) 11/01/95...
**
**Support Chips:
**82091AA Advanced Interface Peripheral (AIP) c93...
**8289 Bus Arbiter (808x) c79...
**82289 Bus Arbiter for iAPX 286 Processor Family c83...
**82258 Advanced Direct Memory Access Coprocessor(ADMA) 01/01/84...
**82335 High-Integration Interface Device For 386SX c:Nov88...
**82360SL I/O Subsystem 10/05/90...
**82370 Integrated System Peripheral (for 82376) c:Oct88...
**82371FB/SB PCI ISA IDE Xcelerator 82371FB/82371SB (PIIX/3) 01/31/95...
**82371MX Mobile PCI I/O IDE Xcelerator (MPIIX) 11/01/95...
**82371AB PCI-TO-ISA / IDE Xcelerator 82371AB (PIIX4) 02/17/97...
**82374/82375 PCI-EISA Bridge (82374EB/82375EB, 374SB/375SB) c:Mar93...
**82378 System I/O (SIO) (82378IB and 82378ZB) c:Mar93...
**82379AB System I/O-APIC (SIO.A) <Dec94...
**82380 32-bit DMA Controller w/ Integrated Peripherals 02/01/87...
**82380FB/AB PCIset: 82380FB Mobile PCI-to-PCI Bridge(MPCI2) 02/17/97...
**82384 Clock Generator and Reset Interface c86...
**82385 32-bit Cache Controller for 80386 09/29/87...
**82385SX 32-bit Cache Controller for 80386SX 01/25/89...
**82395DX High Performance Smart Cache 06/18/90...
**82395SX Smart Cache 12/17/90...
**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...
**
**Later chipsets (basic spec):
**440 series:...
**450NX (?) 06/29/98:...
**????? (Profusion) c:99...
**800 series...
*Headland/G2...
*HMC (Hulon Microelectronics)...
*Logicstar...
*Motorola...
*OPTi...
*PC CHIPS/Amptron/Atrend/ECS/Elpina/etc...
*SIS...
***Notes:
Probably a clone of the C&T 82C206.
**5595 Pentium PCI System I/O <12/24/97...
**950 LPC I/O <07/16/99...
**Other:...
**PII/III/Pro...
**Athlon etc...
*Symphony...
**SL82C360 'Haydn' 80386DX/SX chipset [no datasheet] c:Jun91...
**SL82C460 'Haydn II' 80486 chipset [no datasheet] c:Jun91...
**SL82C470 'Mozart' 486/386 EISA chipset c:Dec91...
**SL82C490 'Wagner' 486? [no datasheet] ?...
**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...
*TI (Texas Instruments)...
**SN74LS610/2 IBM AT: SN74LS610, SN74LS612 Memory Mappers <84...
**TACT82000 3-Chip 286 [no datasheet] c89...
**TACT82411 Snake Single-Chip AT Controller c90...
**TACT82S411 Snake+ Single-Chip AT Controller [no datasheet] c91...
**TACT83000 AT 'Tiger' Chip Set (386) c89...
**TACT84500 AT Chip Set (486, EISA) [no datasheet, some info] c91...
**Other:...
*UMC...
**UM82C*** (IBM/INTEL Direct replacement) c87...
**UM82C088 PC/XT Integration Chip <91...
**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] ?...
**
**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 ?...
**Other chips:...
*Unresearched:...
**A - D...
**E - G...
**H - I...
**J - R...
**S...
**T - Z...
*VIA
**SL9XXX FlexSet family General information...
**SL9011 System Controller (80286/80386SX/DX, 16/20/25MHz) <Jan90...
**SL9020 Data Controller <Jan90...
**SL9025 Address Controller <Jan90...
**SL9030 Integrated Peripheral Controller <Jan90...
**SL9090/A Universal PC/AT Clock Chip <oct88...
**SL9095 Power Management Unit ?...
**SL9151 80286 Page Interleave Memory Controller (16-25MHz) ?...
**SL9250 80386SX Page Mode Memory Controller (16/20MHz 8MB) ?...
**SL9251 80386SX Page Interleave Memory Controller <04/13/90...
**SL9252 80386SX System and Memory Controller <06/12/90...
**SL9350 80386DX Page Mode Memory Controller (16-25MHz 16MB) ?...
**SL9351 80386DX Page Interleave Memory Controller (33MHz) ?
***Info:...
***Versions:...
***Features:...
**SL9352 80386DX System and Memory Controller <06/12/90...
**SLXXXX Other chips...
**
**VT82C470 "Jupiter", Chip Set (w/o cache) 386 [no datasheet] ?
**VT82C475 "Jupiter", Chip Set (w/cache) 386 [no datasheet] ?
**VT82C486/2/3 "GMC chipset" [no datasheet, some info] ?...
**VT82C495/480 "Venus" Chip Set [no datasheet] ?
**VT82C495/491 ? EISA Chip Set [no datasheet, some info] <93...
**VT82C496G Pluto, Green PC 80486 PCI/VL/ISA System <05/30/94...
**VT82C530MV 3.3V Pentium chipset [no datasheet, some info]<05/30/94...
**VT82C570M Apollo Master, Green Pentium/P54C <06/22/95...
**VT82C580VP Apollo VP, Pentium/M1/K5 PCI/ISA System <02/15/96...
**VT82C580VPX Apollo VPX, VPX/97, Pentium with 66/75MHz Bus <01/09/97...
**VT82C590 Apollo VP2, VP2/97, Single-Chip Pentium 66MHz <01/10/97...
**VT82C597/AT Apollo VP3, Single-Chip for Pentium with AGP <10/03/97...
**VT82C598MVP Apollo MVP3,Single-Chip 66/75/83/100MHz & AGP <09/22/97...
**VT8501 Apollo MVP4,Single-Chip 66-100MHz & AGP <11/04/98...
***Features:
o General
- 492 BGA Package (35mm x 35mm )
- 2.5 Volt +/- 0.2V Core
- Supports separately powered 3.3V tolerant interface to CPU and
Memory
- Supports separately powered 5.0V tolerant interface to PCI bus
and Video interface
- 2.5V, 0.25um, high speed / low power CMOS process
- PC-98/99 compatible using VIA VT82C686A (352-pin BGA) south
bridge chip
- 66 / 100 MHz Operation
CPU Internal DRAM / PCI Comments
AGP VGC
100 MHz 66 MHz 100 MHz 33 MHz synchronous
(DRAM uses CPU clock)
66 MHz 66 MHz 66 MHz 33 MHz synchronous
(DRAM uses CPU clock)
66 MHz 66 MHz 100 MHz 33 MHz Up pseudo-synchronous
(DRAM uses MEM clock)
o Socket 7 Host Interface
- Supports all Socket-7 / Super-7 processors including 64-bit
Intel Pentium / Pentium with MMX , AMD 6K86 (K6 and K6-2),
Cyrix/IBM 6x86 / 6x86MX, IDT/Centaur C6, and Rise MP6 CPUs
- 66 / 100 MHz CPU "Front Side Bus"
- Supports 3.3V and sub-3.3V interface to CPU
- Built-in de-skew PLL (Phase Lock Loop) circuitry for optimal
skew control within and between clocking regions
- Cyrix/IBM 6x86 linear burst support
- AMD K6 and K6-2 write allocation support
- Supports CPU-to-DRAM write combining
- System management interrupt, memory remap and stop clock
mechanisms
o Advanced L2 Cache
- Direct map write-back or write-through secondary cache
- Pipelined burst synchronous SRAM (PBSRAM) cache support
- Flexible cache size: 0K / 256K / 512K / 1M / 2MB
- 32 byte line size to match the primary cache
- Integrated 8-bit tag comparator
- 3-1-1-1-1-1-1-1 back to back read timing for PBSRAM accesses
up to 100 MHz
- Tag timing optimized (less than 4ns setup time) to allow
external tag SRAM implementation for most flexible cache
organization
- Sustained 3 cycle write access for PBSRAM access or CPU to
DRAM & PCI bus post write buffers up to 100 MHz
- Supports CPU single read cycle L2 allocation
- System and video BIOS cacheable and write-protect
- Programmable cacheable region
o Internal Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) Controller
- AGP v2.0 compliant for 1x and 2x transfer modes
- 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
- Graphics Address Relocation Table (GART)
- One level TLB structure
- Sixteen entry fully associative page table
- LRU replacement scheme
- Independent GART lookup control for host / AGP / PCI master
accesses
- Windows 95 OSR-2 VXD and integrated Windows 98 / NT5 miniport
driver support
o Concurrent PCI Bus Controller
- PCI bus is synchronous / pseudo-synchronous to host CPU bus
- 33 MHz operation on the primary PCI bus
- Supports up to five PCI masters
- Peer concurrency
- Concurrent multiple PCI master transactions; i.e., allow PCI
masters from both PCI buses active at the same time
- Zero wait state PCI master and slave burst transfer rate
- PCI to system memory data streaming up to 132Mbyte/sec
- PCI master snoop ahead and snoop filtering
- Six 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
- 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
- Delay transaction from PCI master reading DRAM
- Read caching for PCI master reading DRAM
- 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-2.2 compliant, 32 bit 3.3V PCI interface with 5V tolerant
inputs
o High-Performance DRAM Controller
- 64-bit DRAM interface synchronous with host CPU (66//100 MHz)
or internal Memory Clock (100 MHz)
- Concurrent CPU and AGP access
- Supports both standard PC100 and "Virtual Channel" PC100
SDRAMs as well as FPG and EDO DRAMs
- Different DRAM types (FPG, EDO, and SDRAM) may be used in
mixed combinations
- Different DRAM timing for each bank
- Dynamic Clock Enable (CKE) control for SDRAM power reduction
- Mixed 1M / 2M / 4M / 8M / 16MxN DRAMs
- 6 banks up to 768MB DRAMs
- Flexible row and column addresses
- 64-bit data width only
- 3.3V DRAM interface
- Programmable I/O drive capability for MA, command, and MD
signals
- 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
- 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
- Four quadwords of CPU/cache to DRAM read prefetch buffers
- Concurrent DRAM writeback
- Read around write capability for non-stalled CPU read
- Burst read and write operation
- 5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2 back-to-back accesses for EDO DRAM
- 6-1-1-1-2-1-1-1 back-to-back accesses for SDRAM
- BIOS shadow at 16KB increment
- Decoupled and burst DRAM refresh with staggered RAS timing
- Programmable refresh rate and refresh on populated banks only
- CAS before RAS or self refresh
o Sophisticated Power Management Features
- Independent clock stop controls for CPU / SDRAM, Internal AGP
and PCI bus
- PCI and AGP bus clock run and clock generator control
- Suspend power plane preserves memory data
- Suspend-to-DRAM and Self-Refresh operation
- Dynamic clock gating for internal functional blocks for power
reduction during normal operation
- Low-leakage I/O pads
o General Graphic Capabilities
- 64-bit Single Cycle 2D/3D Graphics Engine
- Supports 2 to 8 Mbytes of Frame Buffer located in System Memory
- Real Time DVD MPEG-2 and AC-3 Playback
- Video Processor
- I2C Serial Interface
- Integrated 24-bit 230MHz True Color DAC
- Extended Screen Resolutions up to 1600x1200
- Extended Text Modes 80 or 132 columns by 25/30/43/60 rows
- DirectX 6 and OpenGL ICD API
o High Performance rCADE3D Accelerator
- 32 entry command queue, 32 entry data queue
- 4Kbyte texture cache with over 90% hit rates
- Pipelined Setup/Texturing/Rendering Engines
- DirectDraw acceleration
- Multiple buffering and page flipping
o Setup Engine
- 32-bit IEEE floating point input data
- Slope and vertex calculations
- Back facing triangle culling
- 1/16 sub-pixel positioning
o Rendering Engine
- High performance single pass execution
- Diffused and specula lighting
- Gouraud and flat shading
- Anti-aliasing including edge, scene, and super-sampling
- OpenGL compliant blending for fog and depth-cueing
- 16-bit Z-buffer
- 8/16/32 bit per pixel color formats
o Texturing Engine
- D3D compressed texture formats DXT1 and DXT2
- Anisotropic texture filtering
- 1/2/4/8-bits per pixel compact palletized textures
- 16/32-bits per pixel quality non-palletized textures
- Pallet formats in ARGB 565, 1555, or 444
- Tri-linear, bi-linear, and point-sampled filtering
- Mip-mapping with multiple Level-Of-Detail (LOD) calculations
and perspective correction
- Color keying for translucency
o 2D GUI Engine
- 8/15/16/24/32-bits per pixel color formats
- 256 Raster Operations (ROPs)
- Accelerated drawing: BitBLTs, lines, polygons, fills,
patterns, clipping, bit masking
- Panning, scrolling, clipping, color expansion, sprites
- 32x32 and 64x64 Hardware Cursor
- DOS graphics and text modes
o DVD
- Hardware-Assisted MPEG-2 Architecture for DVD with AC-3
- Simultaneous motion compensation and front-end processing
(parsing, decryption and decode)
- Supports full DVD 1.0, VCD 2.0 and CD-Karaoke
- Microsoft DirectShow 2.x native support, backward compatible to
MCI
- No additional frame buffer requirements
- Dynamic frame and field de-interlace filtering for high quality
playback on VGA monitors (Bob and Weave)
- Tamper-proof software CSS implementation
- Freeze, Fast-Forward, Slow Motion, Reverse
- Pan-and-Scan support for 16:9 sequence
o Video Processor
- On-chip Color Space Converter (CSC)
- Anti-tearing via two frame buffer based capture surfaces
- Minifier for video stream compression and filtering
- Horizontal/vertical interpolation with edge recovery
- Dual frame buffer apertures for independent memory access for
graphics and video
- YUV 4:2:2/4:1:1/4:2:0 and RGB formats
- Capture / ZV Port to MPEG and video decoder
- Vertical Blank Interval for Intercast
- Overlay differing video and graphic color depths
- Display two simultaneous video streams from both internal AGP
and Capture / ZV Port
- Two scalers and Color Space Converters (CSC) for independent
windows
o Digital Flat Panel (DFP) Interface
- 85MHz DFP interface supports 1024x768 panels
- Allows external TMDS transmitter for advanced panel interfaces
o Testability
- Build-in NAND-tree pin scan test capability
**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...
**Later P-Pro/II/III/Celeron...
**Later AMD...
**Other...
*VLSI...
*Western Digital...
*Winbond...
*ZyMOS...
*General Sources:...
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