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**Intro:
The information contained within this file should not be considered
100% correct. Where possible information has been taken from
datasheets, however even this info may be incorrect. The datasheets
state what the chip should do, not what they actually do. This is,
compounded further by different revisions of chips.
This document will never be complete, and I have no intention of
finding every datasheet for every chip set. Some of the chip sets
listed are from later systems in the PIII/P4/Athlon era. There are
many websites with information on these chip sets and these entries
will likely not be expanded upon. The focus of this document is early
PC/XT to Pentium chip sets. There are few sites that clearly illu-
strate this information, and how they relate to each other.
I aim to prioritize cataloging significant, rare or otherwise
interesting chip sets.
BTW the reason I wrote all of this down, is so that I could FORGET it.
Basically I needed to free up some RAM. I've a head full of arcane
snippets of information on this subject. I don't want to end up a
crazy old man ranting random disjointed information ("The C&T CS8220
came before the CS8221 you KNOW!") to disinterested passersby, unable
to see how senile I've become. A side benefit, this might be useful to
someone else:-)
**Quote style:...
**Cant find a chip?...
**Why this document is not GPL or a wiki...
**Definition of a chip set:...
**'chip set', 'chip-set' or 'chipset'?...
**What's not included:...
**Who made the first chip set?...
**Spelling errors/mistyped words...
**Info needed on:...
**A note on VESA support of 486 chipsets....
**Datasheets:...
*_IBM...
*ACC Micro...
**Other chips
ACC1200 Clock synthesizer Supports Pentium-Pro and Pentium-class PCI
ACC16C451 Multi I/O 1x16450/1xLPT
ACC16C452 Multi I/O 2x16450/1xLPT
ACC16C461 Multi I/O 1x16450/1xLPT
ACC2042 Keyboard/Mouse Controller
ACC2188 PCI bus controller Support 32-bit PCI Bus interface with built-in power management control and synchronous / asynchronous clock feature.
ACC3201 PC/XT/AT FDD Controller
ACC3202 PS/2 FDD Controller
ACC3203 PS/2 FDD Controller
ACC3211 PC AT/XT FDD Controller (x4) + with IDE
ACC3221 Multi I/O Controller, floppy/IDE/2x16450/1xLPT
ACC3223 Multi I/O Controller, floppy/IDE/2x16550/1xLPT
ACC3350 Ultra SCSI
ACC3360 UltraWide SCSI
ACC3618 3D surround controller ISA
ACC5810 Micro Channel Interface Chip
ACC808 Plug-and-Play Controller
ACC???? Manhattan PCI-based FireWire for Pentium
ACC???? Memphis PCI-based CardBus and FireWire
*ALD...
*ALi...
**Ml429/31/35 486 VLB/PCI/ISA [no datasheet, some info] cOct93
***Notes:...
***Configurations:...
**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]...
*Chips & Technologies...
*Contaq . . . . . [no datasheets, some info]...
**82C596/A 3/486 Writeback Cache [no datasheet] <11/11/92
Possibly two variant, or one version with two names, one being a
shorthand:
82C596
82C596A
ftp://ami.com/archive/Other_Manuals/!index.txt
lists the A variant with the date 11/11/92. No date for non-A:
"
CTQ596.Z06 88900 12-21-92 3/486 Contaq 596 chipset 06-06 core
CTQ596A.Z11 95383 10-07-93 3/486 Contaq 596-A for 11/11/92
CTQ596_3.Z06 92195 03-01-93 386 Contaq 596
CTQ596_3.Z11 98031 06-21-93 386 Contaq 596
CTQ596_4.Z06 92236 03-01-93 486 Contaq 596
CTQ596_4.Z11 97602 06-21-93 486 Contaq 596
CT596A.Z08 96217 12-09-93 Contaq 596a
"
Note, the column of dates is the file date.
**?????? 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
***Notes:...
***Info:...
***Configurations:...
***Features:...
**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...
**82c496A/B DXBB PC/AT Chipset <Mar92
***Notes:...
***Info:...
***Configurations:...
***Features:...
**82C496/7 DXBB PC/AT Chipset (Cached) <01/16/92...
**82C498 DXWB PC/AT chipset [no datasheet] ?...
**82C499 DXSC DX System Controller c:93...
**82C546/547 Python PTM3V c:94...
**82C556/7/8 Viper [no datasheet] ?...
**82C556/7/8N Viper-N Viper Notebook Chipset <05/25/95...
**82C556M/7M/8E Viper-N+ Viper Notebook Chipset c:96...
**82C566/7/8 Viper-Max Chipset Scalable MultiMedia PC Solution ?...
**82C571/572 486/Pentium c:93...
**82C576/7/8 Viper Xpress [no datasheet] ?...
**82C576/8/9 Viper XPress+ [no datasheet, some info] <01/16/97...
**82C596/597 PTMAWB Pentium Adaptive Write-back (Cobra) c:93...
**82C650/1/2 Discovery (Pentium Pro) [no datasheet] ?...
**82C681/2/6/7 386/486WB EISA c:92...
**82C683 386/486AWB EISA [no datasheet] ?...
**82C693/6/7 Pentium uP Write Back Cache EISA c:93...
**82C700 FireStar c:97...
**82C701 FireStar Plus c:97...
**82C750 Vendetta [no datasheet] ?...
**82c801 SCWB2 DX Single Chip Solution c:92...
**82C802 SCWB2 PC/AT Single Chip [no datasheet] ?...
**82C802G/GP System/Power Management Controller (cached) c:93...
**82C895 System/Power Management Controller (cached) c:Sep94...
**82C898 System/Power Management Controller (non-cache)c:Nov94...
**
**Support Chips:
**82C601/2 Buffer Devices <Nov94...
**82C822 PCIB (VLB-to-PCI bridge) c:94...
**Other:...
*PC CHIPS/Amptron/Atrend/ECS/Elpina/etc...
*SIS...
*Symphony...
*TI (Texas Instruments)...
**SN74LS610/2 IBM AT: SN74LS610, SN74LS612 Memory Mappers <84
***Notes:...
***Info:...
***Versions:...
***Features:...
**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...
*Unresearched:...
**S
***Shasta...
***SARC...
***ServerWorks (Reliance Computer Corporation)...
***Sun Electronics (SUNTAC) ...
***Syslogic...
***Other...
**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...
**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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