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**M1439/31/45    486 VLB/PCI/ISA      [no datasheet, some info] <May95
***Notes:...
***Configurations:...
**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                         ?
***Info:...
***Configurations:...
***Features:...
**M1561/43/35D   Aladdin 7 ArtX    [no datasheet, some info]  11/08/99
***Notes:...
***Info & Features:...
***Configurations:...
**M6117          386SX Single Chip PC                              <97...
**
**Support Chips:
**M1535/D        South Bridge                                        ?...
**
**May not exist:...
**Later Chipsets:...
**Other:
M2228 	Video
M2301 	Video
M2302 	Video
M2308 	Video
M2401 	Video
M3125 	Video
M3135 	Video (super VGA)
M3143 	Video
M3145 	PCI Video
M3145 	VLB/PCI 3D Video
M3147V 	PCI Video
M3149 	Video
M3151 	PCI 3D Video, 4MB MAX
M3307   MPEG    Video Decoder Chip
M3309   MPEG-II Video Decoder Chip
M3321   MPEG-II A/V Decoder Chip
M3351   MPEG-II Video Decoder Chip
M4803 	PCI EIDE Controller
M5105 	VLB Super I/O Controller FDD/HDD/LPT/2xCOM/GAME	 
M5113   Superset of 5105, with PnP, ECP/EPP LPT and IR port
M5119 	Super I/O
M5123 	Super I/O   PnP/2xCOM/IR port/Keyboard (For Phoenix BIOS)
M5125 	same as  M5123 but for AMI
M513? 	Super I/O PnP/Keyboard
M5135F 	Super I/O PnP/Keyboard/IR
M514? 	Super I/O PnP/Keyboard/IR/2xCOM/  
M5213 	PCI IDE
M5217/H	Super I/O
M5219 	PCI? Bus mastering EIDE
M5225 	PCI? EIDE
M5229 	PCI? Bus mastering EIDE
M5235 	Super I/O
M5237 	PCI USB Host
M5240 	PCI? EIDE
M5241 	PCMCIA Bridge
M5242 	? 
M5244 	FDD
M5427 	PCI-AGP Bridge
M5451 	Audio 
M5453 	Modem 
M5455 	Audio  

*AMD . . . . . . . [no datasheets, some info]...
*Chips & Technologies...
**CS8231   TURBO CACHE-BASED 386/AT (82C301/307/303/304/305/306)   c86
***Info:...
***Configurations:...
***Features:...
**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
assumed to be sx variant of of ELEAT

**82C100   IBM PS/2 Model 30/Super XT                                ?...
**82C110   IBM PS/2 Model 30/Super XT                                ?...
**82C235   Single Chip AT (SCAT)                                   c89
***Notes:...
***Info:...
***Configurations:...
***Features:...
**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
***Info:...
***Versions:...
***Features:...
**82C710   Universal Peripheral Controller                     c:Aug90
***Info:...
***Versions:...
***Features:...
**82C711   Universal Peripheral Controller II                  c:Jan91...
**82C712   Universal Peripheral Controller II                  c:Jan91...
**82C721   Universal Peripheral Controller III                 c:May93
***Info:...
***Versions:...
***Features:...
**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]...
*Efar Microsystems [no datasheets, some info]...
*ETEQ...
**66x8       VIA clones [no datasheet]                               ?
***Notes:...
*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
***Notes:...
***Info:...
***Configurations:...
***Features:...
**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
***Info:...
***Info:...
***Versions:...
***Features:...
**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
***Notes:...
***Info:...
***Versions:...
***Features:...
**82395SX     Smart Cache                                     12/17/90...
**82396SX     Smart Cache                                     12/17/90
***Notes:...
***Info:...
***Versions:...
***Features:...
**82485       Turbo Cache (and 485Turbocache)                      c90...
**82489DX       Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller    10/12/92...
**82495DX/490DX DX CPU-Cache Chip Set                           <Sep91
***Notes:...
***Info:...
***Configurations:...
***Features:...
**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...
**GC101/102     12/16MHz PC/AT Compatible Chip Set             c:Feb88
***Info:...
***Configurations:...
***Features:...
**GC101/102/103 12/16MHz PC/AT Compatible Chip Set + EMS 4.0   c:Jul89...
**GCK113        80386 AT Compatible Chip Set                   c:oct89...
**GCK181        Universal PS/2 Chip Set                        c:Mar89...
**HT11          Single 286 AT Chip [no datasheet]               <Aug90...
**HT12/+/A      Single 286 AT Chip with EMS support            c:Aug90...
**HT18          80386SX Single Chip                            c:Sep91...
**HT21          386SX/286 Single Chip (20 MHz)                 c:Aug91...
**HT22          386SX/286 Single Chip (25 MHz)                 c:Sep91...
**HT25          3-volt Core Logic for 386SX                    c:Dec92...
**HT35          Single-Chip Peripheral Controller [partial info]     ?...
**HTK320        386DX Chip Set                                 c:Sep91...
**HTK340        "Shasta" 486 Chip Set                          c:Jun92...
**Support Chips:
**HT44          Secondary Cache                                c:Jun92...
**Other:...
*HMC (Hulon Microelectronics)...
*Logicstar...
*Motorola...
*OPTi...
*PC CHIPS/Amptron/Atrend/ECS/Elpina/etc...
*SIS...
**85C360         ISA 386DX Single Chip chipset [no datasheet]        ?
***Notes:...
**85C401/402     ISA 486DX/SX Cache chipset    [no datasheet]        ?...
**85C406/5/411/420/431  EISA 386/486 Chipset   [no datasheet]      c91...
**85C460         ISA 386DX/486 Single Chip     [no datasheet]        ?
**85C461         ISA 386DX/486 Single Chip     [no datasheet]        ?...
**85C471/407     Green PC ISA-VLB 486 Single Chip                  <94
***Info:...
***Configurations:...
***Features:...
**85C496/497     486-VIP 486 Green PC VESA/ISA/PCI Chipset         <95
***Info:...
***Configurations:...
***Features:...
**85C501/502/503 Pentium/P54C PCI/ISA Chipset                <01/09/95...
**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
***Info:...
***Configurations:...
***Features:...
**5511/5512/5513 Pentium PCI/ISA                             <06/14/95
***Info:...
***Configurations:...
***Features:...
**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
***Info:...
***Configurations:...
***Features:...
**5597/5598      (Jedi)    Pentium PCI/ISA Chipset           <04/15/97...
**530/5595       (Sinbad) Host, PCI, 3D Graphics & Mem. Ctrl.<11/10/98
***Info:...
***Configurations:...
***Features:...
**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]         ?
***Notes:...
**5595       Pentium PCI System I/O                          <12/24/97...
**950        LPC I/O                                         <07/16/99...
**Other:...
**PII/III/Pro...
**Athlon etc...
*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...
**UM82152      Cache Controller (AUStek A38152 clone)              <91
***Info:...
***Versions:...
***Features:...
**UM82C852     Multi I/O For XT                                    <91...
***Info:...
***Versions:...
***Features:...
**UM82C206     Integrated Peripheral Controller                    <91...
***Info:...
***Versions:...
***Features:...
**UM82c45x     Serial/Parallel chips                                 ?...
***Notes:...
**Other chips:...
***Video:...
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***Other:...
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**A - D...
***Appian Technology...
***Atmel...
***Biostar...
***Citygate...
***Cyrix...
***Other...
**E - G...
***Evergreen?...
***Other...
**H - I...
***Hint...
***Other...
**J - R...
***Micro Integration...
***Micron...
***Oak...
***Other:...
**S...
***Shasta...
***SARC...
***ServerWorks (Reliance Computer Corporation)...
***Sun Electronics (SUNTAC) ...
***Syslogic...
***Other...
**T - Z...
***Toshiba ...
***UniChip ...
***USA...
***Other...
*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                                    ?
***Info:...
***Versions:...
***Features:...
**SL9151   80286 Page Interleave Memory Controller (16-25MHz)        ?...
**SL9250   80386SX Page Mode Memory Controller (16/20MHz 8MB)        ?
***Info:...
***Versions:...
***Features:...
**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)       ?
***Info:...
***Versions:...
***Features:...
**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]    ?
***Notes:...
***Info:...
***Configurations:...
**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
***Info:...
***Configurations:...
***Features:...
**VT82C598MVP  Apollo MVP3,Single-Chip 66/75/83/100MHz & AGP <09/22/97...
**VT8501       Apollo MVP4,Single-Chip 66-100MHz & AGP       <11/04/98
***Notes:...
***info:...
***Configurations:...
***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
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**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...
**VL82C325             VL82C386SX System Cache controller            ?
***Info:...
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**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  ?
***Info:...
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***Features:...
**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                                      ?...
**Video: ...
**Disk:...
**Modems:...
**Other:...
**Not sure if they actually exist...
*Western Digital...
**FE6500        CPU Core Logic for PS/2 Model 70/80 Compatibles   c:88
***Notes:...
***Info:...
***Configurations:...
***Features:...
**WD6400SX/LP   CPU Core Logic for PS/2 386SX Compatibles          <90...
**WD6500        CPU Core Logic for PS/2 386DX/486 Compatible       <90...
**WD7600A/LP/LV System Chip Set for 80286 or 80386SX         <11/25/91...
**WD7700/LP     System Chip Set for 80286 or 80386SX (Cache) <11/25/91...
**WD7855        System controller for 80386SX                <09/25/92...
**WD7900/LP/LV  System Chip Set for 80286 or 80386SX (Cache) <11/25/91...
**WD8110        System controller for 80386DX/486            <11/30/93...
**
**Support Chips:
**WD76C20x   Floppy, RTC, IDE and Support Logic Device       <11/25/91...
**WD76C30x   Perip. Ctrl, Interrupt Multiplex, and Clock Gen <11/18/91...
**WD7615     Desktop Buffer Manager                          <04/15/92...
**WD7625     Desktop Buffer Manager                          <10/01/92...
**WD8120LV   Super I/O [no datasheet]                                ?
**Other Chips:...
*Winbond...
**W83977EF        WINBOND I/O (Multi I/O)                          <98
***Info:...
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***Features:...
**W83977ATF       WINBOND I/O (Multi I/O)                          <98...
**
**Disk Controller:
**W83759/A/F/AF   Advanced VL-IDE Disk Controller                  <96
***Notes:...
***Info:...
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***Features:...
**W83769          Local Bus IDE Solution                           <94
***Info:...
***Versions:...
***Features:...
**
**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...
**
**Other:...
*ZyMOS...
*General Sources:...

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