VT82C580VP APOLLO VP-1 : Features

07:00 - Wednesday 10 July 1996 by Thomas Pabst
Source: Tom's Hardware – Keywords: vt82c580vp, apollo, vp

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PCI/ISA Green PC Ready High Integration VT82C585VP system controller VT82C586 PCI to ISA bridge Two instances of the VT82C587VP data buffers Six TTLs for a complete main board implementation Flexible CPU Interface 64 bit PentiumTM, AMD5K 86TM and Cyrix6X 86TM CPU interface CPU external bus speed up to 66/75MHz (internal 200MHz and above) Supports CPU internal write-back cache Concurrent CPU/cache and PCI/DRAM operation System management interrupt, memory remap and STPCLK mechanism Cyrix6X 86 linear burst support CPU NA#/Address pipeline capability Advanced Cache Controller Direct map write back or write through secondary cache Burst synchronous (pipelined or non-pipelined), asynchronous SRAM, and Cache Module support Eight-pin CWE# and GWE# control options Flexible cache size: 0K/256K/512K/1M/2MB 32 Byte line size to match the primary cache Integrated 10 bit tag comparator 3-1-1-1 read/write timing for Burst Synchronous SRAM access at 66/75MHz 3-1-1-1-1-1-1-1 back to back read timing for Burst Synchronous SRAM access at 66/75MHz Sustained 3 cycle write access for Burst Synchronous SRAM access or CPU to DRAM and PCI bus post write buffers at 66/75MHz Data streaming for simultaneous primary and secondary cache line fill System and video BIOS cacheable and write-protect Programmable cacheable region and cache timing Fast DRAM Controller Concurrent DRAM writeback Four Cache lines (16 quadwords) of CPU/cache to DRAM write buffers Fast Page Mode/EDO/Burst EDO/Synchronous-DRAM support in a mixed combination Mixed 1M/2M/4M/8M/16MxN DRAMs 6 banks up to 512MB DRAMs (maximum four banks of Synchronous DRAM) Flexible row and column addresses 64 bit or 32 bit data width in arbitrary mixed combination 3.3v and 5v DRAM without external buffers Speculative DRAM access Read around Write capability for non-stalled CPU read Burst read and write operation 4-2-2-2 on page, 7-2-2-2 start page and 9-2-2-2 off page timing for EDO DRAMs at 50/60MHz 5-2-2-2 on page, 8-2-2-2 start page and 11-2-2-2 off page timing for EDO DRAMs at 66/75MHz 5-1-1-1 on page, 8-1-1-1 start page and 10-1-1-1 off page for Burst EDO and SDRAMs at 66/75MHz 5-2-2-2-3-1-2-2 back-to-back access for EDO DRAM at 66/75MHz 5-1-1-1-3-1-1-1 back-to-back access for BEDO and SDRAM at 66/75MHz BIOS shadow at 16 kB increment Decoupled and burst DRAM refresh with staggered RAS timing Programmable refresh rate, CAS-before-RAS refresh and refresh on populated banks only Unified Memory Architecture Supports VESA UMA handshake protocol Compatible with major video/GUI products Direct video frame buffer access Satisfies maximum latency requirement from REQ# to GNT# and from GNT# to REQ# Intelligent PCI Bus Controller 32 bit 3.3/5v PCI interface Synchronous divide-by-two with extension to asynchronous PCI bus interface PCI master snoop ahead and snoop filtering PCI master Peer Concurrency Automatic detection of data streaming burst cycles from CPU to the PCI bus Five levels (doublewords) 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 Zero wait state PCI master and slave burst transfer rate PCI to system memory data streaming up to 132MByte/sec Sixty-four levels (doublewords) of post write buffers from PCI masters to DRAM Thirty-two levels (doublewords) of prefetch buffers from DRAM for access by PCI masters Enhanced PCI command optimization (MRL, MRM, MWI, etc.) Complete steerable PCI interrupts Supports L1 write-back forward to PCI master read to minimize PCI read latency Supports L1 write-back merged with PCI master post-write to minimize DRAM utilization Provides transaction timer to fairly arbitrate between PCI masters PCI-2.1 compliant Enhanced Master Mode PCI IDE Controller with Extension to ATA-33 Dual channel master mode PCI supporting four Enhanced IDE devices Transfer rate up to 22MB/sec to cover PIO mode 4 and Multiword DMA mode 2 drivers and beyond Extension to ATA-33 interface for up to 33MB/sec transfer rate Sixteen levels (doublewords) of prefetch and write buffers Interlaced commands between two channels Bus master programming interface for SFF-8038 rev.1.0 and Windows-95 compliant Full scatter and gather capability Support ATAPI compliant devices Support PCI native and ATA compatibility modes Complete software driver support Universal Serial Bus Controller USB v1.0 and Intel Universal HCI v1.1 compatible Eighteen levels(doublewords) of data FIFOs Root hub and two function ports with built-in physical layer transceivers Legacy keyboard and PS/2 mouse support Plug and Play Controller Dual interrupt and DMA signal steering with plug and play control Microsoft Windows 95TM and plug and play BIOS compliant Sophisticated Power Management and OnNow/ACPI Unit Normal, doze, sleep, suspend and conserve modes System event monitoring with two event classes One idle timer, one peripheral timer and one general purpose timer More than ten general purpose input/output ports Six external event input ports with programmable SMI condition Complete leakage control when external component is in power off state Primary and secondary interrupt differentiation for individual channels Clock stretching, clock throttling and clock stop control Multiple internal and external SMI sources for flexible power management models Two programmable output ports APM 1.2 compliant Extension to OnNow and ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) support PCI to ISA Bridge Integrated 82C206 peripheral controller Integrated keyboard controller with PS2 mouse supports Integrated DS12885 style real time clock with extended 128 Byte CMOS RAM Integrated USB (universal serial bus) controller with hub and two function ports Integrated master mode enhanced IDE controller with enhanced PCI bus commands PCI-2.1 compliant with delay transaction Four doubleword line buffer between PCI and ISA bus Supports type F DMA transfers Fast reset and Gate A20 operation Edge trigger or level sensitive interrupt Flash EPROM, 2MB EPROM and combined BIOS support Built-in nand-tree pin scan test capability 0.6um mixed voltage, high speed and low power CMOS process 208 pin PQFP for VT82C585VP 208 pin PQFP for VT82C586 100 pin PQFP for VT82C587VP

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