VIA
Apollo Pro Plus
Introduction
The VIA Apollo Pro Plus is a high performance chipset for Slot 1/Socket 370
mobile and desktop PC systems. To provide the highest level of flexibility
to mainboard and system designers aiming to reach every market segment,
Apollo Pro Plus incorporates the full range of cutting-edge core logic
technologies. These include advanced system power management capability for
both desktop and mobile PC applications, PC100 SDRAM, AGP 2x mode, and
multiple CPU/DRAM timing configurations. |
Configurations
The VIA Apollo Pro Plus consists of two devices. The VT82C693 combines
with the new VT82C596A, a BGA-packaged southbridge with a full set of
mobile power management features for high performance, power-conscious
desktop and mobile designs.
VT82C693 North Bridge
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Supports all Slot 1 (Intel Pentium ® II) and Socket 370 (Intel Celeron
®) processors
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AGP
/ PCI / ISA Mobile and Deep Green PC Ready
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66
/ 100 MHz CPU external bus speed (internal 450MHz and above)
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AGP
v1.0 and PCI 2.1 compliant
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Supports SideBand Addressing (SBA) mode
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Concurrent CPU and AGP access
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Supports FP, EDO, and SDRAM
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Different DRAM types may be used in mixed combinations
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Supports 8 banks up to 1GB DRAM
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5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2 back-to-back accesses for EDO DRAM
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6-1-1-1-2-1-1-1 back-to-back accesses for SDRAM
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Pipelined transfers up to 533 MB/sec
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Supports up to five PCI masters
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WindowsTM 95 OSR-2 VXD and integrated WindowsTM
98 / NT5 miniport driver support
VT82C596A South Bridge
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PC98-Compatible Mobile Power Management: Supports both ACPI (Advanced
Configuration and Power Interface) and legacy (APM) power management
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Sideband signal support for PC/PCI and serial interrupt for docking
and non-docking applications
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Supports external APIC interface for symmetrical multiprocessor
configurations
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USB
v.1.0 and Intel Universal HCI v.1.1 compatible
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Microsoft WindowsTM 95 and plug and play BIOS compliant
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Supports ATAPI compliant devices including DVD devices
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Integrated USB Controller, UltraDMA-33 master mode and EIDE controller
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