INTEL CHIPSETS
Introduction
 MCS-4
1971
 four-bit processor
MCS-4 (Micro Controller Set
4) chipset. The MCS-4
contained three other parts:
 the 4001 ROM chip, 4002
RAM chip, and the 4003
Shift Register
Intel's 80186 Chipset
1982
 designed as an
embedded solution
Chipset
Conslidation
 MCS-8, MCS-80, And MCS-86
 The trend extended to Intel's first
16-bit processor, the 8086, and
the MCS-86 chipset also contained
several chips, some of which were
optional. The MCS-86 had one key
change: the addition of Intel's first
FPU co-processor, known as the
8087. The FPU is also now a
common core component of most
modern CPUs.
Chipsets for the 80486 Major new features:
1992  PCI 1.0 (1989), PCI
 Intel launched the 420TX chipset 2.0 (1994), PCI 2.1
(code-named Saturn) for its 80486 (1994)
CPU.  160MB Memory
 was the first Intel chipset to Support (1994)
support PCI 1.0  50 MHz FSB (1994)
 128MB of RAM Processors in this era:
 33 MHz  80486 5V/3.3V
Consumer Pentium Chipsets Business Pentium Chipsets
1993 Major new features:
 The company designed a full range of  Compatible with SMP (multi-CPU)
chipsets to support its Pentium line-
(1994)
up, starting with the 430LX (code-
named "Mercury")  512MB max memory (1994)
 60 or 66 MHz  First Workstation Chipsets (1994)
 192MB of RAM Intel's First
 Intel would later release the 430FX Mobile Chipset:
(code-named "Triton") 1995 430MX
 430VX (code-named "Triton II") in  First Mobile
1996 to support improved Pentiums
Chipset (1995)
 Both supprt128MB of RAM
 430TX (code-named Triton III), was
Pentium Pro And Pentium II Chipsets
released in 1997
Intel's First iGPU: The 810 Main new features:
 8GB Memory Support (1995)
Main new features:
 SMP Up To Four CPUs (1995)
 133 MHz FSB (1999)  SDRAM memory (1997)
 First iGPU (1999)  AGP 2x (1997)
 PCI 2.2 (1999)  FSB 100 MHz (1998)
 SDRAM PC133 memory (1999) Processors from this time:
Processors from this time:  Pentium Pro
 Pentium III  Pentium II
 Pentium II  Pentium III
 Celeron
 Celeron
 Pentium 4 Chipsets Chipsets for Pentium D and
2000 Pentium Extreme Edition
2004
Main new features:
• with it a new platform: the 850 • 1066 MHz FSB (2004)
• quad-pumped 100 MHz FSB • DDR2-533 memory
• yielding an effective 400 MHz (2004), DDR2-667 (2005)
Intel's The First • SATA 3Gb/s (2005)
Mainstream Core 2 Processors from this time:
5-Series Chipsets • Pentium 4, Pentium 4
Chipsets 2006 Extreme Edition
• Pentium D Intel's X79
Main new features:
• Celeron D And X99
PCH (Platform Controller Hub), DMI Interface, SATA 6 Gb/s (2009)
Chipsets:
Intel's X58 The Second
Intel's 6- And
Chipset: An Gen.
7-Series
Enthusiast Enthusiast
Chipsets Platform
Platform
2011 2011
Intel's 8- And 9-Series Chipsets Intel's X299 Chipset:
(2014) Skylake-X And Kaby
Processors from this era:
Lake-X Enthsuast
4th- And 5th-Gen Core i3, Core i5, Core i7 Processors
Pentium, Celeron, Xeon
Platform 2011- 2017