From comp.chem.msu.su!f118.n5020!f400.n5020!f144.n5020!f68.n5020!f215.n5020!f58.n463!f11.n463!f77.n463!not-for-mail Sat Aug 26 17:14:52 1995 Path: comp.chem.msu.su!f118.n5020!f400.n5020!f144.n5020!f68.n5020!f215.n5020!f58.n463!f11.n463!f77.n463!not-for-mail Newsgroups: fido7.su.hardw.pc.video Distribution: fido7 X-Comment-To: All From: Sergey Niculich Date: Thu, 24 Aug 95 14:06:00 +0400 Subject: Cirrus FAQ part 1 Message-ID: <809291330@p23.f77.n463.z2.ftn> Organization: Мы придем к победе кому-нести-чего-куда! X-FTN-AREA: SU.HARDW.PC.VIDEO X-FTN-MSGID: 2:463/77.23 303cce42 X-FTN-Tearline: GoldED 2.41+ X-FTN-Origin: Мы придем к победе кому-нести-чего-куда! (2:463/77.23) X-FTN-SEEN-BY: 50/316 319 332 502 520 461/121 515 462/40 463/11 22 27 34 58 61 68 77 X-FTN-SEEN-BY: 463/81 89 92 94 97 120 125 333 380 555 666 464/200 465/11 468/33 X-FTN-SEEN-BY: 469/999 4615/4 4624/1 4625/1 4633/2 4643/3 4646/1 5000/31 44 5010/21 X-FTN-SEEN-BY: 5012/4 5015/28 5020/32 35 41 49 52 62 68 69 109 114 118 144 146 157 X-FTN-SEEN-BY: 5020/166 168 177 190 200 203 204 214 215 225 242 251 252 268 269 272 X-FTN-SEEN-BY: 5020/277 292 293 296 300 302 310 322 328 329 350 372 400 462 463 474 X-FTN-SEEN-BY: 5020/517 553 603 5026/9 5031/3 5047/12 5049/1 5050/9 5051/15 5054/10 X-FTN-SEEN-BY: 5055/5 5057/1 5060/88 5077/3 5078/15 5080/22 5085/250 5090/3 X-FTN-PATH: 463/77 11 58 5020/215 68 144 400 X-FTN-PATH: 5020/118 Lines: 52 Hello All! Во избежание множества вопросов, домыслов и толкований по поводу видеоконтроллеров Cirrus Logic. Из релиза оной компании. ___________________________________________________________________________ Cirrus Logic offers range of graphics products, from basic VGA graphics controllers to state-of-the-art digital video processors. Low power consum- ption, high integration, and proprietary technologies such as SimulSCAN (tm) - simultaneous CRT and LCD display - have enabled our LCD VGA display cont- rollers to set industry standards for notebook computers. Pixel Semiconductor products bring realtime processing (enabling video teleconferencing, interactive edncation, video autoring) to desctop PCs, video teleconferencing systems, and workstations. The Cirrus Logic family of graphics products is listed below: Desktop VGA CL-GD5420 - Super VGA Controller CL-GD5422 - True-Color VGA Controller CL-GD5424 - Local Bus True-Color VGA Accelerator CL-GD5426 - True-Color VGA GUI Accelerator CL-GD5428 - Enhancad VGA GUI Accelerator CL-GD5429 - Memory-Mapped I/O VGA GUI Accelerator with Local Bus CL-GD5430 - Alpine(tm) 32-bit VGA GUI Accelerator CL-GD5434 - Alpine(tm) 64-bit VGA GUI Accelerator CL-GD5452/GD5453 - High-Resolution True-Color Graphics Accelerator Portable Display Controllers CL-GD6340 - Color LCD Interface Controller CL-GD6410 - Notebook LCD VGA Controller CL-GD6412 - Mixed-Voltage LCD VGA Controller CL-GD6420 - Notebook LCD VGA Controller CL-GD6205 - Notebook LCD VGA Controller (ISA bus support) CL-GD6215 - Notebook LCD VGA Controller (ISA, PI, Local Bus support) CL-GD6225 - Notebook LCD VGA Controller (ISA, PI, Local Bus and STN support) CL-GD6235 - Notebook LCD VGA Controller (6225 features, and dual-STN) CL-GD6440 - Super VGA LCD Controller Video CL-PX0072 - Video Window Generator CL-PX2070 - DigitalVideo Processor CL-PX2080 - MediaDAC(tm) CL-PX2085 - Enhanced Media DAC(tm) Refrence Design MediaManager Design Board - Playback System for Video for Windows(tm) Далее будет описание возможностей каждого чипа из части Desktop VGA. Остальное - по пожеланиям. Релиз не совсем свежий, посему 5440 в нем отсутствует. Sergey From comp.chem.msu.su!f118.n5020!f400.n5020!f144.n5020!f68.n5020!f215.n5020!f58.n463!f11.n463!f77.n463!not-for-mail Sat Aug 26 17:15:13 1995 Path: comp.chem.msu.su!f118.n5020!f400.n5020!f144.n5020!f68.n5020!f215.n5020!f58.n463!f11.n463!f77.n463!not-for-mail Newsgroups: fido7.su.hardw.pc.video Distribution: fido7 X-Comment-To: All From: Sergey Niculich Date: Thu, 24 Aug 95 14:44:00 +0400 Subject: Cirrus FAQ part 2 Message-ID: <809293554@p23.f77.n463.z2.ftn> Organization: Мы придем к победе кому-нести-чего-куда! X-FTN-AREA: SU.HARDW.PC.VIDEO X-FTN-MSGID: 2:463/77.23 303cd6f2 X-FTN-Tearline: GoldED 2.41+ X-FTN-Origin: Мы придем к победе кому-нести-чего-куда! (2:463/77.23) X-FTN-SEEN-BY: 50/316 319 332 502 520 461/121 515 462/40 463/11 22 27 34 58 61 68 77 X-FTN-SEEN-BY: 463/81 89 92 94 97 120 125 333 380 555 666 464/200 465/11 468/33 X-FTN-SEEN-BY: 469/999 4615/4 4624/1 4625/1 4633/2 4643/3 4646/1 5000/31 44 5010/21 X-FTN-SEEN-BY: 5012/4 5015/28 5020/32 35 41 49 52 62 68 69 109 114 118 144 146 157 X-FTN-SEEN-BY: 5020/166 168 177 190 200 203 204 214 215 225 242 251 252 268 269 272 X-FTN-SEEN-BY: 5020/277 292 293 296 300 302 310 322 328 329 350 372 400 462 463 474 X-FTN-SEEN-BY: 5020/517 553 603 5026/9 5031/3 5047/12 5049/1 5050/9 5051/15 5054/10 X-FTN-SEEN-BY: 5055/5 5057/1 5060/88 5077/3 5078/15 5080/22 5085/250 5090/3 X-FTN-PATH: 463/77 11 58 5020/215 68 144 400 X-FTN-PATH: 5020/118 Lines: 67 Hello All! Каждая последующая плата включает в себя все возможности предыдущей и ясное дело, еще много сверх того; впрочем, это я для тех, кто в английском не очень ;-) Итак, CL-GD5420 - Super VGA Controller __________________________________________________________________________ * Pin-compatible with CL-GD5422,GD5424,GD5426,GD5428, and GD5429 * Windows(tm) accelerator features - 32x32 hardware cursor - Color expansion - Eight 8-bit data latches * Integrated ISA and MicroChannel bus interfaces * Resolutions up to 1024x768 - 1024x768x16 color interlaced and non-interlaced - 1024x768x256 color interlaced - 800x600x16 and 256 colors * Integrated 24-bit true-color RAMDAC and clock synthesizer * Dot clock programmable up to 75 MHz * Built-in feature connector support (VESA/VGA passthrough connector) * 1 Mbyte of display memory (16-bit bus) * x4-, x8-, x16-wide DRAMs with multiple WE only * VGA solution with one or more DRAMs * High-performance write buffer arhitecture * 100% hardware- and BIOS-compatible with IBM VGA display standards * Low-power CMOS technology in 160-pin QFP package _________________________________________________________________________ Ideally suited to high-integration systems, the CL-GD5420 requires no external support other than display memory and a 14.31818-MHz frequency refrence. The CL-GD5420 connects directly to an ISA, EISA, or Micro Channel bus, allowing low-component-count solution. Operating at dot clock rates up to 75 MHz, the CL-GD5420 supports standard VGA, standard VESA, as well as high-resolution extended modes ========================================================================= CL-GD5422 - True-Color VGA Controller __________________________________________________________________________ * Pin-compatible with CL-GD5420,GD5424,GD5426,GD5428,GD5429 * Windows(tm) accelerator features - 32x32 or 64x64 hardware cursor - 8- or 16-bit/pixel color expansion - Eight 8-bit data latches * Integrated ISA and MicroChannel bus interfaces * Resolutions up to 1280x1024 - 1280x1024x16 colors interlaced - 1024x768x16 and 256 colors interlaced and non-interlaced - 800x600x32K,64K colors - 640x480x16.8 million colors * Integrated 24-bit true-color RAMDAC and clock synthesizer * Dot clock programmable up to 80 MHz * 1 Mbyte of display memory (16- or 32-bit bus) * x4-, x8-, x16-wide DRAMs with multiple CAS or WE * VGA solution with one or more DRAMs * Video overlay with color key * 100% hardware- and BIOS-compatible with IBM VGA display standards * Low-power CMOS technology in 160-pin QFP package _________________________________________________________________________ In addition to all the CL-GD5420 features, the CL-GD5422 offers video overlay with color key, dot clock rates programmable up to 80 MHz, and 64x64 hardware cursor. The CL-GD5422 supports resolutions up to 1280x1024. The internal palette DAC may be configured as an industry- standard RAMDAC to provide a palette of 256 colors, high-color display of 32K,64K, or true-color display of 16.8 million colors. Sergey From comp.chem.msu.su!f118.n5020!f400.n5020!f144.n5020!f68.n5020!f215.n5020!f58.n463!f11.n463!f77.n463!not-for-mail Sat Aug 26 17:15:21 1995 Path: comp.chem.msu.su!f118.n5020!f400.n5020!f144.n5020!f68.n5020!f215.n5020!f58.n463!f11.n463!f77.n463!not-for-mail Newsgroups: fido7.su.hardw.pc.video Distribution: fido7 X-Comment-To: All From: Sergey Niculich Date: Thu, 24 Aug 95 15:04:00 +0400 Subject: Cirrus FAQ part 3 Message-ID: <809294710@p23.f77.n463.z2.ftn> Organization: Мы придем к победе кому-нести-чего-куда! X-FTN-AREA: SU.HARDW.PC.VIDEO X-FTN-MSGID: 2:463/77.23 303cdb76 X-FTN-Tearline: GoldED 2.41+ X-FTN-Origin: Мы придем к победе кому-нести-чего-куда! (2:463/77.23) X-FTN-SEEN-BY: 50/316 319 332 502 520 461/121 515 462/40 463/11 22 27 34 58 61 68 77 X-FTN-SEEN-BY: 463/81 89 92 94 97 120 125 333 380 555 666 464/200 465/11 468/33 X-FTN-SEEN-BY: 469/999 4615/4 4624/1 4625/1 4633/2 4643/3 4646/1 5000/31 44 5010/21 X-FTN-SEEN-BY: 5012/4 5015/28 5020/32 35 41 49 52 62 68 69 109 114 118 144 146 157 X-FTN-SEEN-BY: 5020/166 168 177 190 200 203 204 214 215 225 242 251 252 268 269 272 X-FTN-SEEN-BY: 5020/277 292 293 296 300 302 310 322 328 329 350 372 400 462 463 474 X-FTN-SEEN-BY: 5020/517 553 603 5026/9 5031/3 5047/12 5049/1 5050/9 5051/15 5054/10 X-FTN-SEEN-BY: 5055/5 5057/1 5060/88 5077/3 5078/15 5080/22 5085/250 5090/3 X-FTN-PATH: 463/77 11 58 5020/215 68 144 400 X-FTN-PATH: 5020/118 Lines: 63 Hello All! CL-GD5424 - Local Bus True-Color VGA Accelerator __________________________________________________________________________ * Pin-compatible with CL-GD5420,GD5422,GD5426,GD5428,and GD5429 * Windows(tm) accelerator features - 32x32 or 64x64 hardware cursor - 8- or 16-bit/pixel color expansion - Eight 8-bit data latches * VESA VL-Bus(tm) 32-bit 486 and 16-bit 386 interface * Integrated ISA and MicroChannel bus interfaces * Resolutions up to 1280x1024 - 1280x1024x16 colors interlaced - 1024x768x16 and 256 colors interlaced and non-interlaced - 800x600x32K,64K colors - 640x480x16.8 million colors * Integrated 24-bit true-color RAMDAC and clock synthesizer * Dot clock programmable up to 80 MHz * VGA solution with one or more DRAMs * 1 Mbyte of display memory (16- or 32-bit bus) * x4-, x8-, x16-wide DRAMs with multiple CAS or WE * Video overlay with color key * 100% hardware- and BIOS-compatible with IBM VGA display standards * Low-power CMOS technology in 160-pin QFP package _________________________________________________________________________ In addition to all the CL-GD5422 features, the CL-GD5424 supports dot clock rates up to 80 MHz,and 16-bit 386 and 32-bit 486 local bus interface. Family pin-compatibility provides design flexibility and an easy upgrade path. =========================================================================== CL-GD5426 - True-Color VGA GUI Accelerator __________________________________________________________________________ * Pin-compatible with CL-GD5420,GD5422,GD5424,GD5428,and GD5429 * Windows(tm) accelerator features - Bit Block Transfer (BitBLT) to GUI acceleration - 32x32 or 64x64 hardware cursor - 8- or 16-bit/pixel color expansion * VESA VL-Bus(tm) 32-bit 486 and 16-bit 386 interface * Integrated ISA and MicroChannel bus interfaces * Resolutions up to 1280x1024 - 1280x1024x16 colors interlaced - 1024x768x32K and 64K colors - 800x600x32K,64K colors - 640x480x16.8 million colors * Integrated 24-bit true-color RAMDAC and clock synthesizer * Dot clock programmable up to 80 MHz * VGA solution with one or more DRAMs * 2 Mbyte of display memory (16- or 32-bit bus) * x4-, x8-, x16-wide DRAMs with multiple CAS or WE * Video overlay with color key * 100% hardware- and BIOS-compatible with IBM VGA display standards * Low-power CMOS technology in 160-pin QFP package _________________________________________________________________________ The CL-GD5426 supports all the CL-GD5424 features, 2 Mbytes of display memory (16- or 32-bit bus), and BitBLT function for GUI (graphical user interface) acceleration of Windows. In aaditions to 640x480x16.8 million colors, the CL-GD5426 supports resolutions up to 1280x1024x256 colors interlaced and 1024x768x32K and 64K interlaced. =========================================================================== Sergey From comp.chem.msu.su!f118.n5020!f400.n5020!f144.n5020!f68.n5020!f215.n5020!f58.n463!f11.n463!f77.n463!not-for-mail Sat Aug 26 17:16:20 1995 Path: comp.chem.msu.su!f118.n5020!f400.n5020!f144.n5020!f68.n5020!f215.n5020!f58.n463!f11.n463!f77.n463!not-for-mail Newsgroups: fido7.su.hardw.pc.video Distribution: fido7 X-Comment-To: All From: Sergey Niculich Date: Thu, 24 Aug 95 18:36:00 +0400 Subject: Cirrus FAQ part 4 Message-ID: <809307426@p23.f77.n463.z2.ftn> Organization: Мы придем к победе кому-нести-чего-куда! X-FTN-AREA: SU.HARDW.PC.VIDEO X-FTN-MSGID: 2:463/77.23 303d0d22 X-FTN-Tearline: GoldED 2.41+ X-FTN-Origin: Мы придем к победе кому-нести-чего-куда! (2:463/77.23) X-FTN-SEEN-BY: 50/316 319 332 502 520 461/121 515 462/40 463/11 22 27 34 58 61 68 77 X-FTN-SEEN-BY: 463/81 89 92 94 97 120 125 333 380 555 666 464/200 465/11 468/33 X-FTN-SEEN-BY: 469/999 4615/4 4624/1 4625/1 4633/2 4643/3 4646/1 5000/31 44 5010/21 X-FTN-SEEN-BY: 5012/4 5015/28 5020/32 35 41 49 52 62 68 69 109 114 118 144 146 157 X-FTN-SEEN-BY: 5020/166 168 177 190 200 203 204 214 215 225 242 251 252 268 269 272 X-FTN-SEEN-BY: 5020/277 292 293 296 300 302 310 322 328 329 350 372 400 462 463 474 X-FTN-SEEN-BY: 5020/517 553 603 5026/9 5031/3 5047/12 5049/1 5050/9 5051/15 5054/10 X-FTN-SEEN-BY: 5055/5 5057/1 5060/88 5077/3 5078/15 5080/22 5085/250 5090/3 X-FTN-PATH: 463/77 11 58 5020/215 68 144 400 X-FTN-PATH: 5020/118 Lines: 62 Hello All! Обладателям и любителям 28 и 29 посвящается ;-) CL-GD5428 - Enhanced VGA GUI Accelerator __________________________________________________________________________ * Pin-compatible with CL-GD5420,GD5422,GD5424,GD5426,and GD5429 * Windows(tm) accelerator features - Enhanced BitBLT to GUI acceleration - 32x32 or 64x64 hardware cursor - 8- or 16-bit/pixel color expansion * VESA VL-Bus(tm) 32-bit 486 and 16-bit 386 interface * Integrated ISA and MicroChannel bus interfaces * Resolutions up to 1280x1024 - 1280x1024x256 colors interlaced - 1024x768x32K and 64K colors - 800x600x32K,64K colors - 640x480x16.8 million colors * Integrated 24-bit true-color RAMDAC and clock synthesizer * Dot clock programmable up to 80 MHz * VGA solution with one or more DRAMs * 2 Mbyte of display memory (16- or 32-bit bus) * x4-, x8-, x16-wide DRAMs with multiple CAS or WE * Video overlay with color key * 100% hardware- and BIOS-compatible with IBM VGA display standards * Low-power CMOS technology in 160-pin QFP package _________________________________________________________________________ The CL-GD5428 supports all the CL-GD5426 features, has an enhanced BitBLT engine - enabling faster GUI acceleration of Windows, includes external DAC support, 8-bit gray and 3-2-2 RGB DAC modes, and clocking support for the CL-PX2080 MediaDAC. ========================================================================== CL-GD5429 - Memory-Mapped I/O VGA GUI Accelerator with Local Bus __________________________________________________________________________ * Pin-compatible with CL-GD5420,GD5422,GD5424,GD5426,and GD5428 * Windows(tm) accelerator features - Improved BitBLT engine with memory-mapped I/O for GUI acceleration - 32x32 or 64x64 hardware cursor - 8- or 16-bit/pixel color expansion * VESA VL-Bus(tm) 32-bit 486 and 16-bit 386 interface * Integrated ISA and MicroChannel bus interfaces * Resolutions up to 1280x1024 - 1280x1024x256 colors interlaced - 1024x768x32K and 64K colors - 800x600x32K,64K colors - 640x480x16.8 million colors * Integrated 24-bit true-color RAMDAC and clock synthesizer * Dot clock programmable up to 86 MHz * VGA solution with one or more DRAMs * 2 Mbyte of display memory (16- or 32-bit bus) * x4-, x8-, x16-wide DRAMs with multiple CAS or WE * Video overlay with color key * 100% hardware- and BIOS-compatible with IBM VGA display standards * Low-power CMOS technology in 160-pin QFP package _________________________________________________________________________ The CL-GD5429 supports all the CL-GD5428 features, has an improved BitBLT engine with memory-mapped register access, 60-MHz MCLK for high-speed DRAM, supports the VESA Advanced Feature Connector (VAFC) for video overlay, and is fully Green PC comliant. Sergey From comp.chem.msu.su!f118.n5020!f400.n5020!f144.n5020!f68.n5020!f215.n5020!f58.n463!f11.n463!f77.n463!not-for-mail Sat Aug 26 17:16:26 1995 Path: comp.chem.msu.su!f118.n5020!f400.n5020!f144.n5020!f68.n5020!f215.n5020!f58.n463!f11.n463!f77.n463!not-for-mail Newsgroups: fido7.su.hardw.pc.video Distribution: fido7 X-Comment-To: All From: Sergey Niculich Date: Thu, 24 Aug 95 18:37:00 +0400 Subject: Cirrus FAQ part 5 Message-ID: <809307440@p23.f77.n463.z2.ftn> Organization: Мы придем к победе кому-нести-чего-куда! X-FTN-AREA: SU.HARDW.PC.VIDEO X-FTN-MSGID: 2:463/77.23 303d0d30 X-FTN-Tearline: GoldED 2.41+ X-FTN-Origin: Мы придем к победе кому-нести-чего-куда! (2:463/77.23) X-FTN-SEEN-BY: 50/316 319 332 502 520 461/121 515 462/40 463/11 22 27 34 58 61 68 77 X-FTN-SEEN-BY: 463/81 89 92 94 97 120 125 333 380 555 666 464/200 465/11 468/33 X-FTN-SEEN-BY: 469/999 4615/4 4624/1 4625/1 4633/2 4643/3 4646/1 5000/31 44 5010/21 X-FTN-SEEN-BY: 5012/4 5015/28 5020/32 35 41 49 52 62 68 69 109 114 118 144 146 157 X-FTN-SEEN-BY: 5020/166 168 177 190 200 203 204 214 215 225 242 251 252 268 269 272 X-FTN-SEEN-BY: 5020/277 292 293 296 300 302 310 322 328 329 350 372 400 462 463 474 X-FTN-SEEN-BY: 5020/517 553 603 5026/9 5031/3 5047/12 5049/1 5050/9 5051/15 5054/10 X-FTN-SEEN-BY: 5055/5 5057/1 5060/88 5077/3 5078/15 5080/22 5085/250 5090/3 X-FTN-PATH: 463/77 11 58 5020/215 68 144 400 X-FTN-PATH: 5020/118 Lines: 38 Hello All! CL-GD5430 - Alpine(tm) 32-bit VGA GUI Accelerator __________________________________________________________________________ * Pin- and software-compatible with Alpine CL-GD5434 * Software-compatible with CL-GD542X * 32-bit GUI acceleration - BitBLT engine - Color expansion for 8- and 16-bit pixels * 32-bit direct-connect CPU interface - PCI(tm) bus with burst-cycle support (33 MHZ) - VESA VL-Bus (50 MHz) * 64-bit DRAM display memory CPU interface - 512K, 1- and 2-Mbyte display memory support - x4-, x16-wide DRAM component selection * Resolutions up to 1280x1024 - 1280x1024x256 colors interlaced - 1024x768x64K colors interlaced - 1024x768x256 colors non-interlaced - 800x600x64K colors non-interlaced - 640x480x16.8 million colors non-interlaced * Integrated 24-bit DAC * Programmable dual-clock sunthesizer * Green PC power-saving features include: - VESA Display Power-Management Signaling (DPMS) - Internal DAC with programmable power-down mode - Low-friquency DRAM refresh - Static Monitor Sync signals (Maintaining DRAM refresh) * 100% hardware- and BIOS-compatible with IBM VGA display standards _________________________________________________________________________ The CL-GD5430 32-bit GUI accelerator incorporates a BitBLT VGA controller with 24-bit true-color DAC, dual-clock synthesizer, and direct-connect 32-bit VESA VL-Bus or PCI bus interface. Optimized for 1-Mbyte frame buffers, the CL-GD5430 is easly upgraded to 64-bit performance with the pin- and software-compatible CL-GD5434. Sergey