List of VIA chipsets

This is a list of computer motherboard chipsets made by VIA Technologies.

Contents

Mature/Obsolete

Socket 7

Chipset Part Numbers South Bridge Release Date Processors FSB SMP Memory types Memory bus Max. memory Max. cache Max. cacheable RAM Parity/
ECC
PCI AGP IGP
Apollo Master[1] VT82C575M + VT82C577M VT82C576M + VT82C416 Socket 5 66 MHz No FPM EDO BEDO 66 MHz 1024 MB 2 MB 1024 MB w/ 1 MB L2 No 2.1 No No
Apollo VP[2] VT82C585VP, VT82C587VP VT82C586 Socket 7 66 MHz No FPM EDO BEDO SDRAM 66 MHz 512 MB 2 MB 512 MB w/ 2 MB L2 No 2.0 No No
Apollo VP2/97[2] VT82C595 VT82C586B Socket 7 66 MHz No FPM EDO BEDO SDRAM 66 MHz 512 MB 2 MB 512 MB w/ 2 MB L2 Yes 2.0 No No
Apollo VPX/97[2] VT82C595 VT82C586B Socket 7 66 MHz No FPM EDO BEDO SDRAM 66 MHz 512 MB 2 MB 512 MB w/ 2 MB L2 No 2.0 No No
Apollo VP3[2][3] VT82C597 VT82C586B 1997 Socket 7 66 MHz No FPM EDO BEDO SDRAM 66 MHz 1024 MB 2 MB 1024 MB w/ 2 MB L2 Yes 2.0 No
Apollo MVP3[2][4] VT82C598AT VT82C586B, 596A/B or 686A/B Super Socket 7 66 - 100 MHz No FPM EDO BEDO SDRAM 66 - 100 MHz 768 MB 2 MB 512 MB w/ 2 MB L2 Yes 2.1 No
Apollo MVP4[5] VT8501 VT82C686A/B or VT82C596B Super Socket 7 66 - 100 MHz No FPM EDO BEDO SDRAM 66 - 100 MHz 768 MB 2 MB 512 MB w/ 2 MB L2 Yes 2.1 No Trident Blade3D

AMD licensed the VIA Apollo VP2/97 core logic architecture as its AMD 640 chipset.

Socket 370 and Slot 1

Chipset Part Numbers South Bridge Release Date Processors FSB SMP Memory types Memory bus Max. memory Max. cache Max. cacheable RAM Parity/ECC PCI V-Link AGP IGP
Apollo Pro[2] VT82C691, VT62C692BX VT82C586B Pentium III, Pentium II, Pentium Pro 66/100 MHz No FPM EDO BEDO PC66/PC100 SDRAM 66/100 MHz 1 GB NA NA Yes 2.1 No No
Apollo Pro+ VT82C693 VT82C586B, VT82C596A/B Pentium III, Pentium II, Pentium Pro 66/100 MHz No FPM EDO BEDO PC66/PC100 SDRAM 66/100 MHz 1 GB NA NA Yes 2.1 No No
Apollo Pro 133 VT82C693A VT82C596A/B, VT82C686A/B July 1999 Pentium III, Pentium II 66/100/133 MHz No FPM EDO PC66/PC100/PC133 SDRAM 66/100/133 MHz 1.5 GB NA NA Yes 2.1 No No
Apollo Pro 133A VT82694X or VT82C694MP VT82C596B or VT82C686A/B Oct 1999 Pentium III, Pentium II 66/100/133 MHz Yes (VT82C694MP only) PC100/PC133 SDRAM 66/100/133 MHz 2 GB NA NA Yes 2.1 No No
Apollo Pro 133T VT82C694T VT82C686B Pentium III, Celeron 66/100/133 MHz No PC100/PC133 SDRAM 66/100/133 MHz 2 GB NA NA Yes 2.1 No No
ProSavage PM133 VT8601 VT82C686A/B Pentium III, Pentium II 66/100/133 MHz No PC100/PC133 SDRAM 66/100/133 MHz NA NA 2.1 No 4x Yes
PLE133 VT8601A VT82C686B Pentium III, Celeron, C3 66/100/133 MHz No PC100/PC133 SDRAM 66/100/133 MHz 1 GB NA NA No 2.2 No No Yes
PLE133T VT8601T VT82C686B Pentium III, Celeron, C3, Pentium III Tualatin 66/100/133 MHz No PC100/PC133 SDRAM 66/100/133 MHz 1 GB NA NA No 2.2 No No Yes
Apollo Pro 266 VT8633 VT8233 Sept 2000 Pentium III, Celeron, C3 66/100/133 MHz Yes SDRAM DDR 200/266, PC100/PC133 SDRAM 200/266 MHz DDR, 100/133 MHz SDRAM 4 GB NA NA 2.1 266 MB/s No
Apollo Pro 266T VT8653 VT8233 Pentium III, Celeron, Pentium III Tualatin, C3 66/100/133 MHz Yes SDRAM DDR 200/266, PC100/PC133 SDRAM 200/266 MHz DDR, 100/133 MHz SDRAM 4 GB NA NA 2.1 266 MB/s No
CLE266 VT8622 or VT8633 VT8233A, VT8235M Pentium III, Celeron, Pentium III Tualatin, C3 66/100/133 MHz No SDRAM DDR 200/266 100/133 MHz 2 GB NA NA No 2.1 266 MB/s No Yes

Slot A and Socket A

Chipset Part Numbers South Bridge Release Date Processors FSB SMP Memory types Memory bus Max. memory Parity/ECC V-Link AGP
KX133[6] VT8371 VT82C686A Athlon (Slot A) 100 MHz No SDR SDRAM 100-133 MHz 2.0 GB No
KT133[7] VT8363 VT82C686A/B Athlon, Duron (Socket A) 100 MHz No SDR SDRAM 100-133 MHz 1.5 GB No
KT133A[8] VT8363A VT82C686B 2001 Athlon, Athlon XP, Duron (Socket A) 100-133 MHz No SDR SDRAM 100-133 MHz 1.5 GB No
KT266[9] VT8366 VT823x Jan 2001 Athlon, Athlon XP, Duron (Socket A) 100-133 MHz No DDR SDRAM 100-133 MHz 4.0 GB 266 MB/s
KT266A[10] VT8366A VT823x Sept 2001 Athlon, Athlon XP, Duron (Socket A) 100-133 MHz No DDR SDRAM 100-133 MHz 4.0 GB 266 MB/s
KT333[11] VT8367 VT8233, VT8235 Feb 2002 Athlon, Athlon XP, Duron, Sempron (Socket A) 100-166 MHz No DDR SDRAM 100-166 MHz 4.0 GB 266 MB/s
KT400[12] VT8368 VT8235, VT8237 Aug 2002 Athlon, Athlon XP, Duron, Sempron (Socket A)) 100-166 MHz No DDR SDRAM 100-166 MHz 4.0 GB 533 MB/s
KT400A[13] VT8377A VT8237, VT8251 Mar 2003 Athlon, Athlon XP, Duron, Sempron (Socket A) 100-166 MHz No DDR SDRAM 100-200 MHz 4.0 GB 533 MB/s
KT600[14] VT8377 VT8237, VT8251 May 2003 Athlon, Athlon XP, Duron, Sempron (Socket A) 100-200 MHz No DDR SDRAM 100-200 MHz 8.0 GB 533 MB/s
KT880[15] VT8379 VT8237, VT8251 Feb 2004 Athlon, Athlon XP, Duron, Sempron (Socket A) 100-200 MHz No DDR SDRAM Dual 100-200 MHz 8.0 GB 533 MB/s

Socket 478

Chipset Part Numbers South Bridge Release Date Processors FSB SMP Memory types Memory bus Max. memory Parity/ECC V-Link AGP IGP
P4M266[17] VT8751 VT8233/8233A/8233C Pentium 4, Celeron, Celeron D 400/533 MHz No SDR SDRAM/DDR SDRAM 100/133 MHz SDRAM, 200/266 MHz DDR SDRAM 4.0 GB 266 MB/s Yes (ProSavage8™ DDR)
P4X266[18] VT8753 VT8233/8233C Pentium 4, Celeron 400 MHz No SDR SDRAM/DDR SDRAM 100/133 MHz SDRAM, 200/266 MHz DDR SDRAM 4.0 GB 266 MB/s No
P4X266E[19] VT8753 VT8233/8233C Pentium 4, Celeron, Celeron D 400/533 MHz No SDR SDRAM/DDR SDRAM 100/133 MHz SDRAM, 200/266 MHz DDR SDRAM 4.0 GB 266 MBs No
P4X266A[20] VT8753 VT8233/8233C Pentium 4, Celeron 400 MHz No SDR SDRAM/DDR SDRAM 100/133 MHz SDRAM, 200/266 MHz DDR SDRAM 4.0 GB 266 MB/s No
P4X333[21] VT83754 VIA VT8235 Pentium 4, Celeron, Celeron D 400/533 MHz No DDR SDRAM 200/266/333 MHz 16.0 GB 533 MB/s No
P4X400[22] VT8754 VIA VT8235 Pentium 4, Celeron, Celeron D 400/533 MHz No DDR SDRAM 200/266/333/400 MHz 16.0 GB 533 MB/s No
P4X533[23] VIA VT8237R+ Pentium 4, Celeron, Celeron D 400/533 MHz No DDR SDRAM 200/266/333/400 MHz 16.0 GB 533 MB/s No

Currently being produced

AMD / Intel processors

Chipset Part Numbers South Bridge Release Date Processors Max. FSB SMP Memory types Memory bus Max. memory Parity/ECC V-Link AGP PCI-Express
K8T800[24] VT VT8237R Plus Apr 2003 Socket 754 800 MHz No DDR SDRAM MHz 4GB 533MB/s
K8M800[25] VT VT8237R Plus Dec 2003 Socket 754/AM2 800 MHz No DDR SDRAM MHz 4GB 533MB/s
K8T800 Pro[26] VT VT8237R Plus May 2004 Socket 939 1 GHz No DDR SDRAM MHz 4GB 1 GHz/s
K8T890[27] VT VT8237R Plus Sept 2004 Socket 939/940(AM2) 1 GHz No DDR/DDR2 SDRAM 800MHz 4GB 1 GHz/s ×16
K8M890[28] VT VT8251/VT8237R Plus Oct 2005 Socket 939/940(AM2) 1 GHz No DDR/DDR2 SDRAM 800MHz 4GB 1 GHz/s ×16
Chipset Part Numbers South Bridge Release Date Processors Max. FSB SMP Memory types Memory bus Max. memory Parity/ECC V-Link AGP PCI-Express
PM800 (IG)[29] VT VT8237 Nov 2003 LGA 775/Socket 478 800 MHz No DDR SDRAM MHz 3 GB 1066 MB/s No
PT800[30] VT VT8237 Mar 2004 LGA 775/Socket 478 800 MHz No DDR SDRAM MHz 3 GB 533 MB/s No
P4M800 (IG)[31] VT VT8237R+ LGA 775/Socket 478 800 MHz No DDR SDRAM MHz 3 GB 533 MB/s No
P4M800 Pro (IG)[32] VT VT8237R+ Sept 2005 LGA 775 1066 MHz No DDR/DDR2 SDRAM MHz 2 GB 533 MB/s No
P4M890 (IG)[33] VT VT8237A Feb 2006 LGA 775 1066 MHz No DDR/DDR2 SDRAM MHz 4 GB 533 MB/s N/A ×16
PT890[34] VT VT8237A Apr 2006 LGA 775 1066 MHz No DDR/DDR2 SDRAM MHz 4 GB 533 MB/s N/A ×16
P4M900 (IG)[35] VT VT8251, VT8237 May 2006 LGA 775 1066 MHz No DDR/DDR2 SDRAM MHz 4 GB 1066 MB/s N/A ×16
PM880 (IG)[36] VT VT8237 Nov 2003 LGA 775/Socket 478 800 MHz NO Dual Channel DDR SDRAM MHz 4 GB No 1066 MB/s No
PT880[37] VT VT8237 Nov 2003 LGA 775/Socket 478 800 MHz NO Dual Channel DDR SDRAM MHz 4 GB No 1066 MB/s No
PT880 Pro[38] VT VT8237R+ Jan 2005 LGA 775/Socket 478 800 MHz No Dual Channel DDR/DDR2 SDRAM MHz 4 GB 1066 MB/s ×4
PT880 Ultra[39] VT VT8237R+ Jan 2005 LGA 775 1066 MHz No Dual Channel DDR/DDR2 SDRAM MHz 4 GB 1066 MB/s ×4
PT894[40] VT VT8237R+ LGA 775 1066 MHz No Dual Channel DDR/DDR2 SDRAM MHz 4 GB 1066 MB/s N/A ×16

VIA processors

Chipset Part Numbers South Bridge Release Date Processors FSB SMP Memory types Memory bus Max. memory Parity/ECC V-Link PCI AGP PCI-e IGP Audio
VX700[41] VT (single-chip solution) Jul 2006 VIA C7-M/C7-M ULV 533/400 MHz No DDR2/DDR SDRAM 2GB No 4 No VIA UniChrome Pro VIA Vinyl HD Audio
CN700[42] VT VT8237A/VT8251 2006 VIA C7 533/400 MHz No DDR2/DDR SDRAM up to 533 MHz 2GB 533MB/s SB No VIA UniChrome Pro SB
CN800[43] VT VT8237R Plus Nov 2006 VIA C7/C7-D 533/400 MHz No DDR2/DDR SDRAM up to 667 MHz 4GB 533MB/s SB No VIA UniChrome Pro SB
CN896[44] VT VT8237S/VT8251 Feb 2007 VIA C7/C7-D/Eden (V4) 800/400 MHz No DDR2/DDR SDRAM up to 667 MHz 4GB 533MB/s SB No ×16-1
×1-1
VIA Chrome9 HC SB
VX800[45] VT (single-chip solution) Apr 2008 VIA Nano/C7/Eden 800/400 MHz No DDR2 SDRAM up to 667 MHz 4GB No 4 No ×4-1
×1-2
VIA Chrome9 HC3 VIA Vinyl HD Audio
VX855[46] VT (single-chip solution) Mar 2009 VIA Nano/C7/Eden 800/400 MHz No DDR2 SDRAM up to 800 MHz 4GB No No No No VIA Chrome9 HCM VIA Vinyl HD Audio
VX900[47] VT (single-chip solution) Mar 2010 VIA Nano/C7/Eden 800/400 MHz No DDR2/DDR3 SDRAM up to 800 MHz 4GB No Yes No ×4-1
×1-2
VIA Chrome9 HCM VIA Vinyl HD Audio
VN1000[48] VT VT8261 Dec 2010 VIA Nano/C7/C7-D/Eden (V4) 800/400 MHz No DDR2/DDR3 SDRAM up to 800 MHz 16GB Ultra V-Link (1GB/s) SB No ×8-1
×1-4
VIA Chrome 520 VIA Vinyl HD Audio
Chipset Part Numbers South Bridge Release Date Processors FSB SMP Memory types Memory bus Max. memory Parity/ECC V-Link PCI AGP PCI-e IGP Audio

- Support product: (VIA VB6002 Mini-ITX Board)

- Support product: (BenQ Joybook R42)

Southbridge chips

Part Number PATA SATA RAID NB Interconnect PCI PCI-e USB Audio Modem Ethernet Integrated Super I/O
VT82C586A 4 ATA33 No No PCI No No
VT82C586B 4 ATA33 No No PCI 1.1 No No
VT82C596A 4 ATA33 No No PCI 1.1 No No
VT82C596B 4 ATA66 No No PCI 1.1 No No
VT82C686A[6] 4 ATA66 No No PCI 4 1.1 AC'97 Yes No Yes
VT82C686B[8] 4 ATA100 No No PCI 4 1.1 AC'97 Yes No Yes
VT8231 4 ATA100 No No 4× V-Link 266 MB/s 6 1.1 AC'97 Yes No Yes
VT8233[9] 4 ATA100 No No 4× V-Link 266 MB/s 6 1.1 AC'97 Yes VIA 10/100 No
VT8233A[11] 4 ATA133 No No 4× V-Link 266 MB/s 6 1.1 AC'97 Yes VIA 10/100 No
VT8233C[11] 4 ATA100 No No 4× V-Link 266 MB/s 6 1.1 AC'97 Yes 3Com 10/100 No
VT8235[11] 4 ATA133 No No 8× V-Link 533 MB/s 6 2.0 AC'97 Yes VIA 10/100 No
VT8237(R+)[13] 4 ATA133 2 SATA-150, SATALite* (SATA) RAID 0, 1, 0+1* & JBOD 8× V-Link 533 MB/s 8 2.0 AC'97 Yes VIA 10/100 No
VT8237A[49] 4 ATA133 2 SATA-150, SATALite* (SATA) RAID 0, 1, 0+1* & JBOD 8× V-Link 533 MB/s 8 2.0 HD Audio Yes VIA 10/100 No
VT8237S* 4 ATA133 2 SATA-II, SATALite* (SATA) RAID 0, 1, 0+1* & JBOD 8× V-Link 533 MB/s 8 2.0 HD Audio Yes VIA 10/100 No
VT8251[50] 4 ATA133 4 SATA-II (SATA) RAID 0, 1, 0+1* & JBOD 8× V-Link 533 MB/s 7 ×1-2 8 2.0 HD Audio Yes VIA 10/100 No
VT8261[51] 2 ATA133 4 SATA-II No Ultra V-Link (1GB/s) 5 12 2.0 HD Audio Yes VIA 10/100/1000 No
Part Number PATA SATA RAID NB Interconnect PCI PCI-e USB Audio Modem Ethernet Integrated Super I/O

Hardware bugs

The KT133 chipset corrupted disc subsystems. Specifically, the 686B Southbridge had issues with Creative's SBLive! sound cards. A BIOS update was released by VIA to fix this issue, however it is not known if all motherboards with 686Bs had their BIOSes updated.[52][53][54] [55] The KT266 contains a hardware bug which cause system instability when using the AGP slot at the specified max capacity of 4×. [14]

See also

References

  1. ^ "VT82C570M Apollo Master". VIA Technologies. Archived from the original on October 26, 1997. http://web.archive.org/web/19971026110151/http://www.via.com.tw/Master.htm. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f Lal Shimpi, Anand. Chipset Guide, Anandtech, August 1, 1997.
  3. ^ http://www.anandtech.com/show/72/18
  4. ^ VIA Apollo MVP3, VIA Technologies, accessed August 22, 2007.
  5. ^ VIA Apollo MVP4, VIA Technologies, accessed August 22, 2007.
  6. ^ a b VIA KX133, VIA Technologies, accessed August 21, 2007.
  7. ^ VIA KT133, VIA Technologies, accessed August 21, 2007.
  8. ^ a b VIA KT133A, VIA Technologies, accessed August 21, 2007.
  9. ^ a b VIA KT266, VIA Technologies, accessed August 21, 2007.
  10. ^ VIA KT266A, VIA Technologies, accessed August 21, 2007.
  11. ^ a b c d VIA KT333, VIA Technologies, accessed August 21, 2007.
  12. ^ VIA KT400, VIA Technologies, accessed August 21, 2007.
  13. ^ a b VIA KT400A, VIA Technologies, accessed August 21, 2007.
  14. ^ VIA KT600, VIA Technologies, accessed August 21, 2007.
  15. ^ VIA KT880, VIA Technologies, accessed August 21, 2007.
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  18. ^ VIA P4X266, VIA Technologies, accessed August 21, 2007.
  19. ^ VIA P4X266E, VIA Technologies, accessed August 21, 2007.
  20. ^ VIA P4X266A, VIA Technologies, accessed August 21, 2007.
  21. ^ VIA P4X333, VIA Technologies, accessed August 21, 2007.
  22. ^ VIA P4X400, VIA Technologies, accessed August 21, 2007.
  23. ^ VIA P4X533, VIA Technologies, accessed August 21, 2007.
  24. ^ VIA K8T880, VIA Technologies, accessed December 1, 2009.
  25. ^ VIA K8M880, VIA Technologies, accessed December 1, 2009.
  26. ^ VIA K8T880 Pro, VIA Technologies, accessed December 1, 2009.
  27. ^ VIA K8T890, VIA Technologies, accessed August 21, 2007.
  28. ^ VIA K8M890, VIA Technologies, accessed August 21, 2007.
  29. ^ VIA PM800, VIA Technologies, accessed August 21, 2007.
  30. ^ VIA PT800, VIA Technologies, accessed August 21, 2007.
  31. ^ VIA P4M800, VIA Technologies, accessed August 21, 2007.
  32. ^ VIA P4M800 Pro, VIA Technologies, accessed August 21, 2007.
  33. ^ VIA P4M890, VIA Technologies, accessed August 21, 2007.
  34. ^ VIA PT890, VIA Technologies, accessed August 21, 2007.
  35. ^ VIA P4M900, VIA Technologies, accessed August 21, 2007.
  36. ^ VIA PM880, VIA Technologies, accessed August 21, 2007.
  37. ^ VIA PT880, VIA Technologies, accessed August 21, 2007.
  38. ^ VIA PT880 Pro, VIA Technologies, accessed August 21, 2007.
  39. ^ VIA PT880 Ultra, VIA Technologies, accessed August 21, 2007.
  40. ^ VIA PT894, VIA Technologies, accessed August 21, 2007.
  41. ^ VIA VX700, VIA Technologies, accessed June 9, 2009.
  42. ^ VIA CN700, VIA Technologies, accessed June 9, 2009.
  43. ^ VIA CN800, VIA Technologies, accessed June 9, 2009.
  44. ^ VIA CN896, VIA Technologies, accessed June 9, 2009.
  45. ^ VIA VX800, VIA Technologies, accessed June 9, 2009.
  46. ^ VIA VX855, VIA Technologies, accessed June 9, 2009.
  47. ^ VIA VX900, VIA Technologies, accessed July 20, 2010.
  48. ^ VIA VN1000, VIA Technologies, accessed December 10, 2009.
  49. ^ http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/chipsets/southbridge/vt8237a/index.jsp
  50. ^ http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/chipsets/southbridge/vt8251/index.jsp
  51. ^ http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/chipsets/southbridge/vt8261/index.jsp
  52. ^ "Driver updates - VIA 686B data-corruption bug fix | Tweakers.net Meuktracker". http://tweakers.net/meuktracker/628/via-686b-data-corruption-bug-fix.html.  080204 tweakers.net
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