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Encyclopedia > Silicon Integrated Systems
Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS)
矽統科技
Type Public (Taiwan Stock Exchange:TSE2363)
Founded 1987
Headquarters Hsinchu Science Park
Flag of the Republic of China Taiwan
Website www.sis.com

Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS, Traditional Chinese: 矽統科技) is a company that manufactures, among other things, motherboard chipsets. The company was founded in 1987 in Hsinchu Science Park, Taiwan. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Corporation (TSEC) is a financial institution, located in Taiwan, Republic of China, located at 17 Po-Ai Road, Taipei, Taiwan. ... Hsinchu Science Park (Chinese: 新竹科學園區; Hanyu Pinyin: XÄ«nzhú KÄ“ Xué Yuán QÅ«; Tongyong Pinyin: Sinjhú Ke Syué Yuán Cyu) was established by the government of the Republic of China on December 15, 1980 with investment from the Kuomintang. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China. ... A website (alternatively, web site or Web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or more web servers, usually accessible via the Internet. ... Traditional Chinese (Traditional Chinese: 正體字/繁體字, Simplified Chinese: 正体字/繁体字) refers to one of two standard sets of printed Chinese characters. ... Hsinchu Science Park (Chinese: 新竹科學園區; Hanyu Pinyin: XÄ«nzhú KÄ“ Xué Yuán QÅ«; Tongyong Pinyin: Sinjhú Ke Syué Yuán Cyu) was established by the government of the Republic of China on December 15, 1980 with investment from the Kuomintang. ...

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Business

In the late 1990s, SiS made the decision to invest in their own chip fabrication facilities. At the end of 1999, SiS acquired Rise Technology and that company's failed mP6 x86 core technology.[1] It has been suggested that Pure-play semiconductor foundry be merged into this article or section. ... The Rise mP6-PR266 microprocessor. ... The MP6 was a microprocessor designed by Rise Technologies to compete with Intels Pentium line of CPUs. ...


Motherboard chipsets

One of the most famous chipsets produced by SiS was the late 486-age chipset 496/497 which supported PCI bus among older ISA- and VLB-buses. Motherboards using this chipset and equipped with CPUs such as the Intel 80486DX4, AMD 5x86 or Cyrix Cx5x86 processors had performance and compatibility comparable with early Intel Pentium systems in addition to a lower price. This article is about the computer bus type. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The Intel DX4 is a clock-tripled 80486 microprocessor chip. ... AMD 5x86-P75 The AMD 5x86 processor is an x86-compatible CPU introduced in 1995 by AMD for use in 486-class computer systems. ... Released in August 1995, four months before the more famous Cyrix 6x86, the Cyrix Cx5x86 was the fastest CPU ever produced for Socket 3 computer systems. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...


After this late success, SiS continued positioning itself as a budget chipset producer. The company emphasized high integration to minimize the cost to implement their solutions. As such, SiS one-chip motherboard chipsets that included integrated video, such as the Socket 7-based SiS 5596, SiS 5598, and SiS 530 along with the Slot 1-based SiS 620. These were some of the first PC chipsets with such high integration. They allowed entire system solutions to be built with just a motherboard, system RAM, and a CPU. Socket 7 is a physical and electrical specification for an x86-style CPU socket on a personal computer motherboard. ... Slot 1 refers to the physical and electrical specification for the connector used by some of Intels microprocessors, including the Celeron, Pentium II and the Pentium III. Slot 1 was a departure from the square ZIF PGA/SPGA sockets used for the Pentium and earlier processors. ...


Socket7

The SiS 530(Sindbad)/SiS5595 supported Socket 7, SDRAM 1.5GB max., a bus frequency from 66 MHz to 124 MHz, and can have from 2 to 8 MiB shared memory for an integrated AGP SiS 6306 2D/3D graphics controller. Includes integrated UDMA66 IDE controller. Motherboards using the SiS 530 were positioned as cheap office platforms and paired often with low-cost chips from Intel competitors, such as the AMD K6 series or Cyrix 6x86. The graphics controller had Direct3D 6.0 and OpenGL support, although it was a very low-performance product for 3D acceleration.[2] Socket 7 is a physical and electrical specification for an x86-style CPU socket on a personal computer motherboard. ... SDRAM means synchronous dynamic random access memory which is a type of solid state computer memory. ... MiB redirects here. ... The Accelerated Graphics Port (also called Advanced Graphics Port, often shortened to AGP) is a high-speed point-to-point channel for attaching a graphics card to a computers motherboard, primarily to assist in the acceleration of 3D computer graphics. ... ATA connector on the left, with two motherboard ATA connectors on the right. ... Intel redirects here. ... History 1997 saw the arrival of AMDs K6 microprocessor. ... The Cyrix 6x86 is a sixth-generation, 32-bit 80x86-compatible microprocessor designed by Cyrix and manufactured by IBM and SGS-Thomson. ... Direct3D is part of Microsofts DirectX API. Direct3D is only available for Microsofts various Windows operating systems (Windows 95 and above) and is the base for the graphics API on the Xbox and Xbox 360 console systems. ... OpenGL (Open Graphics Library) is a standard specification defining a cross-language cross-platform API for writing applications that produce 2D and 3D computer graphics. ...


SiS 540 (Spartan) integrates SiS 300 graphics controller.


Socket 370, Slot 1

  • SiS 600/SiS 5595
  • SiS 620/SiS 5595
  • SiS 630 - includes North- and South bridges (SiS 960) and 2D/3D graphics controller (SiS 305)
  • SiS 633
  • SiS 635

Socket 478

SiS and ALi were the only two companies initially awarded licenses to produce third party chipsets for the Pentium 4. SiS developed the 648 chipset with this license.[3] This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... The Pentium 4[1] brand refers to Intels single-core mainstream desktop and laptop CPUs introduced on November 20, 2000[2] (August 8, 2008 is the date of last shipments of Pentium 4s[3]). They had the 7th-generation architecture - called NetBurst - which was the companys first all...

  • SiS 640 (IGP)
  • SiS 645
  • SiS 645DX
  • SiS 648
  • SiS 648FX
  • SiS 650 (IGP)
  • SiS 651 (IGP)
  • SiS 652 (IGP)
  • SiS 655
  • SiS 655FX
  • SiS 655TX
  • SiS R658 (Rambus)

Socket A, Slot A

  • SiS 730
  • SiS 733
  • SiS 735
  • SiS 740/SiS 961
  • SiS 741/SiS 964
  • SiS 745
  • SiS 746
  • SiS 746FX
  • SiS 748

Socket 775

  • SiS 649
  • SiS 655 (AGP chipset)
  • SiS 656
  • SiS 662 (IGP)
  • SiS 671
  • SiS 672

Socket 940, 754

  • SiS 755/SiS 964
  • SiS 760/SiS 964

Socket 939, AM2

  • SiS 756/SiS 965L

SiS created a multimedia chipset for the Xbox 360.[4] It has been suggested that Xbox 360 Elite be merged into this article or section. ...


Graphics chipsets

  • SiS 300
  • SiS 301
  • SiS 305
  • SiS 315
  • SiS 320
  • SiS 326
  • SiS 330
  • SiS 340
  • SiS 360
  • SiSM672, dual output (primary output max. 1280x800, Seconday output max. 800x600)
  • SiS671
  • SiS671FX
  • SiS671DX
  • SiSM671MX
  • SiS968

Display standards comparison The display resolution of a digital television or computer display typically refers to the number of distinct pixels in each dimension that can be displayed. ...

See also

The Rise mP6-PR266 microprocessor. ... The MP6 was a microprocessor designed by Rise Technologies to compete with Intels Pentium line of CPUs. ...

References

  1. ^ Carroll, Mark. SiS acquires Rise CPU technology, EE Times, October 13, 1999.
  2. ^ Masrani, P. Asus P5S-B Super Socket 7 Motherboard Review, PC Stats, April 12, 2000.
  3. ^ Lal Shimpi, Anand. SiS 648 - Taking Advantage of the P4 Situation, AnandTech, July 22, 2002.
  4. ^ Press Release: SiS Fuels Xbox 360 Storm with Powerful Multimedia Chipset, SiS, November 23, 2005.

External links

  • Silicon Integrated Systems Homepage
  • Anandtech: SIS Coverage
  • SiS/XGI graphics chipsets and X.org/XFree86/Linux

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