Wikipedia / ALi Corporation
Wikipedia / ALi Corporation
ALi Corporation (formerly Acer Laboratories Incorporated or Acer Labs Inc., and commonly known as ALi) is a major designer and manufacturer of embedded systems integrated circuits, and a former manufacturer of personal computer integrated circuits. It is based in Taiwan, and was a subsidiary of the Acer group.
The company was founded in 1987, and later spun off from Acer group in 1993. Its president is Teddy Lu. Part of ALi including the personal computer integrated circuits business was spun off as ULi Electronics Inc. in June 2003. ULi was acquired by Nvidia in 2006 for $52 million.
Products
Chipsets
80X86 Chipsets
Chipset | Part Numbers | South Bridge | Release date | Processors | Bus Type | Max.FSB | Memory Types | Max. Memory Bus | Max. Memory | Max. Cache | |
M1209 | 1991 | FPM | |||||||||
M1217 | 386SX | FPM EDO | |||||||||
M1419 | M1421 | 1991 | FPM | ||||||||
M1429 | M1431, M1435 | 1993 | 386DX Socket 2 Socket 3 | FPM | |||||||
M1439 | M1445 | 1995 | Socket 3 | FPM | |||||||
FINALi486 | M1489 | M1487 | 1995 | Socket 3 | 50MHz | FPM EDO | 50MHz | 128MB | 1 MB |
PentiumPentium and Socket 7 Chipsets
Chipset | Part Numbers | South Bridge | Release date | Processors | Max.FSB | Memory Types | Max. Memory Bus | Max. memory | L2 Cache Type | Max. cache | Max. cacheable RAM | IGP | |||
ALADDiN | M1451 | M1449 | 66MHz | FPM | 66MHz | 1GB | Async | 1 MB | 51 2MB | 2.1 | |||||
ALADDiN II | M1511 | M1512/M1513 | 1995 | Socket5/7 | 66MHz | FPM EDO | 66MHz | 768 MB | Async/Pburst | 1 MB | ? | 2.1 | |||
ALADDiNIII | M1521 | M1523 | 1996 | 66MHz | FPM EDO BEDO SDRAM | 66MHz | 1GB | Async/Pburst | 1 MB | 64 MB (8 bit tag), 512 MB (11 bit tag) | 2.1 | ||||
ALADDiNIV | M1531 | M1533 | 1997 | Socket7 | 83MHz | FPM EDO SDRAM | 100MHz | 1GB | Pburst | 1 MB | 64 MB (8 bit tag), 512 MB (11 bit tag) | 2.1 | |||
ALADDiNIV+ | M1531B | M1533/M1543 | 1997 | Socket7 | 83MHz | FPM EDO SDRAM | 100MHz | 1GB | Pburst | 1 MB | 64 MB (8 bit tag), 512 MB (11 bit tag) | 2.1 | |||
ALADDiNVfor ATX, NLX, LPX form factor | M1541 | M1543/M1543C | 1998 | 100MHz | FPM EDO SDRAM | 100MHz | 4GB | Pburst | 1 MB | 128 MB (8 bit tag/older rev), 1GB (10 bit tag/Rev F/G) | 2.1 | 2x | |||
ALADDiNVfor Baby AT form factor | M1542 | M1543/M1543C | 1998 | SuperSocket7 | 100MHz | FPM EDO SDRAM | 100MHz | 4GB | Pburst | 1 MB | 128 MB (8 bit tag/older rev), 1GB (10 bit tag/Rev F/G) | 2.1 | 2x | ||
ALADDiN7 ArtX | M1561 | M1535D | 1999 | SuperSocket7 | 100MHz | SDRAM | 100MHz | 1GB | No external cache support | N/A | N/A | 2.1 | ArtX IGP |
Slot 1Slot 1 and Socket 370Socket 370 Chipsets
Chipset | Part Numbers | South Bridge | Release date | Processors | Memory Types | Memory Bus | Max. memory | IGP | ||||
ALADDiNPROII | M1621 | M1543/M1543C | 66/100MHz | EDO, SDRAM | 66-100MHz | 2GB | 2.1 | 2x | ||||
ALADDiNTNT | M1631 | M1535/M1535D | 66/100/133MHz | EDO, SDRAM | 66-133MHz | 1.5GB | ECC | 2.2 | 2x | |||
CyberBLADE ALADDiNi1 | M1632M | M1535 | MobilePentiumII/PentiumIII | 66/100/133MHz | EDO, SDRAM | 66-133MHz | 1.5GB | ECC | 2.2 | 2x | Trident CyberBlade3D | |
ALADDiNPRO4 | M1641 | M1535/M1535D | Pentium II, Pentium III, Celeron | 66/100MHz | EDO, SDRAM | 66-133MHz | 1.5GB | ECC | 2.2 | 4x | ||
CyberALADDiN | M1644 | M1535D+ | Pentium II, Pentium III, Celeron | 66/100/133MHz | SDRAM, DDR | 100/133MHzSDRAM, 200/266MHzDDR | 3GB | ECC | 2.2 | 4x | Trident CyberBladeXP | |
CyberALADDiN-T | M1644T | M1535D+ | Pentium II, Pentium III, Pentium III Tualatin, Celeron | 66/100/133MHz | SDRAM, DDR | 100/133MHzSDRAM, 200/266MHzDDR | 3GB | ECC | 2.2 | 4x | Trident CyberBladeXP | |
ALADDiNPRO5 | M1651 | M1535D+ | Pentium II, Pentium III, Celeron | 100/133MHz | SDRAM, DDR | 100/133MHzSDRAM, 200/266MHzDDR | 3GB | ECC | 2.2 | 4x | ||
ALADDiNPRO5T | M1651T | M1535D+ | Pentium II, Pentium III, Pentium III Tualatin, Celeron | 100/133MHz | SDRAM, DDR | 100/133MHzSDRAM, 200/266MHzDDR | 3GB | ECC | 2.2 | 4x |
Slot ASlot A and Socket ASocket A Chipsets
Chipset | Part Numbers | South Bridge | Release date | Processors | Memory Types | Memory Bus | Max. memory | IGP | ||
CyberMAGiK1 | M1646 | M1535+ | Mobile Athlon/AthlonXP/Duron | 200/266MHz | SDRAM, DDR | 100/133MHzSDRAM, 200/266MHzDDR | 3GB | 4x | Trident CyberBladeXP | |
MAGiK1 | M1647 | M1535D+ | 200/266MHz | SDRAM, DDR | 100/133MHzSDRAM, 200/266MHzDDR | 3GB | 4x | |||
MAGiK1 SDRAM | M1649 | M1535D+ | Athlon, Athlon XP, Duron | 200/266MHz | SDRAM | 100/133MHzSDRAM | 3GB | 4x | ||
MAGiK2 | M1667 | M1563 | Athlon, Athlon XP, Duron | 200/266MHz | SDRAM, DDR | 100/133MHzSDRAM, 200/266/333MHzDDR | 8x |
Socket 478Socket 478 Chipsets
Chipset | Part Numbers | South Bridge | Release date | Processors | Memory Types | Memory Bus | Max. memory | IGP | ||
ALADDiN-P4 | M1671 | M1535D+ | 400MHz | SDRAM, DDR | 100/133MHzSDRAM, 200/266/333MHzDDR | 3GB | 4x | |||
CyberALADDiN-P4 | M1672 | M1535+ | Mobile Pentium4/Celeron | 400MHz | SDRAM, DDR | 100/133MHzSDRAM, 200/266MHzDDR | 3GB | 4x | Trident CyberBladeXP2 | |
A8XN | M1681 | M1563 | Pentium 4, Celeron | 400/533MHz | SDRAM, DDR | 100/133MHzSDRAM, 200/266/333/400MHzDDR | 3GB | 8x | ||
A800N | M1683 | M1563 | Pentium 4, Celeron | 400/533/800MHz | SDRAM, DDR | 100/133MHzSDRAM, 200/266/333/400MHzDDR | 3GB | 8x |
Socket 754Socket 754/Socket 939939/Socket 940940 Chipsets
Chipset | Part Numbers | South Bridge | Release date | Processors | Memory Types | Memory Bus | Max. memory | IGP | |||
ALiM1687 | M1687 | M1563 | 1600MT/s | DDR | 200/266/333MHzDDR | 4GB | 8x | ||||
ULiM1689 | M1689 | Integrated | 2000MT/s | DDR | 266/333/400MHzDDR | 4GB | 8x | ||||
ULiM1695 | M1695 | M1567 | Athlon 64, Athlon64X2, Sempron | 2000MT/s | DDR | 266/333/400MHzDDR | 4GB | 8x | x16 | ||
ULiM1697 | M1697 | Integrated | Athlon 64, Athlon64X2, Sempron | 2000MT/s | DDR | 266/333/400MHzDDR | 4GB | x16 |
Southbridge Chips
Part Numbers | NB Interconnect | Audio | Ethernet | |||||
M1487 | PCI | PIO 0/1/2/3/4 | 2.0 | |||||
M1523 | PCI | UDMA 33 | 2.1 | |||||
M1523B | PCI | UDMA 33 | 2.1 | 2× 1.0 | ||||
M1533 | PCI | UDMA 33 | 2.1 | 2× 1.0 | ||||
M1543 | PCI | UDMA 33/66 | 2.1 | 2× 1.0 | ||||
M1543C | PCI | UDMA 33/66 | 2.1 | 3× 1.0 | ||||
M1535/M1535D | PCI | UDMA 33/66 | 2.2 | 4× 1.0 | AC'97 2.1 | |||
M1535+/M1535D+ | PCI | UDMA 33/66/100 | 2.2 | 6× 1.1 | AC'97 2.1 | |||
M1563 | HyperTransport 800MT/s | UDMA 33/66/100/133 | 2.2 | 6× 2.0 | AC'97 2.2 | 10/100Mbps | ||
M1567 | HyperTransport 1000MT/s | UDMA 33/66/100/133 | 1.0 (1.5 Gbit/s) | 0/1/JBOD | 2.2 | 8× 2.0 | AC'97 2.2 | 10/100Mbps |
M1573 | UDMA 33/66/100/133 | 1.0 (1.5 Gbit/s) | 0/1/JBOD | 2.3 | 8× 2.0 | HD Audio | 10/100Mbps | |
M1575 | PCI Express | UDMA 33/66/100/133 | 2.0 (3 Gbit/s) | 0/1/0+1/5/JBOD | 2.3 | 8× 2.0 | HD Audio | 10/100Mbps |
M1689 | N/A | UDMA 33/66/100/133 | 1.0 (1.5 Gbit/s) | 0/1/JBOD | 2.3 | 8× 2.0 | AC'97 2.2 | 10/100Mbps |
M1697 | N/A | UDMA 33/66/100/133 | 2.0 (3 Gbit/s) | 0/1/0+1/5/JBOD | 2.3 | 8× 2.0 | HD Audio | 10/100Mbps |
VGA
M3141
M3143
M3145A AliCat - PCI SVGA card, 2MB DRAM, external RAMDAC, no DDC support - most likely S3 Trio64V+ compatible
M3147V AliCat - PCI SVGA card, 2MB (S3 Trio 64V+ compatible ?)
M3149 GUI Accelerator, 4MB
M3151 GUI Accelerator, 8MB
Video
M3307 MPEG-I Video Controller
M3309 MPEG-II Video w/ Software Audio Decoder
M3321 MPEG-II Audio/Video Decoder
M3325 Video/Audio Decoder
M3327 CPU
M3328 CPU
M3329 CPU (MIPS architecture)
A1 (216 pin)
B1 (216 pin)
C E1 (128 pin)
PF (parallel)
SF (serial)
M3330 CPU
PC peripheral
M5105, M5107, M5109, M5113, M5119 SuperIO chip
M5123, M5125, M5132, M5135, M5140, M5145 SuperIO chip with KBC integrated
M5281, M5283, M5619, M5621, M5636, M5637, M5642 PCI IDE
M5455 PCI AC'97 Sound
M5623 (USB 2.0), M5617 (USB 1.1) USB Scanner controller
M5632 USB Host-to-host
M5634, M5651 USB flash drive controller, probably clone of Phison chips
M5635 USB Cardreader
M5661, M5667, M7101, M7107, M7108 digital audio player controller
M5818 RTC chip, clone of Motorola MC146818
For embedded systems
M6117 is a highly integrated, low voltage, single-chip implementation of the Intel 386SX compatible microprocessor subsystem plus ALi M1217 chipset. The M6117 provides a static 386SX core derived from V.M. Technology VM386SX+ microprocessor, a DRAM controller, ISA bus logic, a real time clock, a keyboard controller, and a power management unit.
M6032 is an 8051-based Microcontroller with Dual Data Pointers, UART, 32 I/O lines, 3 Timers/Counters, 6 Interrupts/2 priority levels, 256 Bytes IDATA RAM, 256 Bytes on-chip XRAM.
M6759 is an 8051-based Microcontroller with Dual Data Pointers, UART, 32 I/O lines, 3 Timers/Counters, 6 Interrupts/2 priority levels, 64KB Flash ROM, 256 Bytes IDATA RAM, 256 Bytes on-chip XRAM.
See also
References
External links
Technical info (Chinese)