VIA chipsets
The VIA Apollo series from VIA Technologies is a family of chipsets for PC motherboards. These chipsets are suitable for Socket 5 and Socket 7 and thus support a large number of processors of different companies.
Models
Apollo Master
The first chipset from VIA Technologies for the base 5, the Apollo Master was launched in 1995 and was built primarily on very cheap motherboards. He has a memory controller that supports both FPM DRAM and EDO DRAM. Otherwise, the Apollo Master was only at the beginning of a long development and therefore had only basic functions. He still consisted of three different chips the Southbridge.
Apollo VP
The Apollo VP1 has then already support for SDRAM at 66 MHz memory clock. In addition, it consists only of two different chips Southbridge.
Apollo VPX ( / 97)
As an innovation compared with the VP1 of Apollo VPX provides the ability to frontside bus asynchronously to the PCI bus to operate. Thus, support for the Cyrix 6x86PR -200 , the FSB of 75 MHz has improved or made possible.
Variant Apollo VPX/97 suggests that instead of the VT82C586A Southbridge improved VT82C586B Southbridge chipset is used, and thus the PC- 97 compatible.
Apollo VP2 ( / 97)
Apollo VP2 combined for the first time, the functions of the chip in a single Northbridge. However, he has only again the synchronous clocking of FSB and PCI bus and therefore a limitation to 66 MHz.
Variant Apollo VP2/97 suggests that instead of the VT82C586A Southbridge improved VT82C586B Southbridge chipset is used, and thus the PC- 97 compatible.
The Apollo VP2/97 licensed from Advanced Micro Devices and sold as AMD 640.
Apollo VP3
With AGP 1.0 can then Apollo VP3 come up. Otherwise, it largely corresponds to the Apollo VP2/97
Apollo MVP3
The Apollo MVP3 complements the Apollo VP3 at a FSB of 100 MHz and thus supports AMD's Super7 concept. He is the first chipset from the AMD K6 -2 and AMD K6- III processors with a FSB of 100 MHz support.
Apollo MVP4
The Apollo MVP4 is one of the first IGPs and has a licensed Trident Microsystems Blade3D graphics core. Otherwise, it largely corresponds to the Apollo MVP3.