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ALi Corporation (formerly Acer Laboratories Incorporated or Acer Labs Inc., and commonly known as ALi) is a major designer and manufacturer of
embedded systems An embedded system is a specialized computer system—a combination of a computer processor, computer memory, and input/output peripheral devices—that has a dedicated function within a larger mechanical or electronic system. It is em ...
integrated circuits An integrated circuit (IC), also known as a microchip or simply chip, is a set of electronic circuits, consisting of various electronic components (such as transistors, resistors, and capacitors) and their interconnections. These components a ...
, and a former manufacturer of
personal computer A personal computer, commonly referred to as PC or computer, is a computer designed for individual use. It is typically used for tasks such as Word processor, word processing, web browser, internet browsing, email, multimedia playback, and PC ...
integrated circuits. It is based in Taiwan, and is a subsidiary of the Acer group. The company was founded in 1987, 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 Nvidia Corporation ( ) is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and incorporated in Delaware. Founded in 1993 by Jensen Huang (president and CEO), Chris Malachowsky, and Curti ...
in 2006 for $52 million.


Products


Chipsets


80X86 Chipsets


Pentium Pentium is a series of x86 architecture-compatible microprocessors produced by Intel from 1993 to 2023. The Pentium (original), original Pentium was Intel's fifth generation processor, succeeding the i486; Pentium was Intel's flagship proce ...
and Socket 7 Chipsets


Slot 1 Slot 1 refers to the physical and electrical specification for the connector used by some of Intel's microprocessors, including the Pentium Pro, Celeron, Pentium II and the Pentium III. Both single and dual processor configurations were impl ...
and
Socket 370 Socket 370, also known as PGA370, is a CPU socket first used by Intel for Pentium III and Celeron processors to first complement and later replace the older Slot 1 CPU interface on personal computers. The "370" refers to the number of pin holes i ...
Chipsets


Slot A Slot A is the physical and electrical specification for a 242-lead single-edge-connector used by early versions of AMD's Athlon processor. The Slot A connector allows for a higher bus rate than Socket 7 or Super Socket 7. Slot A motherboards ...
and
Socket A Socket A (also known as Socket 462) is a zero insertion force pin grid array (PGA) CPU socket used for AMD processors ranging from the Athlon Thunderbird to the Athlon XP/MP 3200+, and AMD budget processors including the Duron and Sempron. ...
Chipsets


Socket 478 Socket 478, also known as mPGA478 or mPGA478B, is a 478-contact CPU socket used for Intel's Pentium 4 and Celeron series Central processing unit, CPUs. Socket 478 was launched in August 2001 in advance of the Northwood core to compete with AMD ...
Chipsets


Socket 754 Socket 754 is a CPU socket originally developed by AMD to supersede its Athlon XP platform ( Socket A, also referred to as Socket 462). Socket 754 was one of the first sockets developed by AMD to support their new 64-bit microprocessor family kn ...
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/ 940 Chipsets


Southbridge Chips

Gigabyte GA-5AX rev. 3.0 20081118.jpg, ALi M1541-based
motherboard A motherboard, also called a mainboard, a system board, a logic board, and informally a mobo (see #Nomenclature, "Nomenclature" section), is the main printed circuit board (PCB) in general-purpose computers and other expandable systems. It ho ...
with
AMD K6-2 The K6-2 is an x86 microprocessor introduced by AMD on May 28, 1998, and available in speeds ranging from 266 to 550 MHz. An enhancement of the original K6, the K6-2 introduced AMD's 3DNow! SIMD instruction set and an upgraded system-bus interf ...
300 MHz processor Ali M1535.jpg, ALi M1535 southbridge chip from a
Fujitsu Lifebook Lifebook is a line of laptop computers made by Fujitsu, which also offers a range of notebooks and tablet PCs within the same Lifebook family. History In partnership with Poqet Computer Corporation, Fujitsu launched the world's first hand- ...
P series laptop AMD5k86-P75 (cropped).jpg, ALi ALADDiN IV Relabeled TX Pro chipset on a socket 7 motherboard with
AMD K5 The K5 is AMDs first x86 processor to be developed entirely in-house. Introduced in March 1996, its primary competition was Intel's Pentium microprocessor. The K5 was an ambitious design, closer to a Pentium Pro than a Pentium regarding technic ...


VGA

* M3141 * M3143 * M3145A AliCat - PCI SVGA card, 2 MB
DRAM Dram, DRAM, or drams may refer to: Technology and engineering * Dram (unit), a unit of mass and volume, and an informal name for a small amount of liquor, especially whisky or whiskey * Dynamic random-access memory, a type of electronic semicondu ...
, external
RAMDAC A Brooktree RAMDAC A RAMDAC (random-access memory digital-to-analog converter) is a combination of three fast digital-to-analog converters (DACs) with a small static random-access memory (SRAM) used in computer graphics display controllers or ...
, no DDC support - most likely S3 Trio64V+ compatible * M3147V AliCat - PCI SVGA card, 2 MB ( S3 Trio 64V+ compatible ?) * M3149 GUI Accelerator, 4 MB * M3151 GUI Accelerator, 8 MB


Video

* M3307
MPEG The Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) is an alliance of working groups established jointly by International Organization for Standardization, ISO and International Electrotechnical Commission, IEC that sets standards for media coding, includ ...
-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 MIPS (Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipelined Stages) is a family of reduced instruction set computer (RISC) instruction set architectures (ISA)Price, Charles (September 1995). ''MIPS IV Instruction Set'' (Revision 3.2), MIPS Technologies ...
) ** 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 * M5253, M5271, M5273, M5622, M5633
USB Universal Serial Bus (USB) is an industry standard, developed by USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF), for digital data transmission and power delivery between many types of electronics. It specifies the architecture, in particular the physical ...
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FireWire IEEE 1394 is an interface standard for a serial bus for high-speed communications and isochronous real-time data transfer. It was developed in the late 1980s and early 1990s by Apple in cooperation with a number of companies, primarily Sony a ...
PCI chipsets * M5281, M5283, M5619, M5621, M5636, M5637, M5642 PCI IDE * M5455 PCI
AC'97 AC'97 (''Audio Codec '97;'' also MC'97 for ''Modem Codec '97'') is an audio codec standard developed by Intel Architecture Labs and various codec manufacturers in 1997. The standard was used in motherboards, modems, and sound cards. The specif ...
Sound * M5623 (USB 2.0), M5617 (USB 1.1) USB Scanner controller * M5632 USB Host-to-host * M5634, M5651
USB flash drive A flash drive (also thumb drive, memory stick, and pen drive/pendrive) is a data storage device that includes flash memory with an integrated USB interface. A typical USB drive is removable, rewritable, and smaller than an optical disc, and u ...
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 The Intel MCS-51 (commonly termed 8051) is a single-chip microcontroller (MCU) series developed by Intel in 1980 for use in embedded systems. The architect of the Intel MCS-51 instruction set was John H. Wharton.. Intel's original versions w ...
-based
Microcontroller A microcontroller (MC, uC, or μC) or microcontroller unit (MCU) is a small computer on a single integrated circuit. A microcontroller contains one or more CPUs (processor cores) along with memory and programmable input/output peripherals. Pro ...
with Dual Data Pointers,
UART A universal asynchronous receiver-transmitter (UART ) is a peripheral device for asynchronous serial communication in which the data format and transmission speeds are configurable. It sends data bits one by one, from the least significant to ...
, 32 I/O lines, 3 Timers/Counters, 6
Interrupt In digital computers, an interrupt (sometimes referred to as a trap) is a request for the processor to ''interrupt'' currently executing code (when permitted), so that the event can be processed in a timely manner. If the request is accepted ...
s/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, 64 KB Flash ROM, 256 Bytes IDATA RAM, 256 Bytes on-chip XRAM.


See also

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Comparison of AMD chipsets This is an overview of chipsets sold under the AMD brand, manufactured before May 2004 by the company itself, before the adoption of AMD mobile platform#Open platform approach, open platform approach as well as chipsets manufactured by ATI Techno ...
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Comparison of ATI chipsets This is a comparison of chipsets, manufactured by ATI Technologies. For AMD processors Comparison of northbridges Comparison of southbridges For Intel processors Comparison of northbridges Comparison of southbridges See also * List ...
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List of Intel chipsets This article provides a list of motherboard chipsets made by Intel, divided into three main categories: those that use the PCI bus for interconnection (the 4xx series), those that connect using specialized "hub links" (the 8xx series), and thos ...
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Comparison of Nvidia chipsets This is a comparison of chipsets designed by Nvidia. Nvidia stopped producing chipsets in 2009. Nvidia codenames its chipsets MCPs (Media and Communications Processors). nForce nForce nForce Southbridges nForce2 nForce2 nForce2 So ...
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List of VIA chipsets This is a list of computer motherboard chipsets made by VIA Technologies. Northbridge (computing), Northbridge chips are listed first, primarily by CPU-socket or CPU-family; Southbridge (computing), southbridge chips are listed in a later table. ...


References


External links


Official site

Technical info
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