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Acer Laboratories Incorporated (also known as Acer Labs Inc, and commonly known as ALi) is a major designer and manufacturer of integrated circuits for the personal computer and embedded systems markets. It is a subsidiary of the Acer

Acer (company)

Acer Incorporated is a multinational information technology and electronics corporation headquartered in Xizhi, New Taipei City, Taiwan. Acer's products include desktop and laptop PCs, tablet computers, servers, storage devices, displays, smartphones and peripherals...

group.

The company was founded in 1987, its president is Teddy Lu. Part of ALi was separated as ULi Electronics Inc. in June 2003. ULi was acquired by NVIDIA

NVIDIA

Nvidia is an American global technology company based in Santa Clara, California. Nvidia is best known for its graphics processors . Nvidia and chief rival AMD Graphics Techonologies have dominated the high performance GPU market, pushing other manufacturers to smaller, niche roles...

in 2006 for $52 million.

Chipsets

|M1217
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|chipset for Intel 80386SX
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|M1429/M1431
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|VESA

VESA Local Bus

The VESA Local Bus was mostly used in personal computers. VESA Local Bus worked alongside the ISA bus; it acted as a high-speed conduit for memory-mapped I/O and DMA, while the ISA bus handled interrupts and port-mapped I/O.-Historical overview:In the early 1990s, the I/O bandwidth of...

chipset for Intel 80486

Intel 80486

The Intel 80486 microprocessor was a higher performance follow up on the Intel 80386. Introduced in 1989, it was the first tightly pipelined x86 design as well as the first x86 chip to use more than a million transistors, due to a large on-chip cache and an integrated floating point unit...

and compatible CPUs
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|M1439/M1445
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|PCI

Peripheral Component Interconnect

Conventional PCI is a computer bus for attaching hardware devices in a computer...

chipset for Socket 3

Socket 3

Socket 3 was one of the series of CPU Sockets into which various x86 microprocessors were inserted. It was sometimes found alongside a secondary socket designed for a math coprocessor chip, in this case the 487. Socket 3 resulted from Intel's creation of lower voltage microprocessors...

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|M1489
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|PCI

Peripheral Component Interconnect

Conventional PCI is a computer bus for attaching hardware devices in a computer...

chipset for Socket 3
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|M1521
|ALADDiN III
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|M1531/M1543
|ALADDiN IV
| chipset for Socket 7

Socket 7

Socket 7 is a physical and electrical specification for an x86-style CPU socket on a personal computer motherboard. The socket supersedes the earlier Socket 5, and accepts P5 Pentium microprocessors manufactured by Intel, as well as compatibles made by Cyrix/IBM, AMD, IDT and others.Socket 7 was...

up to 83 MHz. FPM, EDO

Dynamic random access memory

Dynamic random-access memory is a type of random-access memory that stores each bit of data in a separate capacitor within an integrated circuit. The capacitor can be either charged or discharged; these two states are taken to represent the two values of a bit, conventionally called 0 and 1...

, SDRAM

SDRAM

Synchronous dynamic random access memory is dynamic random access memory that is synchronized with the system bus. Classic DRAM has an asynchronous interface, which means that it responds as quickly as possible to changes in control inputs...

no AGP

Accelerated Graphics Port

The Accelerated Graphics Port is a high-speed point-to-point channel for attaching a video card to a computer's motherboard, primarily to assist in the acceleration of 3D computer graphics. Since 2004 AGP has been progressively phased out in favor of PCI Express...

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|M1531B
|ALADDiN IV+
|chipset for Socket 7
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|M1541, M1542
|ALADDiN V
|chipset for Socket 7, up to 100 MHz, AGP 1x, 2x
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|M1561/M1535D
|ALADDiN 7
|chipset for Socket 7
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|M1621/M1543
|ALADDiN-Pro II
|chipset for Slot 1

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...

/ Socket 370

Socket 370

Socket 370 is a common format of CPU socket first used by Intel for Pentium III and Celeron processors to replace the older Slot 1 CPU interface on personal computers. The "370" refers to the number of pin holes in the socket for CPU pins...

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|M1631
|ALADDiN TNT2
|chipset for Slot 1 / Socket 370 with integrated NVIDIA TNT 2
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|M1632M
|CyberBLADE ALADDiN i1
|chipset for Slot 1 / Socket 370 with integrated Trident

Trident Microsystems

Trident Microsystems is a supplier of display-processors for flat panel displays . At one time, Trident was also a supplier of PC graphics chipsets and sound controllers.- History :...

Trident Microsystems

Trident Microsystems is a supplier of display-processors for flat panel displays . At one time, Trident was also a supplier of PC graphics chipsets and sound controllers.- History :...

CyberBlade XP
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|M1644T
|CyberALADDiN-T
|(Tualatin)
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|M1651T
|ALADDiN-Pro 5
|DDR

DDR SDRAM

Double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory is a class of memory integrated circuits used in computers. DDR SDRAM has been superseded by DDR2 SDRAM and DDR3 SDRAM, neither of which are either forward or backward compatible with DDR SDRAM, meaning that DDR2 or DDR3 memory modules...

PC2100
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|M1651T/M1535D+
|Aladdin Pro 5T
|MaGiK 1 chipset for Pentium III

Pentium III

The Pentium III brand refers to Intel's 32-bit x86 desktop and mobile microprocessors based on the sixth-generation P6 microarchitecture introduced on February 26, 1999. The brand's initial processors were very similar to the earlier Pentium II-branded microprocessors...

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|M1671
|ALADDiN-P4
|chipset for Socket 478

Socket 478

Socket 478 is a 478-contact CPU socket used for Intel's Pentium 4 and Celeron series CPUs.Socket 478 was launched with the Northwood core to compete with AMD's 462-pin Socket A and their Athlon XP processors. Socket 478 was intended to be the replacement for Socket 423, a Willamette-based...

, FSB 100x4
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|M1672
|CyberALADDiN-P4
|chipset for Socket 478
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|M1681
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|chipset for Socket 478
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|M1683
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|chipset for Socket 478
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|M1646
|CyberMAGiK
|chipset for Socket A

Socket A

Socket A is the 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. Socket A also supports AMD Geode NX embedded processors...

, Slot A

Slot A

Slot A refers to 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...

with integrated Trident

Trident Microsystems

Trident Microsystems is a supplier of display-processors for flat panel displays . At one time, Trident was also a supplier of PC graphics chipsets and sound controllers.- History :...

CyberBlade XP
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|M1647
|MobileMAGiK 1
|chipset for Socket A, Slot A
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|M1647/M1535D+
|MAGiK 1
|chipset for Socket A, Slot A
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|M1667
|MAGiK 2
|chipset for Socket A, Slot A
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|M1668
|MAGiK K8
|chipset for Socket 940, 754
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|M1687/M1565
|Hammer
|chipset for Socket 940, 754; HyperTransport

HyperTransport

HyperTransport , formerly known as Lightning Data Transport , is a technology for interconnection of computer processors. It is a bidirectional serial/parallel high-bandwidth, low-latency point-to-point link that was introduced on April 2, 2001...

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|M1688/M1563
|MAGiK K8G
|chipset for Socket 940, 754 with integrated Trident

Trident Microsystems

Trident Microsystems is a supplier of display-processors for flat panel displays . At one time, Trident was also a supplier of PC graphics chipsets and sound controllers.- History :...

Blade XP4; AGP 8x
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|M1689/M1565
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|chipset for the AMD Athlon 64, HyperTransport

HyperTransport

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|M1691/M1673
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|M1695
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|PCI Express

PCI Express

PCI Express , officially abbreviated as PCIe, is a computer expansion card standard designed to replace the older PCI, PCI-X, and AGP bus standards...

, AGP, HyperTransport

HyperTransport

for the AMD Athlon 64
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|M1697
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|PCI Express

PCI Express

PCI Express , officially abbreviated as PCIe, is a computer expansion card standard designed to replace the older PCI, PCI-X, and AGP bus standards...

, HyperTransport

HyperTransport

for the AMD Athlon 64
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VGA

M3141
M3143
M3145A AliCat - PCI SVGA card, 2 MB DRAM
Dram
Dram or DRAM may refer to:As a unit of measure:* Dram , an imperial unit of mass and volume* Armenian dram, a monetary unit* Dirham, a unit of currency in several Arab nationsOther uses:...

, external RAMDAC
RAMDAC
Random Access Memory Digital-to-Analog Converter is a combination of three fast DACs with a small SRAM used in computer graphics display adapters to store the color palette and to generate the analog signals to drive a color monitor...

, no DDC
Display Data Channel
The Display Data Channel or DDC is a collection of digital communication protocols between a computer display and a graphics adapter that enables the display to communicate its supported display modes to the adapter and to enable the computer host to adjust monitor parameters, such as brightness...

support
M3147V AliCat - PCI SVGA card, 2 MB (S3
S3 Graphics
S3 Graphics, Ltd is an American company specializing in graphics chipsets. Although they do not have the large market share that they once had, they still produce graphics accelerators for home computers under the "S3 Chrome" brand name.-History:...

Trio 64V+ compatible ?)
M3149 GUI Accelerator, 4MB
M3151 GUI Accelerator, 8 MB

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
MIPS architecture
MIPS is a reduced instruction set computer instruction set architecture developed by MIPS Technologies . The early MIPS architectures were 32-bit, and later versions were 64-bit...

)
- A1 (216 pin)
- B1 (216 pin)
- C E1 (128 pin)
  - PF (parallel)
  - SF (serial)
M3330 CPU

PC peripheral

M5253, M5271, M5273, M5622, M5633 USB/Firewire PCI chipsets
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
M5635 USB Cardreader

For embedded systems

M6117 is a highly integrated, low voltage, single-chip implementation of the Intel 386SX compatible microprocessor plus ALi M1217 chipset. The M6117 provides a static 386SX core, DRAM controller, ISA bus logic, real time clock, keyboard controller, and 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, 64 KB Flash ROM, 256 Bytes IDATA RAM, 256 Bytes on-chip XRAM.

External links

Official site
Technical info (Chinese)

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