ALi Corporation explained


Industry:	Semiconductor (fabless)
Type:	Public
Trade Name:	ALi
Fate:	Acquired by Nvidia
Key People:	Teddy Lu (president)

ALi Corporation (also known as 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 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 in 2006 for $52 million.

Products

Chipsets

80X86 Chipsets

Chipset	Part Numbers	South Bridge	Release Date	Processors	Bus Type		Memory Types	Max. Memory Bus	Max. Memory	Max. Cache
	M1209		1991				FPM
	M1217			386SX			FPM EDO
	M1419	M1421	1991				FPM
	M1429	M1431, M1435	1993		VESA, PCI (w/ M1435)		FPM
	M1439	M1445	1995	Socket 3			FPM
FINALi 486	M1489	M1487	1995	Socket 3		50 MHz	FPM EDO	50 MHz	128MB	1 MB

Pentium and Socket 7 Chipsets

Chipset	Part Numbers	South Bridge	Release Date	Processors		Memory Types	Max. Memory Bus	Max. memory	L2 Cache Type	Max. cache	Max. cacheable RAM		AGP	IGP
ALADDiN	M1451	M1449		Socket 4 Socket 5	66 MHz	FPM	66 MHz	1 GB	Async	1 MB	51 2MB	2.1
ALADDiN II	M1511	M1512/M1513	1995	Socket 5/7	66 MHz	FPM EDO	66 MHz	768 MB	Async/Pburst	1 MB	?	2.1
ALADDiN III	M1521	M1523	1996	Socket 7	66 MHz	FPM EDO BEDO SDRAM	66 MHz	1 GB	Async/Pburst	1 MB	64 MB (8 bit tag), 512 MB (11 bit tag)	2.1
ALADDiN IV^[1]	M1531	M1533	1997	Socket 7	83 MHz	FPM EDO SDRAM	100 MHz	1 GB	Pburst	1 MB	64 MB (8 bit tag), 512 MB (11 bit tag)	2.1
ALADDiN IV+	M1531B	M1533/M1543	1997	Socket 7	83 MHz	FPM EDO SDRAM	100 MHz	1 GB	Pburst	1 MB	64 MB (8 bit tag), 512 MB (11 bit tag)	2.1
ALADDiN V^[2] for ATX, NLX, LPX form factor^[3]	M1541	M1543/M1543C	1998	Super Socket 7	100 MHz	FPM EDO SDRAM	100 MHz	4 GB	Pburst	1 MB	128 MB (8 bit tag/older rev), 1GB (10 bit tag/Rev F/G)	2.1	2x
ALADDiN V^[4] for Baby AT form factor	M1542	M1543/M1543C	1998	Super Socket 7	100 MHz	FPM EDO SDRAM	100 MHz	4 GB	Pburst	1 MB	128 MB (8 bit tag/older rev), 1GB (10 bit tag/Rev F/G)	2.1	2x
ALADDiN 7 ArtX	M1561	M1535D	1999	Super Socket 7	100 MHz	SDRAM	100 MHz	1 GB	No external cache support	N/A	N/A	2.1		ArtX IGP

Slot 1 and Socket 370 Chipsets

Chipset	Part Numbers	South Bridge	Processors		Memory Types	Memory Bus	Max. memory				IGP
ALADDiN PRO II	M1621	M1543/M1543C		66/100 MHz	EDO, SDRAM	66 - 100 MHz	2 GB		2.1	2x
ALADDiN TNT	M1631	M1535/M1535D		66/100/133 MHz	EDO, SDRAM	66 - 133 MHz	1.5 GB	ECC	2.2	2x	NVIDIA TNT2
CyberBLADE ALADDiN i1	M1632M	M1535	Mobile Pentium II/Pentium III	66/100/133 MHz	EDO, SDRAM	66 - 133 MHz	1.5 GB	ECC	2.2	2x	Trident CyberBlade 3D
ALADDiN PRO 4	M1641	M1535/M1535D	Pentium II, Pentium III, Celeron	66/100 MHz	EDO, SDRAM	66 - 133 MHz	1.5 GB	ECC	2.2	4x
CyberALADDiN	M1644	M1535D+	Pentium II, Pentium III, Celeron	66/100/133 MHz	SDRAM, DDR	100/133 MHz SDRAM, 200/266 MHz DDR	3 GB	ECC	2.2	4x	Trident CyberBlade XP
CyberALADDiN-T	M1644T	M1535D+	Pentium II, Pentium III, Pentium III Tualatin, Celeron	66/100/133 MHz	SDRAM, DDR	100/133 MHz SDRAM, 200/266 MHz DDR	3 GB	ECC	2.2	4x	Trident CyberBlade XP
ALADDiN PRO 5	M1651	M1535D+	Pentium II, Pentium III, Celeron	100/133 MHz	SDRAM, DDR	100/133 MHz SDRAM, 200/266 MHz DDR	3 GB	ECC	2.2	4x
ALADDiN PRO 5T	M1651T	M1535D+	Pentium II, Pentium III, Pentium III Tualatin, Celeron	100/133 MHz	SDRAM, DDR	100/133 MHz SDRAM, 200/266 MHz DDR	3 GB	ECC	2.2	4x

Slot A and Socket A Chipsets

Chipset	Part Numbers	South Bridge	Processors		Memory Types	Memory Bus	Max. memory		IGP
CyberMAGiK 1	M1646	M1535+	Mobile Athlon/Athlon XP/Duron	200/266 MHz	SDRAM, DDR	100/133 MHz SDRAM, 200/266 MHz DDR	3 GB	4x	Trident CyberBlade XP
MAGiK 1	M1647	M1535D+		200/266 MHz	SDRAM, DDR	100/133 MHz SDRAM, 200/266 MHz DDR	3 GB	4x
MAGiK 1 SDRAM	M1649	M1535D+	Athlon, Athlon XP, Duron	200/266 MHz	SDRAM	100/133 MHz SDRAM	3 GB	4x
MAGiK 2	M1667	M1563	Athlon, Athlon XP, Duron	200/266 MHz	SDRAM, DDR	100/133 MHz SDRAM, 200/266/333 MHz DDR		8x

Socket 478 Chipsets

Chipset	Part Numbers	South Bridge	Processors		Memory Types	Memory Bus	Max. memory		IGP
ALADDiN-P4	M1671	M1535D+	Pentium 4, Celeron	400 MHz	SDRAM, DDR	100/133 MHz SDRAM, 200/266/333 MHz DDR	3 GB	4x
CyberALADDiN-P4	M1672	M1535+	Mobile Pentium 4/Celeron	400 MHz	SDRAM, DDR	100/133 MHz SDRAM, 200/266 MHz DDR	3 GB	4x	Trident CyberBlade XP2
A8XN	M1681	M1563	Pentium 4, Celeron	400/533 MHz	SDRAM, DDR	100/133 MHz SDRAM, 200/266/333/400 MHz DDR	3 GB	8x
A800N	M1683	M1563	Pentium 4, Celeron	400/533/800 MHz	SDRAM, DDR	100/133 MHz SDRAM, 200/266/333/400 MHz DDR	3 GB	8x

Socket 754/939/940 Chipsets

Chipset	Part Numbers	South Bridge	Processors		Memory Types	Memory Bus	Max. memory
ALi M1687	M1687	M1563	Athlon 64, Sempron	1600 MT/s	DDR	200/266/333 MHz DDR	4 GB	8x
ULi M1689	M1689	Integrated	Athlon 64, Athlon 64 X2, Sempron	2000 MT/s	DDR	266/333/400 MHz DDR	4 GB	8x
ULi M1695	M1695	M1567	Athlon 64, Athlon 64 X2, Sempron	2000 MT/s	DDR	266/333/400 MHz DDR	4 GB	8x	x16
ULi M1697	M1697	Integrated	Athlon 64, Athlon 64 X2, Sempron	2000 MT/s	DDR	266/333/400 MHz DDR	4 GB		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)		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, 2 MB DRAM, external RAMDAC, 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-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
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
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 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)