GRAPHICS ACCELERATOR Preliminary Data Sheet Features ■ Video interface — Shared frame buffer interface for multimedia The ARTIST Graphics 3GA graphics accelerator is a 64 bit, — Supports S3 Vision/VA full screen video with a state-of-the-art 3D graphics processor designed to accelerate shared frame buffer graphical user interfaces, 2D and 3D vector drawing, and 3D ■ Flexible local memory rendering. — 64 bit wide memory bus ■ High performance 3D graphics processor — VRAM block write support — 16 bit Z-buffer for automatic 3D hidden surface — Supports 1 to 4 megabytes VRAM display memory removal — Supports 0 to 8 megabytes of off screen DRAM for — Secondary 16 bit Z-buffer for arbitrary frontal Z Z-buffers, fonts, etc. clipping ■ Single chip accelerator — Gouraud shading for realistic 3D rendering — On-chip 32 bit VGA for fast DOS performance — Dithering for superior shading at 8 and 16 bits per — Support for Microsoft Plug & Play ISA specification pixel — Interfaces directly to VESA VL-Bus and PCI with — Texture mapping to map 2D textures onto 3D no glue logic surfaces — Interfaces to ISA bus with two 74F245 buffers — Six arithmetic raster operations (Add, Add with — 128 byte host FIFO for passing data and commands Saturation, Sub, Sub with Saturation, Min, Max) — 240 pin plastic quad flat pack ■ Powerful 2D GUI accelerator — 50 MHz clock frequency — Accelerated drawing at 8, 16, 24 and 32 bits per ■ Software drivers pixel — Microsoft Windows 3.1, Windows NT and — 256 Microsoft Windows raster operations in Windows ‘95 (when released) hardware — OS/2 2.1 and OS/2 Warp — Color expanding BitBLTs provide extremely fast text — AutoCAD — On-chip 8 x 8 color expanding pattern — Hoops — Variable sized color pattern up to 64 x 64 pixels — OpenGL — Rectangular and arbitrary region clipping — 3D APIs: Argonaut BRender, Criterion Software — Eight stencil modes RenderWare, Rendermorphic Reality Lab, Intel 3DR — Multicolored “styled” lines and polylines ■ Display controller System Overview — VRAM based display controller for maximum A graphics system designed around the 3GA graphics performance accelerator requires only VRAM, a video DAC, clock — Supports displays up to 2048 x 2048 pixels generator, and a small number of external buffers. The 3GA — Refresh rates up to 90Hz at 1600 x 1200 resolution graphics accelerator supports a 64 bit wide data path to its — VESA DPMS support for green PC applications local memory array and contains interfaces to an external clock generator, DAC, and ROM BIOS. ARTIST Graphics PROPRIETARY DATA 1 A Control Systems Company GRAPHICS ACCELERATOR Preliminary Data Sheet Performance Estimated performance, based on 8 bits per pixel, 10 pixel lines, 50 pixel triangles, 90MHz Pentium CPU, PCI bus. ■ 2D lines......................................................................................................... 1,600,000 lines/second ■ 3D lines (shaded, Z-buffered)........................................................................... 280,000 lines/second ■ 2D texture mapped triangles......................................................................... 75,000 triangles/second ■ 3D texture mapped triangles (Z-buffered)..................................................... 65,000 triangles/second ■ 3D Gouraud shaded triangles (Z-buffered).................................................. 110,000 triangles/second ■ Screen-to-screen BitBLTs........................................................................... 80,000,000 pixels/second ■ Memory-to-screen BitBLTs (color expanding) .........................................245,000,000 pixels/second ■ Fill rate ..................................................................................................1,100,000,000 pixels/second 2 PROPRIETARY DATA ARTIST Graphics A Control Systems Company GRAPHICS ACCELERATOR Preliminary Data Sheet Pin Information The 3GA graphics accelerator is available in a 240-pin quad flat pack for PCI, ISA, and VESA VL-Bus configurations. Pin Diagram — PCI Bus VCC GND LD63 LD62 LD61 LD60 LD59 LD58 LD57 LD56 LD55 LD54 LD53 LD52 LD51 LD50 GND GND LD49 LD48 LD47 LD46 LD45 LD44 LD43 LD42 LD41 LD40 LD39 VCC SYSCLK VCC LCLKOUT LD38 LD37 LD36 LD35 LD34 LD33 LD32 DEVSTRB LD31 LD30 LD29 GND GND LD28 LD27 LD26 LD25 LD24 LD23 LD22 LD21 LD20 LD19 LD18 LD17 GND VCC VCC 181 180 179 178 177 176 175 174 173 172 171 170 169 168 167 166 165 164 163 162 161 160 159 158 157 156 155 154 153 152 151 150 149 148 147 146 145 144 143 142 141 140 139 138 137 136 135 134 133 132 131 130 129 128 127 126 125 124 123 122 120121 VCC GND 182 119 GND TN 183 118 LD16 GND 184 117 LD15 GND 185 116 LD14 GND 186 115 LD13 GND 187 114 LD12 GND 188 113 LD11 GND 189 112 LD10 GND 190 111 LD9 GND 191 110 LD8 GND 192 109 LD7 GND 193 108 LD6 GND 194 107 LD5 GND 195 106 LD4 GND 196 105 GND GND 197 104 GND GND 198 103 LD3 GND 199 102 LD2 GND 200 101 LD1 GND 201 100 LD0 GND 202 99 CAS7 GND 203 98 CAS6 GND 204 97 CAS5 GND 205 96 CAS4 GND 206 95 VGACAS3 GND 207 94 CAS3 VCC 208 93 VGACAS2 VCC 209 92 CAS2 GND 210 91 VCC GND 211 90 GND GND 212 89 SCLK GND 213 88 VCC GND 214 87 SCLK0 GND 215 86 SCLK1 GND 216 85 VGACAS1 GND 217 84 CAS1 INTA 218 83 VGACAS0 IDSEL 219 82 CAS0 RST 220 81 RCA9 CLK 221 80 RCA8 AD31 222 TOP VIEW 79 RCA7 AD30 223 78 RCA6 GND 224 77 RCA5 GND 225 PCI Bus 76 PCLK VIO 226 75 PIXCLK AD29 227 74 GND AD28 228 73 GND AD27 229 72 RCA4 AD26 230 71 RCA3 AD25 231 70 RCA2 AD24 232 69 RCA1 C/BE3 233 68 RCA0 VIO 234 67 DWE AD23 235 66 DRAS AD22 236 65 DSF AD21 237 64 VWE AD20 238 63 DTOE AD19 239 62 GND GND 240 61 VCC 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 VIO VIO VIO PAR VP7 VP6 VP5 VP4 VP3 VP2 VP1 VP0 AD9 AD8 AD7 AD6 AD5 AD4 AD3 AD2 AD1 AD0 GND VCC VCC GND GND VCC GND GND IRDY AD11 AD18 AD17 AD16 AD15 AD14 AD13 AD12 AD10 TRDY STOP SOE0 SOE1 C/BE2 C/BE1 C/BE0 VRAS0 VRAS1 BLANK FRAME VSYNC HSYNC VGAWE DEVSEL CLKSEL1 CLKSEL0 VGARAS0 VGARAS1 VGADTOE ARTIST Graphics PROPRIETARY DATA 3 A Control Systems Company GRAPHICS ACCELERATOR Preliminary Data Sheet Pin Diagram — VESA VL-Bus VCC GND LD63 LD62 LD61 LD60 LD59 LD58 LD57 LD56 LD55 LD54 LD53 LD52 LD51 LD50 GND GND LD49 LD48 LD47 LD46 LD45 LD44 LD43 LD42 LD41 LD40 LD39 VCC SYSCLK VCC LCLKOUT LD38 LD37 LD36 LD35 LD34 LD33 LD32 DEVSTRB LD31 LD30 LD29 GND GND LD28 LD27 LD26 LD25 LD24 LD23 LD22 LD21 LD20 LD19 LD18 LD17 GND VCC VCC 181 180 179 178 177 176 175 174 173 172 171 170 169 168 167 166 165 164 163 162 161 160 159 158 157 156 155 154 153 152 151 150 149 148 147 146 145 144 143 142 141 140 139 138 137 136 135 134 133 132 131 130 129 128 127 126 125 124 123 122 120121 VCC GND 182 119 GND TN 183 118 LD16 W/R 184 117 LD15 A2 185 116 LD14 A3 186 115 LD13 A4 187 114 LD12 A5 188 113 LD11 A6 189 112 LD10 A7 190 111 LD9 A8 191 110 LD8 A9 192 109 LD7 A10 193 108 LD6 GND 194 107 LD5 GND 195 106 LD4 A24 196 105 GND A11 197 104 GND A12 198 103 LD3 A13 199 102 LD2 A14 200 101 LD1 A15 201 100 LD0 A16 202 99 CAS7 A17 203 98 CAS6 A18 204 97 CAS5 A19 205 96 CAS4 A20 206 95 VGACAS3 A21 207 94 CAS3 VCC 208 93 VGACAS2 VCC 209 92 CAS2 GND 210 91 VCC A22 211 90 GND A23 212 89 SCLK A25 213 88 VCC A26 214 87 SCLK0 A27 215 86 SCLK1 A28 216 85 VGACAS1 A29 217 84 CAS1 A30 218 83 VGACAS0 A31 219 82 CAS0 RESET 220 81 RCA9 LCLK 221 80 RCA8 D31 222 TOP VIEW 79 RCA7 D30 223 78 RCA6 GND 224 77 RCA5 GND 225 VL-Bus 76 PCLK VCC 226 75 PIXCLK D29 227 74 GND D28 228 73 GND D27 229 72 RCA4 D26 230 71 RCA3 D25 231 70 RCA2 D24 232 69 RCA1 IRQ 233 68 RCA0 VCC 234 67 DWE D23 235 66 DRAS D22 236 65 DSF D21 237 64 VWE D20 238 63 DTOE D19 239 62 GND GND 240 61 VCC 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 D9 D8 D7 D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1 D0 BE3 BE2 BE1 BE0 D11 D18 D17 D16 D15 D14 D13 D12 D10 VP7 VP6 VP5 VP4 VP3 VP2 VP1 VP0 ADS VCC VCC GND VCC VCC VCC GND GND VCC GND GND M/IO LDEV LRDY SOE0 SOE1 VRAS0 VRAS1 BLANK VSYNC HSYNC VGAWE RDYRTN CLKSEL1 CLKSEL0 VGARAS0 VGARAS1 VGADTOE 4 PROPRIETARY DATA ARTIST Graphics A Control Systems Company GRAPHICS ACCELERATOR Preliminary Data Sheet Pin Diagram — ISA Bus VCC GND LD63 LD62 LD61 LD60 LD59 LD58 LD57 LD56 LD55 LD54 LD53 LD52 LD51 LD50 GND GND LD49 LD48 LD47 LD46 LD45 LD44 LD43 LD42 LD41 LD40 LD39 VCC SYSCLK VCC LCLKOUT LD38 LD37 LD36 LD35 LD34 LD33 LD32 DEVSTRB LD31 LD30 LD29 GND GND LD28 LD27 LD26 LD25 LD24 LD23 LD22 LD21 LD20 LD19 LD18 LD17 GND VCC VCC 181 180 179 178 177 176 175 174 173 172 171 170 169 168 167 166 165 164 163 162 161 160 159 158 157 156 155 154 153 152 151 150 149 148 147 146 145 144 143 142 141 140 139 138 137 136 135 134 133 132 131 130 129 128 127 126 125 124 123 122 120121 VCC GND 182 119 GND TN 183 118 LD16 MCS16 184 117 LD15 SA2 185 116 LD14 SA3 186 115 LD13 SA4 187 114 LD12 SA5 188 113 LD11 SA6 189 112 LD10 SA7 190 111 LD9 SA8 191 110 LD8 SA9 192 109 LD7 SA10 193 108 LD6 GND 194 107 LD5 GND 195 106 LD4 IOCHRDY 196 105 GND SA11 197 104 GND SA12 198 103 LD3 SA13 199 102 LD2 SA14 200 101 LD1 SA15 201 100 LD0 SA16 202 99 CAS7 LA17 203 98 CAS6 LA18 204 97 CAS5 LA19 205 96 CAS4 LA20 206 95 VGACAS3 LA21 207 94 CAS3 VCC 208 93 VGACAS2 VCC 209 92 CAS2 GND 210 91 VCC LA22 211 90 GND LA23 212 89 SCLK MEMW 213 88 VCC MEMR 214 87 SCLK0 BLCK 215 86 SCLK1 SBHE 216 85 VGACAS1 BALE 217 84 CAS1 NOWS 218 83 VGACAS0 IRQ12 219 82 CAS0 RESDRV 220 81 RCA9 SYSCLK 221 80 RCA8 PULLUP 222 TOP VIEW 79 RCA7 PULLUP 223 78 RCA6 GND 224 77 RCA5 GND 225 ISA Bus 76 PCLK VCC 226