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{{Redirect|ALi||Ali (disambiguation)}}
{{primarysources|date=November 2007}}
{{short description|Manufacturing company}}
{{Infobox company
| name=
| logo=File:ALi-logo.svg
| industry=[[Semiconductor industry|Semiconductor]] ([[fabless]])
| type=Public
| former_name={{ubl|Acer Laboratories Incorporated|Acer Labs Inc.}}
| trade_name=ALi
| founded={{start date and age|1987}}
| defunct={{end date and age|2006}}
| fate=Acquired by [[Nvidia]]
| key_people=Teddy Lu (president)
| products={{ubl|[[Integrated circuit]]s|[[Chipset]]s|[[Graphics chip]]s}}
}}
[[File:ASRock 775Twins-HDTV - ALi ULI M1573-1341.jpg|thumb|upright|ALi / Uli M1535 [[Southbridge (computing)|southbridge]] chip with ALi as well ULi logo]]
'''ALi Corporation''' (formerly '''Acer Laboratories Incorporated''' or '''Acer Labs Inc.''', and commonly known as '''ALi''') is a major designer and manufacturer of [[Embedded system|embedded systems]] [[Integrated circuit|integrated circuits]], and a former manufacturer of [[personal computer]] integrated circuits. It is based in Taiwan, and is a subsidiary of the [[Acer (company)|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====
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
!Chipset !! Part Numbers !! South Bridge !! Release Date !! Processors !! Bus Type !! Max.&nbsp;[[front side bus|FSB]] !! Memory Types !! Max. Memory Bus !! Max. Memory !! Max. Cache !! [[Peripheral Component Interconnect|PCI]]
|-
| || M1209 || || 1991||[[386SX]] || [[Industry Standard Architecture|ISA]] ||  || FPM ||  ||  ||  || {{No|None}}
|-
| || M1217 || || || 386SX || [[Industry Standard Architecture|ISA]] ||  || FPM EDO ||  ||  ||  || {{No|None}}
|-
| || M1419 || M1421 || 1991||[[386DX]] [[Socket 1]] [[Socket 2]] || [[Industry Standard Architecture|ISA]] ||  || FPM || ||  ||  || {{No|None}}
|-
| || M1429 || M1431, M1435 || 1993||386DX Socket 2 [[Socket 3]] || [[VESA Local Bus|VESA]], [[Peripheral Component Interconnect|PCI]] (w/ M1435) ||  || FPM ||  ||  ||  || {{Partial|2.0 w/ M1435}}
|-
| || M1439 || M1445 || 1995|| Socket 3 || [[Peripheral Component Interconnect|PCI]] ||  || FPM ||  ||  ||  || {{Yes|2.0}} 
|-
| FINALi&nbsp;486 || M1489 || M1487 || 1995|| Socket 3 || [[Peripheral Component Interconnect|PCI]] || 50&nbsp;MHz || FPM EDO || 50&nbsp;MHz || 128MB || 1 MB || {{Yes|2.0}}
|}

====[[Pentium]] and Socket 7 Chipsets====
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
!Chipset !! Part Numbers !! South Bridge !! Release Date !! Processors !! Max.&nbsp;[[front side bus|FSB]] !! Memory Types !! Max. Memory Bus !! Max. memory
![[CPU Cache#Multi-level caches|L2 Cache]] Type!! Max. cache !! Max. cacheable RAM !! [[Error detection and correction|Parity/<br />ECC]] !! [[Peripheral Component Interconnect|PCI]] !! [[Accelerated Graphics Port|AGP]]
!IGP
|-
|ALADDiN&nbsp; || M1451 || M1449 || || [[Socket 4]]
[[Socket 5|Socket&nbsp;5]]
| 66&nbsp;MHz || FPM || 66&nbsp;MHz || 1&nbsp;GB
|Async
| 1 MB || 51 2MB || {{Yes}} || 2.1 || {{No}}|| {{No}}
|-
|ALADDiN II ||M1511 || M1512/M1513 || 1995 || Socket&nbsp;5/7 || 66&nbsp;MHz || FPM EDO || 66&nbsp;MHz || 768 MB || Async/Pburst || 1 MB || ? || {{Yes}} ||2.1 || {{No}} || {{No}}
|-
|ALADDiN&nbsp;III || M1521 || M1523 || 1996||[[Socket 7]]|| 66&nbsp;MHz || FPM EDO BEDO [[SDRAM]]|| 66&nbsp;MHz || 1&nbsp;GB
|Async/Pburst|| 1 MB || 64 MB (8 bit tag), 512 MB (11 bit tag) || {{Yes}} || 2.1 || {{No}}|| {{No}}
|-
|ALADDiN&nbsp;IV<ref name="AnandAladdinIV">[http://www.anandtech.com/show/72/2], Anandtech Chipset Guide.</ref>|| M1531 || M1533 || 1997|| Socket&nbsp;7 || 83&nbsp;MHz || FPM EDO SDRAM || 100&nbsp;MHz || 1&nbsp;GB
|Pburst|| 1 MB || 64 MB (8 bit tag), 512 MB (11 bit tag) || {{Yes}} || 2.1 || {{No}}|| {{No}}
|-
|ALADDiN&nbsp;IV+<ref name="AnandAladdinIV" />|| M1531B || M1533/M1543 || 1997|| Socket&nbsp;7 || 83&nbsp;MHz || FPM EDO SDRAM || 100&nbsp;MHz || 1&nbsp;GB
|Pburst|| 1 MB || 64 MB (8 bit tag), 512 MB (11 bit tag) || {{Yes}} || 2.1 || {{No}}|| {{No}}
|-
|ALADDiN&nbsp;V<ref name="AnandAladdinV">[http://www.anandtech.com/show/72/3], Anandtech Chipset Guide.</ref><br>for ATX, NLX, LPX form factor<ref name="M1541-M1542">[http://www.hard-net.de/info_wissen/chipsatz/uli/M1541-M1542.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925185707/http://www.hard-net.de/info_wissen/chipsatz/uli/M1541-M1542.pdf|date=2020-09-25}}, ALi M1541/M1542 datasheet.</ref>|| M1541 || M1543/M1543C || 1998||[[Super Socket 7]]|| 100&nbsp;MHz || FPM EDO SDRAM || 100&nbsp;MHz || 4&nbsp;GB
|Pburst|| 1 MB || 128 MB (8 bit tag/older rev), 1GB (10 bit tag/Rev F/G) || {{Yes}} || 2.1 || 2x || {{No}}
|-
|ALADDiN&nbsp;V<ref name="AnandAladdinV">[http://www.anandtech.com/show/72/3], Anandtech Chipset Guide.</ref><br>for Baby AT form factor<ref name="M1541-M1542" />|| M1542 || M1543/M1543C || 1998|| Super&nbsp;Socket&nbsp;7 || 100&nbsp;MHz || FPM EDO SDRAM || 100&nbsp;MHz || 4&nbsp;GB
|Pburst|| 1 MB || 128 MB (8 bit tag/older rev), 1GB (10 bit tag/Rev F/G) || {{Yes}} || 2.1 || 2x || {{No}}
|-
|ALADDiN&nbsp;7 ArtX || M1561 || M1535D || 1999|| Super&nbsp;Socket&nbsp;7 || 100&nbsp;MHz || SDRAM || 100&nbsp;MHz || 1&nbsp;GB
|No external cache support|| N/A || N/A || || 2.1 || {{No}}
|ArtX IGP
|}

====[[Slot 1]] and [[Socket 370]] Chipsets====
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
!Chipset !! Part Numbers !! South Bridge !! Release Date !! Processors !! [[front side bus|FSB]] !! Memory Types !! Memory Bus !! Max. memory !! [[Error detection and correction|Parity/<br />ECC]] !! [[Peripheral Component Interconnect|PCI]] !! [[Accelerated Graphics Port|AGP]] !! IGP
|-
|ALADDiN&nbsp;PRO&nbsp;II || M1621 || M1543/M1543C || || [[Pentium II]] || 66/100&nbsp;MHz || EDO, SDRAM || 66&nbsp;-&nbsp;100&nbsp;MHz || 2&nbsp;GB || {{Yes}} || 2.1 || 2x || {{No}}
|-
|ALADDiN&nbsp;TNT || M1631 || M1535/M1535D || || [[Pentium II]], [[Pentium III]], [[Celeron]] || 66/100/133&nbsp;MHz || EDO, SDRAM || 66&nbsp;-&nbsp;133&nbsp;MHz || 1.5&nbsp;GB || ECC || 2.2 || 2x || [[RIVA_TNT2|NVIDIA TNT2]]
|-
|CyberBLADE ALADDiN&nbsp;i1|| M1632M || M1535 || ||Mobile&nbsp;Pentium&nbsp;II/Pentium&nbsp;III || 66/100/133&nbsp;MHz || EDO, SDRAM || 66&nbsp;-&nbsp;133&nbsp;MHz || 1.5&nbsp;GB || ECC || 2.2 || 2x || [[Trident Microsystems|Trident]] CyberBlade&nbsp;3D
|-
|ALADDiN&nbsp;PRO&nbsp;4 || M1641 || M1535/M1535D || || Pentium II, Pentium III, Celeron || 66/100&nbsp;MHz || EDO, SDRAM || 66&nbsp;-&nbsp;133&nbsp;MHz || 1.5&nbsp;GB || ECC || 2.2 || 4x || {{No}}
|-
|CyberALADDiN || M1644 || M1535D+ || || Pentium II, Pentium III, Celeron || 66/100/133&nbsp;MHz || SDRAM, DDR || 100/133&nbsp;MHz&nbsp;SDRAM, 200/266&nbsp;MHz&nbsp;DDR|| 3&nbsp;GB || ECC || 2.2 || 4x || Trident CyberBlade&nbsp;XP
|-
|CyberALADDiN-T || M1644T || M1535D+ || || Pentium II, Pentium III, Pentium III Tualatin, Celeron || 66/100/133&nbsp;MHz || SDRAM, DDR || 100/133&nbsp;MHz&nbsp;SDRAM, 200/266&nbsp;MHz&nbsp;DDR|| 3&nbsp;GB || ECC || 2.2 || 4x || Trident CyberBlade&nbsp;XP
|-
|ALADDiN&nbsp;PRO&nbsp;5 || M1651 || M1535D+ || || Pentium II, Pentium III, Celeron || 100/133&nbsp;MHz || SDRAM, DDR || 100/133&nbsp;MHz&nbsp;SDRAM, 200/266&nbsp;MHz&nbsp;DDR|| 3&nbsp;GB || ECC || 2.2 || 4x || {{No}}
|-
|ALADDiN&nbsp;PRO&nbsp;5T || M1651T || M1535D+ || || Pentium II, Pentium III, Pentium III Tualatin, Celeron || 100/133&nbsp;MHz || SDRAM, DDR || 100/133&nbsp;MHz&nbsp;SDRAM, 200/266&nbsp;MHz&nbsp;DDR|| 3&nbsp;GB || ECC || 2.2 || 4x || {{No}}
|}

====[[Slot A]] and [[Socket A]] Chipsets====
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
!Chipset !! Part Numbers !! South Bridge !! Release Date !! Processors !! [[front side bus|FSB]] !! Memory Types !! Memory Bus !! Max. memory !! [[Accelerated Graphics Port|AGP]] !! IGP
|-
|CyberMAGiK&nbsp;1 || M1646 || M1535+ || || Mobile Athlon/Athlon&nbsp;XP/Duron || 200/266&nbsp;MHz || SDRAM, DDR || 100/133&nbsp;MHz&nbsp;SDRAM, 200/266&nbsp;MHz&nbsp;DDR|| 3&nbsp;GB || 4x || Trident CyberBlade&nbsp;XP
|-
|MAGiK&nbsp;1 || M1647 || M1535D+ || || [[Athlon]], [[Athlon#Athlon XP/MP|Athlon XP]], [[Duron]] || 200/266&nbsp;MHz || SDRAM, DDR || 100/133&nbsp;MHz&nbsp;SDRAM, 200/266&nbsp;MHz&nbsp;DDR|| 3&nbsp;GB || 4x || {{No}}
|-
|MAGiK&nbsp;1 SDRAM || M1649 || M1535D+ || || Athlon, Athlon XP, Duron || 200/266&nbsp;MHz || SDRAM || 100/133&nbsp;MHz&nbsp;SDRAM || 3&nbsp;GB || 4x || {{No}}
|-
|MAGiK&nbsp;2{{efn|Canceled}} || M1667 || M1563 || || Athlon, Athlon XP, Duron || 200/266&nbsp;MHz || SDRAM, DDR || 100/133&nbsp;MHz&nbsp;SDRAM, 200/266/333&nbsp;MHz&nbsp;DDR|| || 8x || {{No}}
|}
{{notelist}}

====[[Socket 478]] Chipsets====
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
!Chipset !! Part Numbers !! South Bridge !! Release Date !! Processors !! [[front side bus|FSB]] !! Memory Types !! Memory Bus !! Max. memory !! [[Accelerated Graphics Port|AGP]] !! IGP
|-
|ALADDiN-P4 || M1671 || M1535D+ || || [[Pentium 4]], [[Celeron]]|| 400&nbsp;MHz || SDRAM, DDR || 100/133&nbsp;MHz&nbsp;SDRAM, 200/266/333&nbsp;MHz&nbsp;DDR|| 3&nbsp;GB || 4x || {{No}}
|-
|CyberALADDiN-P4 || M1672 || M1535+ || || Mobile Pentium&nbsp;4/Celeron|| 400&nbsp;MHz || SDRAM, DDR || 100/133&nbsp;MHz&nbsp;SDRAM, 200/266&nbsp;MHz&nbsp;DDR|| 3&nbsp;GB || 4x || Trident CyberBlade&nbsp;XP2
|-
|A8XN || M1681 || M1563 || || Pentium 4, Celeron|| 400/533&nbsp;MHz || SDRAM, DDR || 100/133&nbsp;MHz&nbsp;SDRAM, 200/266/333/400&nbsp;MHz&nbsp;DDR|| 3&nbsp;GB || 8x || {{No}}
|-
|A800N || M1683 || M1563 || || Pentium 4, Celeron|| 400/533/800&nbsp;MHz || SDRAM, DDR || 100/133&nbsp;MHz&nbsp;SDRAM, 200/266/333/400&nbsp;MHz&nbsp;DDR|| 3&nbsp;GB || 8x || {{No}}
|}

====[[Socket 754]]/[[Socket 939|939]]/[[Socket 940|940]] Chipsets====
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
!Chipset !! Part Numbers !! South Bridge !! Release Date !! Processors !! [[HyperTransport]] !! Memory Types !! Memory Bus !! Max. memory !! [[Accelerated Graphics Port|AGP]] !! [[PCI Express|PCI-e]] !! IGP
|-
|ALi&nbsp;M1687 || M1687 || M1563 || || [[Athlon 64]], [[Sempron]]|| 1600&nbsp;MT/s || DDR || 200/266/333&nbsp;MHz&nbsp;DDR|| 4&nbsp;GB || 8x || {{No}} || {{No}}
|-
|ULi&nbsp;M1689 || M1689 || Integrated || || [[Athlon 64]], [[Athlon 64 X2]], [[Sempron]]|| 2000&nbsp;MT/s || DDR || 266/333/400&nbsp;MHz&nbsp;DDR|| 4&nbsp;GB || 8x || {{No}} || {{No}}
|-
|ULi&nbsp;M1695 || M1695 || M1567 || || Athlon 64, Athlon&nbsp;64&nbsp;X2, Sempron|| 2000&nbsp;MT/s || DDR || 266/333/400&nbsp;MHz&nbsp;DDR|| 4&nbsp;GB || 8x || x16 || {{No}}
|-
|ULi&nbsp;M1697 || M1697 || Integrated || || Athlon 64, Athlon&nbsp;64&nbsp;X2, Sempron|| 2000&nbsp;MT/s || DDR || 266/333/400&nbsp;MHz&nbsp;DDR|| 4&nbsp;GB || {{No}} || x16 || {{No}}
|}

====Southbridge Chips====
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
! Part Numbers !! NB Interconnect !! [[Parallel ATA|PATA]] !! [[SATA]] !! [[RAID|SATA RAID]] !! [[Peripheral Component Interconnect|PCI]] !! [[USB]] !! Audio !! Ethernet
|-
|M1487 || PCI || [[Programmed input/output|PIO]] 0/1/2/3/4 || || || 2.0 || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{No}}
|-
|M1523 || PCI || [[UDMA]] 33 || || || 2.1 || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{No}}
|-
|M1523B || PCI || UDMA 33 || || || 2.1 || 2× 1.0 || {{No}} || {{No}}
|-
|M1533 || PCI || UDMA 33 || || || 2.1 || 2× 1.0 || {{No}} || {{No}}
|-
|M1543 || PCI || UDMA 33/66 || || || 2.1 || 2× 1.0 || {{No}} || {{No}}
|-
|M1543C || PCI || UDMA 33/66 || || || 2.1 || 3× 1.0 || {{No}} || {{No}}
|-
|M1535/M1535D || PCI || UDMA 33/66 || || || 2.2 || 4× 1.0 || [[AC'97]] 2.1 || {{No}}
|-
|M1535+/M1535D+ || PCI || UDMA 33/66/100 || || || 2.2 || 6× 1.1 || AC'97 2.1 || {{No}}
|-
|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) || 0/1/[[JBOD]] || 2.2 || 8× 2.0 || AC'97 2.2 || 10/100Mbps
|-
|M1573{{efn|Used with ATI Radeon [[Xpress 200]] chipsets (RS480, RX480)}}|| [[PCI Express]] || UDMA 33/66/100/133 || 1.0 (1.5 Gbit/s) || 0/1/JBOD || 2.3 || 8× 2.0 || HD Audio || 10/100Mbps
|-
|M1575{{efn|Used with ATI Radeon Xpress 200 chipsets (RS482, RS485, RD480)}} || 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{{efn|name=fn1|Table shows the I/O capabilities of these single-chip chipsets, which do not have a physical "southbridge".}} || 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{{efn|name=fn1}} || 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
|}
{{notelist}}

<gallery widths="150">
Gigabyte GA-5AX rev. 3.0 20081118.jpg|ALi M1541-based [[motherboard]] with [[AMD K6-2]] 300 MHz processor
Ali M1535.jpg|ALi M1535 [[Southbridge (computing)|southbridge]] chip from a [[Fujitsu Lifebook]] P series laptop
AMD5k86-P75 (cropped).jpg|ALi ALADDiN IV Relabeled [[List of VIA chipsets#Socket 5 and Socket 7|TX Pro]] chipset on a socket 7 motherboard with [[AMD K5]]
</gallery>

===VGA===
[[File:ALiCat MV3147V.JPG|thumb|A M3147V VGA [[video card]]]]
* M3141
* M3143
* M3145A AliCat - PCI SVGA card, 2&nbsp;MB [[DRAM]], external [[RAMDAC]], no [[Display Data Channel|DDC]] support - most likely S3 Trio64V+ compatible
* M3147V AliCat - PCI SVGA card, 2&nbsp;MB ([[S3 Graphics|S3]] Trio 64V+ compatible ?)
* M3149 GUI Accelerator, 4&nbsp;MB
* M3151 GUI Accelerator, 8&nbsp;MB

===Video===
[[File:Skymaster DX 15 - ALi M3329C-4553.jpg|thumb|upright|M3329 E1]]
* 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
[[File:M3328F A1.jpg|thumb|upright|ALi M3328F A1]]
* M3329 CPU ([[MIPS architecture]])
** A1 (216 pin)
** B1 (216 pin)
** C E1 (128 pin)
*** PF (parallel)
*** SF (serial)
* M3330 CPU

===PC peripheral===
[[File:ALi M5617 USB Scanner Controller-0818.jpg|thumb|upright|An ALi M5617 USB Scanner Controller]]
* 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 [[Image scanner|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===
[[File:KL SBC 357 ALI M6117.jpg|thumb|ISA Slot [[Single-board computer]] card with ALi M6117 and connector for [[PC104]]]]
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]]-based [[Microcontroller]] with Dual Data Pointers, [[UART]], 32 I/O lines, 3 Timers/Counters, 6 [[Interrupt]]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&nbsp;KB Flash ROM, 256 Bytes IDATA RAM, 256 Bytes on-chip XRAM.

==See also==
* [[Comparison of AMD chipsets]]
* [[Comparison of ATI chipsets]]
* [[List of Intel chipsets]]
* [[Comparison of Nvidia chipsets]]
* [[List of VIA chipsets]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category}}
* [http://www.ali.com.tw Official site]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080102092807/http://epaper.yosungroup.com/epaper/editor_article.asp?act=show&sno=845&paperTltleSno=53 Technical info] (Chinese)

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