The 94228 is a main clock synthesizer chip for AMD-K7 based systems with VIA style chipset. This provides all clocks required for such a system. The 94228 employs serial programming I2C interface as a vehicle for changing output functions, changing output frequency, configuring output strength, configuring output-to-output skew, changing spread spectrum amount, changing group divider ratio, and disabling/enabling individual clocks. This device also has propriety watchdog timer technology which will reset the frequency to a safe setting if the system becomes unstable from over-clocking.