In 1974 National Semiconductor introduced what is arguably the first 16-bit microprocessor (it had a 8-bit mode as well which was more efficient but could run 16-bits as well). This chip was made on a PMOS process and ran at 1.3MHz. In some ways it was ahead of its time, there wasn’t a ton of demand for a 16-bit processor at the time and interfacing to its PMOS architecture was…tricky.| www.cpushack.com
General Automation GA-16 – 266A01 RALU and 267A02 CROM| The CPU Shack Museum
The Life Cycle of a CPU| www.cpushack.com
Fischer & Porter 53MC5 – The beginning of the Mystery| The CPU Shack Museum
Intel 60077 Unknown| The CPU Shack Museum
“Copy It”| The CPU Shack Museum
Intel 60077 Unknown| www.cpushack.com
It’s been a long while since I have been able to post/write, having a new baby apparently does that (I missed that in the datasheet). Since I have neglected posting, or forgotten, lets continues with ‘The Forgotten Ones”| The CPU Shack Museum
In 1974 National Semiconductor introduced what is arguably the first 16-bit microprocessor (it had a 8-bit mode as well which was more efficient but could run 16-bits as well). This chip was made on a PMOS process and ran at 1.3MHz. In some ways it was ahead of its time, there wasn’t a ton of […] The post National Semi. PACE/INS8900 Test Boards first appeared on The CPU Shack Museum.| The CPU Shack Museum
In the 1990s the ESA began a project to develop their own, open source, easily usable processor for space applications. Before this the ESA had used mainly MIL-STD-1750A processors, both American made ones, or direct copies their of, such as the Dynex MAS281, a clone of the McDonnel Douglas MDC281. The ESA explored many different […] The post SPARCs in Space: The Cobham UT700 Leon3FT Processor first appeared on The CPU Shack Museum.| The CPU Shack Museum
CPU History Museum for Intel CPUs, AMD Processor, Cyrix Microprocessors, Microcontrollers and more. | The CPU Shack Museum
In 1966, American engineer and inventor Robert Dennard invented dynamic RAM cells – single-transistor cells, each bit of information is stored in the form of an electric charge of a capacitor. By that time, MOS technology was already capable of creating capacitors. The presence or absence of a charge on a capacitor represents one or zero bits of information. And the transistor can control the recording of the charge into the capacitor. At the time, Dennard was working on a six-transistor me...| The CPU Shack Museum
This is the beginning (hopefully) of a series of articles dedicated to dead brands – computer hardware manufacturing companies, which at one time enjoyed overwhelming success, but disappeared for one reason or another (some could not stand the competition, some were mired in corruption, some simply could not rebuild their own business). This first article will look at the story of the smashing success and unpredictable collapse of the Taiwanese MoBo manufacturer Soltek Computer Inc., one of...| The CPU Shack Museum
Iskra EMZ100E| The CPU Shack Museum
CPU History Museum for Intel CPUs, AMD Processor, Cyrix Microprocessors, Microcontrollers and more. | The CPU Shack Museum
Dov Frohman| The CPU Shack Museum
Saturn-V| The CPU Shack Museum