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
Darlington Nuclear Generating Station - Automatic Shutdowns provided by a GA-16| The CPU Shack Museum
IER GA-16 chipset 1991-1992 vintage (from an eBay auction as I haven't found one cheap enough to add to the museum yet)| The CPU Shack Museum
General Automation GA-16 - 266A01 RALU and 267A02 CROM| The CPU Shack Museum
Later version of the GA-16 CPU-1 board. Used extensively in industry.| The CPU Shack Museum
In 1973 another well known semiconductor company was started, Synertek, with funding from Bulova Watch Company, Victor Comptometer, AT&T, and..General Automation, who needed a reliable source for memory chips for its computers at the time. Synertek would go on to source the custom CPU GA designed for their GA-16 minicomputer. The GA16 was a LSI (2 chip) version of their SPC-16 line of computers that originally debuted in 1971. It was compatible with the original SPC-16 line which helped...| 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| www.cpushack.com
Introduction| www.cpushack.com
PDP-11/05 Front Panel (pic from vintage_electron)| The CPU Shack Museum
In my daily hunt for new processors, and other chips for the museum, as well as information about new chips, I constantly come across interesting chips, in strange locations. Here you will get a chance to learn WHERE many of the chips in the museum come from and what they are.| The CPU Shack Museum
Intel N60066 die - 8051 core on the left. Die shot by Antoine Bercovici| The CPU Shack Museum
ERC-32SC – SPARC V7 MCM with RAM and MIL-STD-1553| The CPU Shack Museum
Fischer & Porter 53MC5 – The beginning of the Mystery| 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
