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MOS Technology, Inc.
Industry
Semiconductor design and manufacturing
Predecessor
Allen-Bradley
Founded
1969 (1969)
Defunct
2001 (2001)
Successor
Commodore Semiconductor Group
Western Design Center
Headquarters
Audubon, Pennsylvania
,
United States
MOS Technology, Inc. ("MOS" being short for Metal Oxide Semiconductor), later known as CSG (Commodore Semiconductor Group) and GMT Microelectronics, was a semiconductor design and fabrication company based in Audubon, Pennsylvania. It is most famous for its 6502 microprocessor and various designs for Commodore International's range of home computers.
MOSTechnology, Inc. ("MOS" being short for Metal Oxide Semiconductor), later known as CSG (Commodore Semiconductor Group) and GMT Microelectronics, was...
The MOSTechnology 6502 (typically pronounced "sixty-five-oh-two") is an 8-bit microprocessor that was designed by a small team led by Chuck Peddle for...
The metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET, MOS-FET, or MOS FET) is a type of field-effect transistor (FET), most commonly fabricated...
The MOSTechnology 6510 is an 8-bit microprocessor designed by MOSTechnology. It is a modified form of the very successful 6502. The 6510 is widely used...
The MOSTechnology 6581/8580 SID (Sound Interface Device) is the built-in programmable sound generator chip of the Commodore CBM-II, Commodore 64, Commodore...
The VIC (Video Interface Chip), specifically known as the MOSTechnology 6560 (NTSC version) / 6561 (PAL version), is the integrated circuit chip responsible...
The MOSTechnology 6522 Versatile Interface Adapter (VIA) is an integrated circuit that was designed and manufactured by MOSTechnology as an I/O port...
MOSTechnology 8502 is an 8-bit microprocessor designed by MOSTechnology and used in the Commodore 128 (C128). It is an improved version of the MOS 6510...
The MOSTechnology "Agnus", usually called Agnus, is an integrated circuit in the custom chipset of the Amiga computer. The Agnus, Denise and Paula chips...
Video Display Controller (VDC) was an integrated circuit produced by MOSTechnology. It was used in the Commodore 128 (C128) computer to generate an 80-column...
The 7360/8360 TExt Display (TED) was an integrated circuit made by MOSTechnology, Inc. It was a video chip that also contained sound generation hardware...
Communications Interface Adapter (ACIA) is an integrated circuit made by MOSTechnology. It served as a companion UART chip for the widely popular 6502 microprocessor...
The MOSTechnology 6509, an enhanced version of the popular 6502 microprocessor, is capable of addressing up to 1 megabyte of RAM via bank switching. While...
The 6532 RAM-I/O-Timer (RIOT) was an integrated circuit made by MOSTechnology, as well as second sources such as Rockwell. It incorporated 128 bytes of...
an integrated circuit made by MOSTechnology, as well as second sources such as Rockwell. It was very similar to the MOS 6532 RIOT, but it incorporated...
"sixty-five-oh-seven" or "six-five-oh-seven") is an 8-bit microprocessor from MOSTechnology, Inc. It is a version of their 40-pin 6502 packaged in a 28-pin DIP...
6526/8520 Complex Interface Adapter (CIA) was an integrated circuit made by MOSTechnology. It served as an I/O port controller for the 6502 family of microprocessors...
can be traced back to the invention and development of MOStechnology. The application of MOS LSI chips to computing was the basis for the first microprocessors...
The MOSTechnology 6508 is an 8-bit microprocessor designed by MOSTechnology. Based on the popular 6502, the 6508 is augmented with two additional features:...
Look up MOS or mos in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. MOS or Mos may refer to: MOSFET (metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor), also known...
Single Port Interface (SPI aka PIO) was an integrated circuit made by MOSTechnology. It served as an I/O controller for the 6502 family of microprocessors...
The MOSTechnology 8568 Video Display Controller (VDC) was the graphics processor responsible for the 80 column[1] or RGBI display on the Commodore 128DCR...
development of silicon-gate MOS integrated circuit (MOS IC) technology by Federico Faggin at Fairchild in 1968 enabled the production of MOS memory chips. NMOS...
microprocessor is an enhanced CMOS version of the popular nMOS-based 8-bit MOSTechnology 6502. It uses less power than the original 6502, fixes several...
camera. Metal–oxide–semiconductor (MOS) technology originates from the MOSFET (MOS field-effect transistor, or MOS transistor) invented by Mohamed M....
programmable home system. The first inexpensive microprocessors from MOSTechnology in late 1975 made this feasible. The console was prototyped under the...
Design work for the chips, named MOSTechnology VIC-II (Video Integrated Circuit for graphics) and MOSTechnology SID (Sound Interface Device for audio)...
The MOSTechnology file format is a file format that conveys binary information in ASCII text form. The KIM-1 single-board computer specified a file format...
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