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Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) had a number of product lines with the part numbers beginning with "29". These families were generally not related to one another. The Am29(F, BL, DL, DS)xxx family contains a variety of flash memories, and is not part of the
Am2900 Am2900 is a family of integrated circuits (ICs) created in 1975 by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). They were constructed with bipolar devices, in a bit-slice topology, and were designed to be used as modular components each representing a different ...
/ Am29000 families.


Am2900 Family

The first such family is the
Am2900 Am2900 is a family of integrated circuits (ICs) created in 1975 by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). They were constructed with bipolar devices, in a bit-slice topology, and were designed to be used as modular components each representing a different ...
series of
integrated circuits An integrated circuit or monolithic integrated circuit (also referred to as an IC, a chip, or a microchip) is a set of electronic circuits on one small flat piece (or "chip") of semiconductor material, usually silicon. Large numbers of tiny ...
(ICs) created in 1975 designed in
bit-slice Bit slicing is a technique for constructing a processor from modules of processors of smaller bit width, for the purpose of increasing the word length; in theory to make an arbitrary ''n''-bit central processing unit (CPU). Each of these com ...
topology so they could be used as modular components each representing a different aspect of a computer control unit (CCU). For details on the Am2900 Family se
The Am2900 Family Data Book
by AMD.


Am29xxx Family

The AMD Am29xxx series of chips are high performance processors and system building-block devices.


Am29000

The Am29000 family are 32-bit
RISC In computer engineering, a reduced instruction set computer (RISC) is a computer designed to simplify the individual instructions given to the computer to accomplish tasks. Compared to the instructions given to a complex instruction set comput ...
microprocessors. The Am29000 was a Berkeley RISC,
register window In computer engineering, register windows are a feature which dedicates registers to a subroutine by dynamically aliasing a subset of internal registers to fixed, programmer-visible registers. Register windows are implemented to improve the perfo ...
design similar to the Sun
SPARC SPARC (Scalable Processor Architecture) is a reduced instruction set computer (RISC) instruction set architecture originally developed by Sun Microsystems. Its design was strongly influenced by the experimental Berkeley RISC system developed ...
. * Am29000 32-bit
RISC In computer engineering, a reduced instruction set computer (RISC) is a computer designed to simplify the individual instructions given to the computer to accomplish tasks. Compared to the instructions given to a complex instruction set comput ...
microprocessor, 4-stage
Pipeline Pipeline may refer to: Electronics, computers and computing * Pipeline (computing), a chain of data-processing stages or a CPU optimization found on ** Instruction pipelining, a technique for implementing instruction-level parallelism within a s ...
, 512-byte BTC ( branch target cache) * Am29005 32-bit RISC microprocessor with neither (functional) MMU nor BTC * Am29027
Floating-point unit In computing, floating-point arithmetic (FP) is arithmetic that represents real numbers approximately, using an integer with a fixed precision, called the significand, scaled by an integer exponent of a fixed base. For example, 12.345 can b ...
co-processor chip * Am29030 32-bit RISC microprocessor with a 8K byte instruction cache * Am29035 32-bit RISC microprocessor with a 4K byte instruction cache * Am29040 32-bit RISC microprocessor with a 8K byte instruction cache, 4 KB data cache and hardware multiply * Am29041 Data transfer controller * Am29050 32-bit RISC microprocessor with FPU, 1kB BTC * Am29062 Integrated cache unit with 8K bytes RAM


Am29100 Family

The Am29100 family are microcontrollers and their support chips. Most of the microcontrollers are 'intelligent', performing operations that would normally be performed by software. * Am29101 16-bit Microprocessor Slice Circuit with Speed Select * Am29111 Microprogram Sequencer Controller - For microprogram memory * Am29112 High-performance 8-bit slice Microprogram Sequencer * Am29114 Real-time 8-bit priority interrupt controller * Am29116 High-performance 16-bit microprocessor * Am29117 High-performance 16-bit microprocessor * Am29118 8-bit I/O support unit for Am29116 * Am29130 16 to 30-bit shift register * Am29141 Fuse programmable controller


Am29200 Family

The Am29200 family are processors intended for the high-end microcontroller market. * Am29200 32-bit
Microcontroller A microcontroller (MCU for ''microcontroller unit'', often also MC, UC, or μC) is a small computer on a single VLSI integrated circuit (IC) chip. A microcontroller contains one or more CPUs (processor cores) along with memory and programmable i ...
, internal
ROM Rom, or ROM may refer to: Biomechanics and medicine * Risk of mortality, a medical classification to estimate the likelihood of death for a patient * Rupture of membranes, a term used during pregnancy to describe a rupture of the amniotic sac * R ...
,
DRAM Dynamic random-access memory (dynamic RAM or DRAM) is a type of random-access semiconductor memory that stores each bit of data in a memory cell, usually consisting of a tiny capacitor and a transistor, both typically based on metal-oxid ...
interface, PIA/PIO/ serial/
Parallel Parallel is a geometric term of location which may refer to: Computing * Parallel algorithm * Parallel computing * Parallel metaheuristic * Parallel (software), a UNIX utility for running programs in parallel * Parallel Sysplex, a cluster of IBM ...
/
JTAG JTAG (named after the Joint Test Action Group which codified it) is an Technical standard, industry standard for verifying designs and testing printed circuit boards after manufacture. JTAG implements standards for on-chip instrumentation in ele ...
Ports * Am29202 32-bit
Microcontroller A microcontroller (MCU for ''microcontroller unit'', often also MC, UC, or μC) is a small computer on a single VLSI integrated circuit (IC) chip. A microcontroller contains one or more CPUs (processor cores) along with memory and programmable i ...
, internal ROM,
DRAM Dynamic random-access memory (dynamic RAM or DRAM) is a type of random-access semiconductor memory that stores each bit of data in a memory cell, usually consisting of a tiny capacitor and a transistor, both typically based on metal-oxid ...
interface, PIA/PIO/Serial/Parallel/
JTAG JTAG (named after the Joint Test Action Group which codified it) is an Technical standard, industry standard for verifying designs and testing printed circuit boards after manufacture. JTAG implements standards for on-chip instrumentation in ele ...
Ports * Am29205 32-bit Microcontroller, internal ROM,
DRAM Dynamic random-access memory (dynamic RAM or DRAM) is a type of random-access semiconductor memory that stores each bit of data in a memory cell, usually consisting of a tiny capacitor and a transistor, both typically based on metal-oxid ...
interface, PIA/PIO/Serial/Parallel Ports * Am29240 32-bit Microcontroller, hardware multiply, internal ROM,
DRAM Dynamic random-access memory (dynamic RAM or DRAM) is a type of random-access semiconductor memory that stores each bit of data in a memory cell, usually consisting of a tiny capacitor and a transistor, both typically based on metal-oxid ...
interface, PIA/PIO/Serial/Parallel/
JTAG JTAG (named after the Joint Test Action Group which codified it) is an Technical standard, industry standard for verifying designs and testing printed circuit boards after manufacture. JTAG implements standards for on-chip instrumentation in ele ...
ports * Am29243 32-bit Microcontroller, hardware multiply, internal ROM,
DRAM Dynamic random-access memory (dynamic RAM or DRAM) is a type of random-access semiconductor memory that stores each bit of data in a memory cell, usually consisting of a tiny capacitor and a transistor, both typically based on metal-oxid ...
interface, PIA/PIO/Serial/Parallel/
JTAG JTAG (named after the Joint Test Action Group which codified it) is an Technical standard, industry standard for verifying designs and testing printed circuit boards after manufacture. JTAG implements standards for on-chip instrumentation in ele ...
Ports * Am29245 32-bit Microcontroller, internal ROM,
DRAM Dynamic random-access memory (dynamic RAM or DRAM) is a type of random-access semiconductor memory that stores each bit of data in a memory cell, usually consisting of a tiny capacitor and a transistor, both typically based on metal-oxid ...
interface, PIA/PIO/Serial/Parallel/
JTAG JTAG (named after the Joint Test Action Group which codified it) is an Technical standard, industry standard for verifying designs and testing printed circuit boards after manufacture. JTAG implements standards for on-chip instrumentation in ele ...
Ports


Am29300 Family

The Am29300 family are 32-bit
bit-slice Bit slicing is a technique for constructing a processor from modules of processors of smaller bit width, for the purpose of increasing the word length; in theory to make an arbitrary ''n''-bit central processing unit (CPU). Each of these com ...
devices. * Am29323 32-bit Parallel Multiplier * Am29325 32-bit
Floating-point unit In computing, floating-point arithmetic (FP) is arithmetic that represents real numbers approximately, using an integer with a fixed precision, called the significand, scaled by an integer exponent of a fixed base. For example, 12.345 can b ...
* Am29327 32-bit
FPU FPU may stand for: Universities * Florida Polytechnic University, in Lakeland, Florida, United States * Franklin Pierce University, in New Hampshire, United States * Fresno Pacific University, in California, United States * Fukui Prefectural Univ ...
* Am29331 16-bit Microprogram Sequencer * Am29332 64bit in, 32-bit out, ALU * Am29334 Four-Port, Dual-Access Register File ( SRAM) * Am29337 16-bit Bounds Checker * Am29338 32-bit Byte Queue,4 FIFOs * Am29360 32-bit Error Detection and Correction Unit * Am29368 1M-bit Dynamic Memory Controller (DMC)


Am29400 Family

The Am29400 family are ECL
bit-slice Bit slicing is a technique for constructing a processor from modules of processors of smaller bit width, for the purpose of increasing the word length; in theory to make an arbitrary ''n''-bit central processing unit (CPU). Each of these com ...
components * Am29433 32 x 32 Bit Floating-Point Multiplier, ECL-10K Logic * Am29434 Register File, SRAM - Dual Port access, ECL-10K Logic


Am29500 Family

The Am29500 family are devices intended to build
DSP DSP may refer to: Computing * Digital signal processing, the mathematical manipulation of an information signal * Digital signal processor, a microprocessor designed for digital signal processing * Yamaha DSP-1, a proprietary digital signal ...
-like functions. * Am29501 Multi-Port Pipelined Processor for DSP * Am29509 hardware multiplier 12x12 * Am29510 hardware multiplier 16x16, 32-bit answers through 16-bit output ''Pictures: AMD_AM29510DC.jpg'' * Am29516 hardware multiplier 16x16, 32-bit answers through 16-bit output ''Pictures: AMD_AM29516DC.jpg'' * Am29517 hardware multiplier 16x16, 32-bit answers through 16-bit output ''Pictures: AMD_AM29517DC.jpg AMD_AM29L517DC.jpg'' * Am29520 Multilevel Pipe-Line Register * Am29521 Multilevel Pipe-Line Register * Am29524
Pipeline Pipeline may refer to: Electronics, computers and computing * Pipeline (computing), a chain of data-processing stages or a CPU optimization found on ** Instruction pipelining, a technique for implementing instruction-level parallelism within a s ...
Register - Dual 7-Deep or Single 14-Deep * Am29525
Pipeline Pipeline may refer to: Electronics, computers and computing * Pipeline (computing), a chain of data-processing stages or a CPU optimization found on ** Instruction pipelining, a technique for implementing instruction-level parallelism within a s ...
Register - Dual 8-Deep or Single 16-Deep ''Pictures: AMD_AM29525DC.jpg'' * Am29526
Sin In a religious context, sin is a transgression against divine law. Each culture has its own interpretation of what it means to commit a sin. While sins are generally considered actions, any thought, word, or act considered immoral, selfish, s ...
/ Cos generators via fast look up tables * Am29527 Sin/Cos generators via fast look up tables * Am29528 Sin/Cos generators via fast lookup tables * Am29529 Sin/Cos generators via fast lookup tables * Am29540 Sequence to produce addresses for FFT Computations


Am29600 Family

The Am29600 family are
dynamic memory Memory management is a form of resource management applied to computer memory. The essential requirement of memory management is to provide ways to dynamically allocate portions of memory to programs at their request, and free it for reuse when ...
support devices. * Am29660 CRC-Polynomial Error Circuit - Cascadable 64-bits of data, ''Pictures: Ic-photo-amd-AM29C660DJC.png'' * Am29668 Dynamic Memory Controller - CDMC for
80386 The Intel 386, originally released as 80386 and later renamed i386, is a 32-bit microprocessor introduced in 1985. The first versions had 275,000 transistorsDRAM Dynamic random-access memory (dynamic RAM or DRAM) is a type of random-access semiconductor memory that stores each bit of data in a memory cell, usually consisting of a tiny capacitor and a transistor, both typically based on metal-oxid ...
Driver * Am29688 Dynamic Memory Controller - CDMC for
80386 The Intel 386, originally released as 80386 and later renamed i386, is a 32-bit microprocessor introduced in 1985. The first versions had 275,000 transistorsSchottky 64-Bit Random Access Memory (RAM) * Am29702/703 Schottky 64-Bit RAM * Am29705 16-Word by 4-Bit 2-Port RAM * Am29707 Multi-Port SRAM * Am29720/721 Low-Power Schottky 256-Bit RAM * Am29750/Am29752 32-Word by 8-Bit Programmable Read-Only Memory (PROM) * Am29754/Am29755 256-Word by 4-Bit PROM * Am29770/Am29771 2048-Bit Generic Series
Bipolar Bipolar may refer to: Astronomy * Bipolar nebula, a distinctive nebular formation * Bipolar outflow, two continuous flows of gas from the poles of a star Mathematics * Bipolar coordinates, a two-dimensional orthogonal coordinate system * Bipolar ...
PROM * Am29774/Am29775 4096-Bit Generic Series
Bipolar Bipolar may refer to: Astronomy * Bipolar nebula, a distinctive nebular formation * Bipolar outflow, two continuous flows of gas from the poles of a star Mathematics * Bipolar coordinates, a two-dimensional orthogonal coordinate system * Bipolar ...
PROM


Am29800 Family

The Am29800 family are bus interface chips and bit-slice support devices notable for in-circuit testing capability. * Am29803 I/O Controller, 16-Way Branch Unit * Am29806 6 bit Comparator/Decoder * Am29809 9 bit Comparator * Am29811 Next Address Control Unit * Am29818
Pipeline Pipeline may refer to: Electronics, computers and computing * Pipeline (computing), a chain of data-processing stages or a CPU optimization found on ** Instruction pipelining, a technique for implementing instruction-level parallelism within a s ...
register/diagnostic register * Am29821 10-bit D flip-flop with Tri-State output * Am29822 10-Bit D-Type Flip-Flop * Am29823 9-Bit D-Type Flip-Flop with Tri-State output * Am29824 9-Bit D-Type Flip-Flop with Tri-State output * Am29825 8-Bit D Flip-Flop * Am29826 8-BIT BUS INTERFACE FLIP-FLOPS WITH Tri-State OUTPUTS * Am29827 10-Bit Buffers/Line Drivers * Am29828 10-Bit Inverting Line Drivers * Am29833 CMOS 9 bit PARITY BUS TRANSCEIVER * Am29834 8-BIT TO 9-BIT PARITY BUS TRANSCEIVER * Am29841 10-BIT Bus Interface Latches * Am29842 10-BIT Bus Interface Latches * Am29843 9-BIT Bus Interface Latches * Am29844 9-Bit D-Type Latch * Am29845 8-Bit Transparent Latch WITH Tri-State OUTPUTS * Am29846 8-Bit BUS INTERFACE D-TYPE LATCHES, inverted outputs * Am29853/Am29855 9-bit asynchronous parity transceiver * Am29854 -BIT TO 9-BIT Bus Transceiver With Parity Generator/Checker; Parity-Error Flag With Open-Collector Output * Am29861 10-BIT Bus Interface Transceiver * Am29862 8-Bit Bus transceivers, Tri-State * Am29863 9-BIT Bus transceivers, Tri-State, aka 74F863 * Am29864 9-BIT BUS TRANSCEIVER (Inverting)


Am29900 Family

The Am29900 family are bus interface chips. * Am29921 10-Bit D-Type Flip-Flop * Am29923 9-Bit D-Type Flip-Flop * Am29925 Octal D-Type Latch - 3-AND Out EN * Am29927 Non-Inverting-Function Buffer Gate * Am29928 Inverting-Function Buffer Gate * Am29933 Bus Transceiver - +9-bit parity tree * Am29941 10-Bit D-Type Latch * Am29943 9-Bit D-Type Latch * Am29945 Octal D-Type Latch * Am29953/Am29955 Bus Transceiver - +9-bit parity tree * Am29961 Bus Transceiver - 10-bit, no buffer * Am29963 Bus Transceiver - 9-bit, no buffer * Am29982 Bus Controller - 4x4-port multiple bus exchange * Am29983/Am19985 Bus Controller - 9x4-port multiple bus exchange


See also

*
AMD Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) is an American multinational semiconductor company based in Santa Clara, California, that develops computer processors and related technologies for business and consumer markets. While it initially manufactur ...
* AMD Am2900 * AMD Am29000 *
Bit-slice Bit slicing is a technique for constructing a processor from modules of processors of smaller bit width, for the purpose of increasing the word length; in theory to make an arbitrary ''n''-bit central processing unit (CPU). Each of these com ...


References


The Am2900 Family Data Book
by AMD
32-bit Microprogrammable Products Am29c300/29300
by AMD
Am29PL100 Field Programmable Controllers
by AMD * http://www.cpushack.net/Am29k.html * https://web.archive.org/web/20060302090939/http://mevaldez.home.mchsi.com/BitSlice.pdf * AMD Bipolar Microprocessor Logic and interface Am2900 Family 1983 Data Book {{AMD processors *Am 2900 and Am 29000 families AMD Am2900 and Am29000 families Bit-slice chips