u80601

The U80601 was a 16-bit

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made in 1989-1990 by

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in the former

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of East Germany. It was manufactured in NMOS technology and encased in a PLCC or ceramic (CLCC) package (first samples). This

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(CPU) was a near-identical copy of the

Intel 80286 The Intel 80286 (also marketed as the iAPX 286 and often called Intel 286) is a 16-bit microprocessor that was introduced on February 1, 1982. It was the first 8086-based CPU with separate, non-multiplexed address and data buses and also the fi ...

microprocessor. Because it was manufactured in

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it was not within Intel's legal power to stop it from being made or sold. The U80600 system included the following chips: * U80601: CPU (equiv. to Intel 80286) * U80606: Bus controller (equiv. to

Intel 82288 The Intel 82288 is a bus controller designed for Intel 80286 The Intel 80286 (also marketed as the iAPX 286 and often called Intel 286) is a 16-bit microprocessor that was introduced on February 1, 1982. It was the first 8086-based CPU with sepa ...

) * U80608: Error detection and correction (equiv. to Intel R8206) * U80610:

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for 16 kbit to 256 kbit DRAMs (equiv. to Intel R8207) Planned, but never released: * U80612: Clock generator (equiv. to DS80612, SAB82284) * U80613: FPU (equiv. to

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floating point math coprocessor) * U80614, U80617, U80619: Rolanet 2 network controller (similar to Ethernet, IEEE 802.3) * U80620: Integrated peripheral controller (

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or SAB82C206) * U80621: VGA graphics controller (equiv. to

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ET3000) * U80622:

RAMDAC A random-access memory digital-to-analog converter (RAMDAC) is a combination of three fast digital-to-analog converters (DACs) with a small static random-access memory (SRAM) used in computer graphics display controllers or video cards to store th ...

(equiv. to Inmos IMSG171P50) {{electronics-stub Kombinat Mikroelektronik microprocessors 16-bit microprocessors