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| − | + | Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) | |
| − | + | An ASIC is an especially manufactured custom Chip designed to fulfill special fonctions. | |
| + | The main reason is to perform special tasks or combine different electronic componnents into a single Integrated Circuit (Chip). | ||
| − | The Amstrad CPC used one custom chip : the CRTC (or VGA ? don't remember well) | + | ==Amstrad Custom chips== |
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| + | The Amstrad CPC used one custom chip : the CRTC (or VGA ? don't remember well..) | ||
Latter [[CPC]] series included a "pre-ASIC". | Latter [[CPC]] series included a "pre-ASIC". | ||
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| − | The Amstrad Plus ASIC perform many additionnal features that the old CPC series couldn't | + | The Amstrad Plus ASIC perform many additionnal features that the old CPC series couldn't : the "Plus Features". |
*Hardware Sprites. | *Hardware Sprites. | ||
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*Maybe some interactions with the ACID chip in Cartridges. | *Maybe some interactions with the ACID chip in Cartridges. | ||
*DMA sound channels. | *DMA sound channels. | ||
| − | * | + | *Many many more. |
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| + | ==Links== | ||
| + | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application-specific_integrated_circuit ASIC at Wikipedia] | ||
[[Category:CPC Plus]][[Category:Stub]] | [[Category:CPC Plus]][[Category:Stub]] | ||
Revision as of 10:52, 8 October 2009
Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC)
An ASIC is an especially manufactured custom Chip designed to fulfill special fonctions.
The main reason is to perform special tasks or combine different electronic componnents into a single Integrated Circuit (Chip).
Amstrad Custom chips
The Amstrad CPC used one custom chip : the CRTC (or VGA ? don't remember well..)
Latter CPC series included a "pre-ASIC".
The Amstrad Plus include a "second heart" simply referred as the ASIC.
The Amstrad Plus ASIC perform many additionnal features that the old CPC series couldn't : the "Plus Features".
- Hardware Sprites.
- CRTC emulation.
- Hardware Scrollings.
- Maybe some interactions with the ACID chip in Cartridges.
- DMA sound channels.
- Many many more.
