MOS Technology

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MOS Technology, Inc.
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Founded 1969
Closed 2001
Headquarters Norristown, Pennsylvania, United States

MOS Technology, Inc. (Metal-Oxide Semiconductor) was an American semiconductor manufacturer. It is best known for creating one of the most popular CPUs in history, the 6502 processor. It was the primary CPU of the Commodore 64, the Nintendo Entertainment System (integrated into the Ricoh 2A03), the Apple II, and the Atari 800. In 1976, the company was bought by Commodore Business Machines and renamed to CSG (Commodore Semiconductor Group), though its chips still carried the MOS name.

After CBM purchased MOS Technology, they used the company to produce numerous chips used by the various Commodore computers, including several audio chips.

Hardware

Audio Chips

Release Chip Popular Devices
1980-??-?? 6560 (VIC) Commodore VIC-20 (NTSC)
1980-??-?? 6561 (VIC) Commodore VIC-20 (PAL)
1982-08-?? 6581 (SID) Commodore 64, Commodore 64C (early versions), Commodore 128, SSI 2001
1984-??-?? 7360 (TED) Commodore 16, Commodore Plus/4
1984-??-?? 8360 (TED) Commodore 16, Commodore Plus/4
1985-??-?? 8364 (Paula) Amiga, Commodore CDTV, Amiga CD32
1986-??-?? 8580 (SID) Commodore 64C (later versions), Commodore 128D CR

Audio Personnel

The audio chip designers should be listed here.

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