Fairchild F8
Fairchild F8 is an 8-bit - microprocessor system , which from Fairchild Semiconductor was presented and in 1974 delivered the 1975th Among other things, it was used as a CPU in the stationary game console Fairchild Channel F from 1976 . The CPU inspired many similar processors, such as B. the Intel 8048 .
design
The CPU itself did not have an address bus . Program and data memory access were contained in separate units, which reduced the number of pins required and the associated costs. The F8 ran at 1-2 MHz and had a cycle time of 0.5 μs. He had 64 bytes of scratchpad RAM available as working memory.
inventor
Patent document US4086626 lists David H. Chung as the inventor of the Fairchild F8. The filing date for this patent was June 7, 1976. The invention was an extension of the technical work identified in the patent with priority date October 7, 1974. The patent was owned by Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation. David H. Chung's career has included positions at Texas Instruments , Fairchild and Sony .
Individual evidence
- ↑ CPU of the Day: Fairchild F8 Microprocessor. The CPU Shack Museum, accessed May 27, 2019 .
- ↑ Fairchild F8. AntiqueTech, accessed May 27, 2019 (American English).
- ↑ a b c Fairchild F8 from FOLDOC. Retrieved February 19, 2020 .
- ↑ Terry Dollhoff: F8. 16-Bit Microprocessor Architecture, Reston, 1979, ISBN 978-0-8359-7001-3 , pp. 70-73.