16-bit Microprocessors

microNova mN601

Manufacturer Data General Corp.
Category central processing unit
History

One of the two first single chip reproductions of an established 16-bit minicomputer (together with the 9440); Nova 3 minicomputer was designed as a next generation enhancement of the PDP-8;
Introduction

1976

Technology

NMOS LSI technology; equivalent to the Nova 3 minicomputer; requires four power supplies (-4.25V, +5V, +10V, +14V); four 16-bit accumulators, AC0 to AC3; 15-bit system registers (Program Counter, Stack pointer, and Stack Frame pointer); apart from the small register set, the NOVA was an ordinary CPU design


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Package


Comment
Data General Corp.
mN601
 40 pin CERDIP
gold top
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Second source -
Further manuf. devices mN602
Peripherals MN506 Sense Amplifier (for MN606)
MN603 Intelligent I/O Controller
MN606 4096 x 1 RAM
MN613 Intelligent I/O Controller
MN629 I/O Transceiver
MN633 Memory Address Driver
MN634 Memory Bus Transceiver
MN636 I/O Transceiver Buffer
MN637 Clock Driver