15 Nov
2007
15 Nov
'07
12:30 a.m.
JP Hindin wrote:
On Tue, 13 Nov 2007, Allison wrote:
Likely a 6100 (PDP-8 in cmos) powered deveopment
system though they
sold 1802, 80c85 and 80C88 too.
Now THAT interests me. When I was flipping through boards in the Intersil
I did find a Z80 - so I assumed it was Z80 powered, but I suppose it's
plausible it would use the Z80 for something else. How would I determine
this? I know _zip_ about Intersil.
Intersil was an early manufacturer/proponent of LSI CMOS and very-low-power
stuff, starting IIRC ~mid/late 70's. Along with the 6100 they made chips like
LCD drivers, single-chip A/D converters/display drivers for DVMs,
very-low-power voltage
regulators and CMOS op amps, etc.
I think their technological/market peak could be said to have been in the
early/mid-80s, after which their specialty/niche became more commonplace in
chip design. I haven't looked into what became of the company.