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 MOS Technology SID - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The MOS Technology 6581/8580 SID (Sound Interface Device) was the built-in sound chip of Commodore's CBM-II, Commodore 64 and Commodore 128 home computers.
The SID features three-voice synthesis, where each voice may use one of four different waveforms: square wave (with variable pulse width), triangle wave, sawtooth wave and a pseudo-random (but not white noise) wave.
The main reason for this is that the filter produces strong distortion that is sometimes used to produce simulation of instruments such as a distorted electric guitar.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS_Technology_SID   (1872 words)

  
 MOS Technology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
MOS Technology 6551 – ACIA Asynchronous Communications Interface Adapter
MOS originally started up to provide a second source for Texas Instruments designed electronic calculators and the chips inside them.
MOS Technology 8551 – ACIA Asynchronous Communications Interface Adapter, HMOS-II variant of the 6551
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS_Technology   (1820 words)

  
 Parallel Port SID6581 Interface
MOS Technology SID is the single-chip synthesizer to which the venerable Commodore 64 computer owed its voice.
The 8 data lines of the PC parallel port are connected directly to the data port of the SID; the first five are also connected to a latch, the output lines of which are connected to the address lines of the SID.
The best known way of connecting it to the PC is the HardSID.
http://www.asciilifeform.com/parallelsid/parasid.html   (462 words)

  
 LexisNexis(TM) Academic - Document
To the extent the improver has a very significant cost-saving technology, it would be in the interest of the original patentee to cross-license with the improver, to gain access to the improved technology.
After the patent was issued, advances in semi-conductor technologies permitted satellites to use on-board microprocessors to process and execute control signals without communicating with the ground.
Because we are concerned with the effects of patent scope decisions on the subsequent development of technology, we are not interested in the cases of discrete invention.
http://www2.bc.edu/~zlate/biotech/MergersNelson.htm   (20080 words)

  
 EL SID
The SID chip is not known for its quietness, but Elektron have worked at improving this aspect of it, for instance using an isolated address/data buss to reduce noise leakage to the SID's audio output.
The SID chip was designed for Commodore in the early eighties by Bob Yannes, who later went on to found Ensoniq and produce much more powerful synthesis chips and stand-alone synthesizers.
The SID chip could have passed into history as a superior computer-games sound chip, but Elektron have succeeded in making its full synthesis capabilities accessible in a way that will be familiar to hi-tech musicians.
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/nov99/articles/sidstation.htm   (3336 words)

  
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My intention in designing the chip (since MOS Technology was a merchant semiconductor house at the time and sold chips to the outside world) was to be able to sell the SID chip to synthesizer manufacturers.
The downside of the filters is that they vary quite a bit between different SID chips, so filtered sounds on one machine may sound quite different than the identical settings on another machine.
SID generates what is known as Blue Noise: a minimum frequency is set and all frequencies above this minimum are generated with equal probability; thus SID noise is biased towards higher frequencies.
http://www.ffd2.com/fridge/meow/docs/SID.primer   (5958 words)

  
 MOS Technology
MOS produced a 4-function calculator chip (MPS7560) of which Commodore was its biggest customer (which led to Commodores interest in MOS Technology.
Bought MOS Technology in October 1976 was renamed it, Commodore Semiconductor Group.
Chips made after October of 1976 are actually CBM chips, so the number of "true" MOS chips is quite small.
http://www.antiquetech.com/companies/MOS.htm   (379 words)

  
 yet2.com - TechNeed Challenge
These are patents that can improve manufacturing technologies for pixel architecture concentrating on process and design, CDS, AD conversion, and pixel noise reduction technologies.
Read the TechNeed seeking image sensor signal processing technologies and applications.
More noise appears in the MOS sensor signal than in the signal of a corresponding CCD.
http://www.yet2.com/app/insight/needofweek/5375?sid=350   (556 words)

  
 Home Page of Sid Vicious
The technology maintains compatibility with IBM's application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) technology platform, enabling foundry clients to port a wide range of intellectual property circuit blocks and standard cell library elements.
New technology for silicon germanium processors promises to reduce the cost of mobile consumer products, advance high-bandwidth wireless communications, and push such innovations as collision-avoidance automobile radar.
The 130nm foundry platform also includes an RF CMOS technology option, giving IBM foundry customers a broad range of technology choices for RF and mixed-signal applications.
http://spaces.msn.com/bondhalhey   (1828 words)

  
 Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Commodore 64
After the release of the C64C, MOS Technology began to reconfigure the C64's chipset to use HMOS technology.
MOS Technology 6510/8500 (the 6510/8500 being a modified 6502 with an integrated 6-bit I/O port)
At such a high clock rate, it generated a lot of heat, forcing MOS Technology to use a ceramic DIL package (called a "CERDIP").
http://www.baghdadmuseum.org/ref?title=Commodore_64   (3723 words)

  
 yet2.com - TechNeed
As examples, MOS sensors record one line of data at a time, much like a scanner.
MOS image sensors potentially provide superior image capture compared to CCD as currently used in consumer video, still, and cell phone cameras.
Thus, noise reduction technologies are important for MOS applications.
http://www.yet2.com/app/list/wantad?id=5355&sid=70&abc=0   (194 words)

  
 Associated Press:ENPS
MOS is short for Media Object Server, a powerful communications protocol used to integrate and link newsroom computer systems and broadcast production applications and equipment.
MOS enables journalists to see, use, and control media devices inside the ENPS interface, removing the technical barriers so the individual pieces of newsroom production technology “talk” a common language.
Click here for access to an on-line version of the guide.
http://www.enps.com/mos/index.aspx?sid=4   (105 words)

  
 High End Audio
These audio signals were then processed with analogue filters and effects; a good example of this is the MOS Technology 6581/8580 SID chip which was used in the Commodore 64.
Digital sound revolution refers to adaption of digital audio technology during the 1980s.
Previously, audio signals in computers were commonly created through the use of analogue oscillators.
http://www.highendaudioforum.com   (249 words)

  
 Aris Silzars Display Technology Consulting
Business development of new materials technologies for applications in electronics.
Technology leadership, development, and marketing for all display technologies -- CRTs, FEDs, Plasma, LCDs, EL, and Phosphors.
Provided the strategic leadership and management for the development, product application, and manufacturing of all semiconductor and component integration technologies including, Bipolar IC's, MOS IC's, Hybrids, and Ceramic Components.
http://www.displayconsulting.com/html/about.html   (1122 words)

  
 JAHTARI
SID (after Sound Interface Device), is definitely the mother of all synth chips that
The SID was designed by a young engineer named Bob Yannes, an electronic music
Although the design of the chip was quite a feat, the true test of technology is what
http://www.jahtari.org/magazine/sid/sid-history.htm   (1167 words)

  
 SBF Glossary: .si to Six Sigma
The touted technology was silicon-germanium heterojunction bipolar transistors.
MOS simply had to wait for a cleaner manufacturing process.
That cleaner process was developed by continual improvements in the manufacture of bipolar technology.
http://www.plexoft.com/SBF/S06.html   (5364 words)

  
 a-sid_publications
Nathan, Amorphous Silicon Detector Technology, Dec. 2, 1998, ICR, University of Waterloo, Waterloo.
Kulas, A. Nathan, N.O, "Characterization of MOS differential pair current offsets due to parameter variations," Proc.
C fabrication technology for a-Si:H thin film transistors on flexible polyimide substrates", Jour.
http://ece.uwaterloo.ca/~kkarim/a-sid_publications.htm   (1500 words)

  
 To Live and Die: A Case Study of the Commodore 64
MOS engineers examined these machines in an effort to find effective designs and determine the necessary capabilities of a next generation processor.
This f acility, accompanied by a team of capable engineers, allowed the MOS team to produce superior video and audio chips in nine months.
The graphical and audio capabilities of the chips this team produced far exceeded the capabilities of chips used in other gaming machines.
http://www.indwes.edu/Faculty/bcupp/Things/Commodore/Development.html   (1259 words)

  
 Shaheed Udham Singh College of Engineering & Technology - Tangori
MOS Technology MOSFET as basic IC component, comparison of MOSFET with BJT as IC component, MOS isolation techniques, poly-silicon gate technology, self aligned gate technology; NMOS process sequence, NMOS inverter, pass transistor and gates; N-tub and twin-tub CMOS structures; CMOS-process sequence.
Basic Devices Technology Single crystal growth and purification, epitaxy; oxidation, diffusion, ion implantation and p-n junction formation; semiconductor measurements.
VLSI Technology Scaling theory and device miniaurization, E beam marks, plasma etching, choice of photo resists; stick diagrams, VLSI design rules and layout diagrams, computer aids.
http://www.suscet.ac.in/academics/syllabus/ece.php   (6722 words)

  
 TED Editorial Board
Professor Deen has made numerous research contributions in MOS device physics, modeling, reliability and parameter extraction; BJT modeling, parameter extraction and circuit design; physics, modeling and reliability of avalanche photodiodes and charge coupled devices; low-frequency and high-frequency noise in semiconductor devices; and modeling and circuit applications of resonant tunneling diodes.
In addition, he is a co-inventor of the solid-state microscope, the gate-controlled lateral bipolar transistor (GC LBT) and two circuits - a modulation circuit and an automatic gain-controlled amplifier circuit - using the GC-LBT.
His research interests include: micromachining technologies, solid-state micromachined sensors, actuators, and MEMS; analog integrated circuits; implantable biomedical microsystems; hermetic micropackaging; and low-power wireless sensing/actuating systems.
http://www.ieee.org/portal/site/mainsite/menuitem.818c0c39e85ef176fb2275875bac26c8/index.jsp?&pName=corp_level1&path=society/eds/pubs/ted&file=ted_editors.xml&xsl=generic.xsl   (4988 words)

  
 SidStation story - sidwhat?
This sound-chip, the MOS6581 SID (SID for Sound Interface Device) was developed in the early eighties by Bob Yannes at MOS technology.
However, the trend in sound synthesis soon changed towards sampling technology, and nothing like it has been produced ever since.
The rediscovery of the SID-sound is a pleasant surprise for all sound explorers looking for something more exiting than the current crop of analogue imitating 'virtual' synthesizers.
http://www.sidstation.com/sidstory_sidwhat.php   (341 words)

  
 The Commodore 64
Among other chips, MOS Technology made the 6502 microprocessor, a near clone of Motorola's M6800, but with a completely different instruction set.
He knew that the future of all electronic machines was dependent on a supply of chips, and if he had to buy from competitors like Texas Instruments he could not stay in business.
It had a music synthesizer chip (SID chip) and easy-to-use graphics called Sprites, and it could use all the VIC-20 peripherals.
http://www.pc-history.org/comm.htm   (2524 words)

  
 8580 sid
The MOS Technology 6581/8580 SID (Sound Interface Device) was the built-in sound chip of Commodore 's CBM-II, Commodore 64 and Commodore 128...
with analogue filters and effects; a good example of this is the MOS Technology 6581/8580 SID chip which was used in the Commodore 64.
HardSID - The SID 6581/8580 (C64) MIDI Synthesizer SoundCard for PC and Mac       Buy a HardSID!
http://www.babysourus.com/articles/52/8580-sid.html   (236 words)

  
 Business America: The market for integrated circuits in Brazil
According to a 1989 study prepared by the Brazilian Secretariat of Science and Technology, more than half of the demand for integrated circuits refers to digital ICs, which in fact reflects current international market trends.
Most imports of integrated circuits are made directly by the end-user company.
U.S.-origin integrated circuits have a good market with large Brazilian or multinational companies which demand quality, durability, and state-of-the-art technology.
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1052/is_n15-16_v112/ai_11101472   (1305 words)

  
 a-sid_presentations
Nathan, Amorphous silicon image sensor technology, Indian Institute of Technology, Dec. 9, Madras, 1999.
Kulas, Characterization of MOS differential pair current offsets due to parameter variations, IEEE CCECE, Waterloo, May 25-28, 1998.
A.Nathan, A 120˚C fabrication technology for a-Si:H thin film transistors on flexible polyimide substrates, Ninth Canadian Semiconductor Technology Conference, Ottawa, Aug. 10-13, 1999.
http://ece.uwaterloo.ca/~kkarim/a-sid_presentations.htm   (1123 words)

  
 Commodore.ca Products Commodore 64 History, Manuals & Photo's 64C 64GS
The Chips: In 1980 MOS completed development of the 6510 Central Processor and chip set.
It is the first personal computer with an integrated sound synthesizer chip.
After a cold start, the FPGA programs are loaded from a mass-storage device like harddrive, disk drive or a compact flash card.
http://www.commodore.ca/products/c64/commodore_64.htm   (4193 words)

  
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This soundchip, named SID (Sound Interface Device) was developed in the early eighties at MOS technology.
It wouldn't be either, as the development of synthesizers changed direction toward the digital sampling and FM technology.
The heart of this synthesizer is the sound generating chip from the classic home computer Commodore C64.
http://www.globaldialog.com/~bandr/AU/brad/990207e   (6886 words)

  
 William Mensch
I went through their training program where I worked in applications, circuit design, process design and MOS - I mean in marketing.
WM: No, MOS Technology in Valley Forge Corporate Center in Norristown.
The depletion load would allow us to design much easier, single power supplied microprocessors, but Motorola didn't want to use that technology.
http://silicongenesis.stanford.edu/transcripts/mensch.htm   (5766 words)

  
 Search Results: sid - ABCNEWS.com
The SID provides the common language for communicating the concerns of the...
Many organizations use disk image cloning to perform mass rollouts of Windows.
New to the site: Call for papers on Image and Video Processing for a Special Section in the Journal of the Society for Information Display (SID)
http://infospace.abcnews.com/_1_ZU5T7O03GG6FHY__info.abcnws/dog/results?otmpl=dog/webresults.htm&qcat=web&ran=&qkw=sid   (947 words)

  
 Dr. Robert M. Wallace
R.M.Wallace, P.J.Chen, S.A.Henck and D.A.Webb, “Adsorption of perfluorinated n-alkanoic acids on native aluminum oxide surfaces”, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A 13 (1995) 1345.
B.R.Chalamala, R.M.Wallace and B.E.Gnade, “Interaction of Water with Spindt-type Mo Field Emitter Arrays”, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B 17 (1999) 303.
B.R.Chalamala, R.M.Wallace and B.E.Gnade, “Effect of Methane on the Electron Emission Characteristics of Active Mo Field Emitter Arrays”, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B16 (1998) 3073.
http://www.utdallas.edu/eecs/ee/wallace/publication.html   (1920 words)

  
 Articles - Mixed-signal circuit
The advent of technologies like high performance CMOS, CMOS SOI and SiGe have removed many of the compromises that previously had to be made.
Digitally controlled sound chips are also mixed-signal circuits.
CMOS technology is usually optimal for digital performance and scaling while bipolar transistors are usually optimal for analog performance, yet until the last decade it has been difficult to either combine these cost-effectively or to design both analog and digital in a single technology without serious performance compromises.
http://www.seekj.com/articles/Mixed-signal_circuit   (232 words)

  
 NodeWorks - Encyclopedia: MO: MOS
The acronym MOS may mean several things, depending on context: Media Object Server - XML protocol for television system automation.
Mos is the singluar form of the more commonly used plural noun Mores.
http://pedia.nodeworks.com/M/MO/MOS   (60 words)

  
 Vintage Computer Festival
The date codes on the main function chips (SID, VIC II, CIA, etc.), which are all ceramic prototypes, would indicate that they were later revisions.
and features ceramic prototype chips developed specifically for the 64 by Commodore's MOS Technology semiconductor division, including the 6581 Sound Interface Device (SID), 6567 Video Interface Chip (VIC II), and 6526 Complex Interface Adaptor (CIA).
This is, I am almost certain, the only one left existing of the originals." The chips used in the prototypes at the show "were rushed from the fab at MOS Technology as soon as they were done and put into machines to test.
http://www.vintage.org/special/2003/c64prototype   (679 words)

  
 BIGpedia - Sid - Encyclopedia and Dictionary Online
MOS Technology's Sound Interface Device for the Commodore 64 and it's variants.
A male given name, usually an abbreviation for Sidney
Sid Dabster, a character in the Web comic, User Friendly
http://www.bigpedia.com/encyclopedia/Sid   (76 words)

  
 RedAssedBaboon.com - The Blog
That, coupled with the 6581 Sound Interface Device (SID) and the 6567 Video Interface Chip (VIC), nearly makes the C64 the progenitor to the multimedia PC.
With 16 colors (more simulated), 8 layers of graphics, MIDI sound, and voice synthesis, it was an ideal game platform.
The genius was in the use of the fairly inexpensive MOS Technology 6510 processor, a step above the 6502 processor used in Apple and Atari home computers, and even the NES for that matter, which also employed a 6502.
http://www.redassedbaboon.com/blog?ct_id=46   (778 words)

  
 Chiptune - Psychology Central
Historically, the "chips" used were sound chips like the analog-digital hybrid Atari POKEY on the Atari 400/800, the MOS Technology SID on the Commodore 64, the Yamaha YM2149 on the Atari ST, MSX and ZX Spectrum, the Yamaha YM3812 on IBM PC compatibles, and the Ricoh 2A03 on the Nintendo Entertainment System or Famicom.
For the MSX several sound upgrades, such as the Konami SCC, the Yamaha YM2413 (MSX-MUSIC) and Yamaha Y8950 (MSX-AUDIO, predecessor of the OPL3) and the OPL4-based Moonsound were released as well, each having its own characteristic chiptune sound.
Generally chip tunes consist of basic waveforms, such as sine waves, square waves and sawtooth or triangle waves, and basic percussion, often generated from white noise going through an ADSR envelope controlled synthesizer.
http://psychcentral.com/psypsych/Chiptune   (796 words)

  
 The Archaic Archives: Archive 2
Sound Interface Device (SID the polyphonic, 3 voice, digitally controlled Analog synthesizer!)
What ever happened to Commodore Semiconductor (MOS Technologies)?
I was reading a posting you had asking about MOS Technology.
http://www.angelfire.com/id/noesis/aa2.html   (8820 words)

  
 DICTIONARY OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS IN GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, CARTOGRAPHY, AND REMOTE SENSING
Terrain Analysis Center (USCE); Technology Accreditation Commission (ABET); Topcon America Corporation
Special Interest Group on CD-ROM Applications and Technology (U.S.)
National Topographic Series (Canada); National Topographic System (Canada); Navigation Technology Satellite; Nevada Test Site
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/abbrev2.html   (1894 words)

  
 Communications Technology
YUV Y-Intensity color, U and V color component used by PAL and NTSC
xDSL Any variant of the Digital Subscriber Line technology
X12 Accredited standards committee on Electronic Data Interchange
http://www.ct-magazine.com/archives/ct/0602/0602_acronyms.html   (477 words)

  
 Science Fair Projects - SID
MOS Technology SID, the Sound Interface Device used in the Commodore 64 home computer
sid is the name of the “unstable” distribution of the Debian GNU/Linux free operating system
Depending on context, SID may be a computing / consumer electronics three-letter acronym standing for:
http://all-science-fair-projects.com/science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/SID   (236 words)

  
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It's the Commodore Man! If you're in the market for some used equipment or require some service on your CBM system, contact: Jon Searle, The Commodore Man Service and Software 1307 Golfview Drive Grain Valley, MO 64029 Jon offers over 1000 titles, documentation, books, magazines, and hardware.
CMD has also stated that they will be utilizing the same 30 pin SIMM technology that is used in the company's RamLink product.
CMD, the developers of the RamCard, acknowledged that the full address space of 16 megabytes would be available on the unit and that they would try to provide speeds as fast as economically possible.
http://www.ffd2.com/fridge/chacking/c=hacking14.txt   (18098 words)

  
 ScienceDaily: Mos technology sid
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http://www.sciencedaily.com/encyclopedia/mos_technology_sid   (905 words)

  
 MOS Technology 65xx definition of MOS Technology 65xx in computing dictionary - by the Free Online Dictionary, ...
MOS Technology 65xx definition of MOS Technology 65xx in computing dictionary - by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.
650x - A family of microprocessors from MOS Technologies, based on the design of the Motorola 6800 (introduced around 1975).
This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
http://computing-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/MOS+Technology+65xx   (103 words)

  
 XeNTaX - XentaxWiki
The High Voltage SID Collection (http://www.hvsc.c64.org/) lists most of the tunes composed.
After two years of releasing music in single presentation files or collections such as Maestro (http://wiki.xentax.com/index.php/Image:Xentax_maestro_main.jpg), producing hundreds of SID tunes, most left the c64 scene, due to busy university years and other activities.
Mr.Mouse (responsible for 71 SID tunes) and The Gee continued to compose music, this time in XM format (Fasttracker by Starbreeze) for the IBM PC (1995-2002).
http://wiki.xentax.com/index.php/XeNTaX   (2318 words)

  
 mos * - OneLook Dictionary Search
Show: All matches, Common words and phrases only, Common words only
mos def and talib kweli are black star
http://www.onelook.com/?w=mos+*   (33 words)

  
 Sothius Home of Ancient Microcomputers - Commodore 64C (ASSY 250469) additional pictures
And again, CSG 8580 doesn't differ much from its ancestor, the MOS 6581; it was just adopted to work
Further right are SID (U9), the other CIA (U1) and the keyboard connector (CN1).
As you can see, this board is a masterpiece of cost-reduction!
http://www.sothius.com/hypertxt/additional/c64caddition.html   (380 words)

  
 8bit - KBCafe search
Obvious, not so obvious, forgotten and classic Commodore 64 scene music.
8Bit Mayhem PodCast No shit talking, just the SID talking!
http://www.kbcafe.com/search.aspx?e=r&q=8bit   (371 words)

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