Electronic Recordkeeping > Information Technology Infrastructure > Hardware > Central Processing Units (CPU)

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• Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) - Am2900, Am2901, Am 2903, Am 2910, AMD-K6-II, AMD-K6-III, Athlon, Duron
• AMI Semiconductor (previously American Microsystems) - MOS-LSI (1970) part of the Central Air Data Computer (CADC) which controlled the moving surfaces and displayed pilot information in the US Navy F14A "TomCat" fighter jet, MOS-LSI was manufactured by AMI but designed by Steve Geller and Ray Holt while at Garrett AiResearch Corp under contract from Grumman Aircraft, the prime contractor for the US Navy
• Atmel Corporation
• The Chip Collection - National Museum of American History - objects, images and documenation that trace the history of integrated circuits
• Compaq - Alpha, VAX (being phased out)
• Data General - NOVA (1969)
• Fairchild Semiconductor - 9440, F8
• Ferranti Technologies - F100-L (late 1970s), no longer makes CPUs
• Hitachi - 6301 (1983), 6309, 64180 (1984)
• Intel - 286 (1982), 386 (1985), 486 (1989) 4004 (1971), 8008 (1972), 8048, 8051, 8080 (1974), 8086 (1978), 8088 (1978), Celeron (1999), Itanium (2001), Pentium (1993), Pentium II (1997), Pentium II Xeon (1998), Pentium III (1999), Pentium III Xeon (1999), Pentium 4 (2000), Pentium Pro (1995), Xeon (2001)
• International Business Machines (IBM) - PowerPC
• Intersil - IMS 6100
• Motorola - 6502 (1975), 6800 (1975), 6809 (1977), 14500B, 88000, PowerPC
• National Semiconductor - NS32CG16, NS32FX164, NS32FV16, NS32FX161, SC/MP (Single Chip/Micro Processor) (1976)
• Rabbit Semiconductor - Rabbit 2000
• RCA - 1802 (1974)
• Signetics - 2650, 8x300 (1978)
• Sun Microsystems - MAJC, microSPARC, SPARC, UltraSPARC
• Texas Instruments - TMS 1000 (1974)
• Tom's Hardware CPU Guide
• Transmeta - Crusoe
• Western Digital Corporation - MCP-1600 (1976)
• Zilog Corporation - Z8 (1979), Z80 (1976), Z180, Z380

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