General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 &.2 METAL, STONE & CERAMIC MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

5.0 cm

Width

1.5 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Energy-electric

Category

Electricity & electronics

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

INTEL

Country

Malaysia

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

North America

State/Province

Unknown

Period

This type of integrated circuit MFD 1976, and possibly later. (ref. 2)

Canada

Part of a collection of early solid state devices assembled by the donor and his father during their careers as electronics technicians. (ref. 1)

Function

To integrate a CPU (central processing unit) with an EPROM (eraseable programmable read-only memory) for program storage.

Technical

Two Intel 8648 microcontroller chips with fused quartz windows for erasing programs. These integrated a CPU with a EPROM for program storage. (ref. 2) Part of a collection of early solid state devices which show the evolution of this technology from 1930s to 1970s. (ref. 1)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 "i/ [copyright symbol]/ C8648-8/ 8562C 2073/ DSG-300/ INTEL '76" printed in off-white on case top. "Malaysia/ 7849 BG" printed on underside of case..2 "i/ [copyright symbol]/ C8648-8 2073/ 8960C/ DSG300/ INTEL '76" printed in off-white on case top. "Malaysia/ 7909 BG" printed on underside of case.

Missing

None.

Finish

.1-.2 Purple-brown ceramic case. Gold pins and window frame; Clear quartz viewing window.

Decoration

N/A