Panafacom was a Japanese microprocessor design firm established on 2 July 1973 by a consortium of companies that included Fujitsu, Fuji Electric and Matsushita (Panasonic). The company was formed to design and manufacture the MN1610, a 16-bit microprocessor. The MN1610 was released in April 1975, becoming one of the world's first single-chip 16-bit microprocessors.
The design saw relatively little use and remains largely unknown in the computer field. In 1987, Panafacom was merged with USAC Electronic Industrial to form today's PFU Limited.
References
- "16-bit Microprocessors". CPU Museum. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
- "History". PFU. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
External links
- L-16A CPU: A description (in Japanese) of the MN1610 processor.
- MN1613: A description (in Japanese) of the MN1613 processor.
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