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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Bandai Gamepad]] | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Bandai Gamepad]] | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1997 | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1997 | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Timetop]] | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Bandai]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | One of the first known use of the UMC UM6578 along with ''[[Even More! Magical Cooking on TV with Ojamajo Doremi]]'' | |||
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Atari Flashback]] | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Atari Flashback]] | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2004 | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2004 | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Legacy Engineering]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Atari, S.A.]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Used the Novatek NT6578 | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Used the Novatek NT6578 | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:35, 15 August 2025
| NT6578 | |
| Designer | United Microelectronics Corporation |
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| Manufacturer | United Microelectronics Corporation |
| Distributor | Novatek Microelectronics Sino Wealth Electronic United Microelectronics Corporation |
| CPU | 1.79MHz Ricoh 2A03 (1.66 MHz in a PAL NES) |
| Graphics | Ricoh RP2C02 (RP2C07 in a PAL NES) |
| Memory | 2 KB main RAM 2 KB video RAM |
| Media | Built-in ROM |
| Released | 1997 |
| Added to Museum | Atari Flashback: February 28, 2021 |
UM6578 is a system-on-a-chip by the United Microelectronics Corporation.
Components
It contains a clone of a MOS Technology 6502 and a Ricoh 2A03, the components that make up a Nintendo Entertainment System, on a single chip.
Variations
The UM6578 was also sold by different companies, including Novatek Microelectronics as the NT6578 and Sino Wealth Electronic as the ST6578.
Release
The first known usage of the the UMC UM6578 was in the Bandai Gamepad plug and play controller in 1997.
Video game consoles that use the UMC UM6578 owned by WEC Museum
| Name | Released | Designer | Manufacturer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bandai Gamepad | 1997 | Timetop | Bandai | One of the first known use of the UMC UM6578 along with Even More! Magical Cooking on TV with Ojamajo Doremi |
| Atari Flashback | 2004 | Legacy Engineering | Atari, S.A. | Used the Novatek NT6578 |