CPU

From PS1 Developer wiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Overview

Revisions

CXD8530

  • CXD8530Q
    • Found on some PU-7
    • Die size: 128 mm², 1M transistors
    • Comes in a metal QFP package
  • CXD8530AQ
    • Found on some PU-7
    • Comes in a metal QFP package
  • CXD8530BQ
    • Found on some PU-7
    • This revision and all later revisions are implemented in standard cells as an ASIC, which means there are less visible structures on the die
    • This revision and all later revisions come in a plastic QFP package
  • CXD8530CQ
    • Found on some PU-8 and PU-16
    • Die size: 66 mm²

CXD8606

From PU-18 onwards (SCPH-55XX), only CXD8606 was used.

  • CXD8606Q
    • Found on some PU-8 and PU-18
    • Die size: 46 mm², 850k transistors
  • CXD8606AQ
    • Found on some PU-18
  • CXD8606BQ
    • Found on some PU-20 as well as PU-22, PU-23 and earlier PM-41
  • CXD8606CQ
    • Found on later PM-41

CXD8661

  • CXD8661R
    • Used in some arcade systems (Capcom ZN-2, Namco System 12)
    • Runs at considerably higher clock speeds


Pictures

Relative size of these pictures is not to scale. See above or below for actual sizes.

<imgur w=486>PE0z6bx.jpg</imgur> <imgur w=486>UfvCXSG.jpg</imgur> <imgur w=486>e7i00rQ.jpg</imgur>
Dieshot of CXD8530Q taken from Ken Kutaragis
presentation at Hot Chips '99.
Dieshot of CXD8530CQ taken from zeptobars.com. Dieshot of CXD8606Q taken from Ken Kutaragis
presentation at Hot Chips '99.
<imgur w=480>5pM8yxC.png</imgur>
Comparison between CXD8530Q and CXD8606Q taken from Ken Kutaragis presentation at Hot Chips '99.