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National Advanced Systems NAS AS/6100 Microprocessor (1982)
Item #014
The AS/6100 microprocessor, released in 1982, was the brains behind the National Advanced System (NAS) AS/XL mainframe computer system. NAS was a subsidy of National Semiconductor.
The AS/6100 logic chip used VLSI technology and was manufactured on 4" wafers by Motorola using their 1200-gate MECL 10K Emitter Coupled Logic (ECL) Circuitry.
The AS/XL Computer System was designed from scratch to compete with the IBM 4341 Mainframe Computer system.
By 1983 NAS stopped production of it's mainframes and became a reseller of Hitachi made mainframe systems. In 1989 Hitachi Data Systems was founded when Hitachi Ltd. & Electronic Data Systems (EDS) acquired National Advanced Systems from National Semiconductor.
Clear Lucite paperweight contains an actual NAS AS/6100 white ceramic processor with heatsink.
The AS/6100 logic chip used VLSI technology and was manufactured on 4" wafers by Motorola using their 1200-gate MECL 10K Emitter Coupled Logic (ECL) Circuitry.
The AS/XL Computer System was designed from scratch to compete with the IBM 4341 Mainframe Computer system.
By 1983 NAS stopped production of it's mainframes and became a reseller of Hitachi made mainframe systems. In 1989 Hitachi Data Systems was founded when Hitachi Ltd. & Electronic Data Systems (EDS) acquired National Advanced Systems from National Semiconductor.
Clear Lucite paperweight contains an actual NAS AS/6100 white ceramic processor with heatsink.
 National Advanced Systems AS/6100 Logic chip |
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 National Advanced Systems AS/6100 Computer (1982) |
 Side view of the NAS AS/6100 Air-cooled Logic chip |
National Semiconductor 16000 series Microprocessor family chips in Lucite paperweight (1982)
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