CPU

Overview

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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.

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