CPU

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

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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.

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Comparison between CXD8530Q and CXD8606Q taken from Ken Kutaragis presentation at Hot Chips '99.