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Intel 3002

General

General Information

The Intel 3002 was Intel’s entry in the Bit-slice microprocessor market. The Bit-slice architecture is one of the most interesting innovations in microprocessor design. The Intel 3002 was Intel’s first entry into the Bit-slice marketplace and the 3002 was the first bipolar Bit-slice device. It is an unusual bit-slice in that it was a 2-bit device while most others devices were 4-bit devices. It made up for it’s limited register width and instruction set with a large number of buses and horizontal microprogrammability.

Production

3Q, 1974

Designers Unknown

Architecture

Type Data Word Address Space Clock Instruct- ions Assists Reg’s  GP Reg’s Math Reg’s Index IO Ports   Stack Interrupts Memory
Bipolar,Bit-slice  2-bit NA 6MHz 512 Micro- Instr’s NA 11 2 0 NA NA 8 level priority* NA

* External support by the Intel 3214

Packages

Chip Name

Package

On-Chip Identification

Picture

General Comments

C3002

White/Gold CerDIP, 28-pin

C3002

C3002  

D3002

Gray Ceramic, 28-pin DIP

D3002

D3002  
MD3002/B Gray Ceramic, 28-pin DIP MD3002/B MD3002B  

Related Chips

Related Chips

None

Second Sources

Signetics (N3002)

Support Chips 3001 (Micro Control Unit), 3216 (Parallel Bi-directional Bus Driver), 3214 (Interrupt Control Unit), 3003 (Look-ahead Carry Generator), 3212 (Multimode Latch Buffer)