General Instrument AY-3-8910: Difference between revisions

[[Image:AY-3-8910.jpg|thumb|270px|AY-3-8910 chip DIP 40]]<!-- <mp3>PSG demo00(blueMsx).mp3</mp3> -->The '''AY-3-8910''' is a 3-voice [[Programmable Sound Generator]] (PSG) designed by [[General Instrument]], initially for use with their 16-bit CP1610 or one of the PIC1650 series of 8-bit microcomputers. In the 1980s the AY-3-8910 and its [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Instrument_AY-3-8910#Variants variants] became popular chips in many arcade games, and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_computer home computers], such as the Sinclair [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX_Spectrum ZX Spectrum 128]. It was also produced under license by [[Yamaha Corporation|Yamaha]] as the YM2149, which was used in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_ST Atari ST].<ref>Wikipedia:[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Instrument_AY-3-8910 General Instrument AY-3-8910]</ref>