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The Western Design Center (WDC), located in Mesa, Arizona , USA , is a company developing and manufacturing MOS 65xx -based Microprocessor s, Microcontroller s (µCs), and related support chips. WDC was founded in 1978 by co-holder of the MOS Technology 6502 patent, Bill Mensch , himself a former MOS employee.

In addition to the actual microchips, WDC offers chips designs in the form of IP Core s to be used inside other chips (like ASIC s), and provides ASIC and Embedded System s consulting services revolving around their processor designs. WDC also makes C Compiler s, Assembler / Linker packages, Simulator s, development/evaluation Board s, and In-circuit Emulator s for their processors.
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Microchips




Other

  • The Mensch Computer – A W65C265 and W65C22-based hobbyist experiment computer



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