List of sound chips

Sound chips come in different forms and use a variety of techniques to generate audio signals. This is a list of sound chips that were produced by a certain company or manufacturer, categorized by the sound generation of the chips.

Programmable sound generators (PSG)

See also: Programmable sound generator
Manufacturer Chip Year Channels Applications Notes Ref
Atari, Inc. Television Interface Adaptor (TIA) 1977 2 Atari 2600 and Atari 7800 video game consoles, Video Music (music visualizer for TV) Combined sound and graphics chip, metal–oxide–semiconductor (MOS) integrated circuit [1]
POKEY 1979 4 Atari 8-bit, Atari 5200, some Atari arcade machines, certain Atari 7800 cartridges [2]
Atari AMY 1983 64/8 Intended for 65XEM (never released) HMOS (depletion mode NMOS) chip, additive synthesis chip (64 oscillators, 8 frequency ramps) [3]
Atari MIKEY 1989 4 For the Atari Lynx Combined sound and LCD driver, has 4-channels with an 8-bit DAC
General Instrument AY-3-8910 1978 3 Arcade boards (DECO,[4] Taito Z80,[5] Konami Scramble,[6] Irem M27,[7] Konami 6809,[8] Capcom Z80[9]), computers (Colour Genie, Oric 1, MSX, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum 128, Elektor TVGC, Mockingboard, Speech/Sound Program Pak (TRS-80 Color Computer)), Intellivision N-type MOS (NMOS) large-scale integration (LSI) chip [10]
SP0250 1981 1 Sega G80 arcade system board Linear predictive coding (LPC) speech synthesis NMOS chip [11]
SP0256 1984 1 Intellivoice (Intellivision), MicroSpeech (ZX Spectrum), Tandy Voice Synthesizer (TRS-80), VIC-20, and Atari 8-bit homebrew kits, Fuzzbuster radar detector LPC speech synthesis NMOS LSI chip [12]
Konami RC 1981 1 Konami Scramble and Gyruss arcade system boards [13][14]
VRC6 1989 3 Certain Konami-produced Famicom cartridges [15]
MOS Technology VIC (6560 / 6561) 1977 4 VIC-1001 and VIC-20 Combined sound and graphics NMOS chip [16]
SID (6581 / 8580) 1981 3 Commodore 64 and Commodore 128 computers, Elektron SidStation synthesizer sound module NMOS chip (6581) / HMOS-II chip (8580) [17][18]
TED (7360 / 8360) 1983 2 Commodore 16, Commodore Plus/4 HMOS chip [19]
Microchip Technology AY8930 1989 3 Covox Sound Master Card
Oki Electric Industry Oki MSM5232 1983 8 Arcade games (particularly Taito games), Korg Poly-800 polyphonic synthesiser Complementary MOS (CMOS) chip [20][18][21]
Philips Philips SAA1099 1984 6 SAM Coupé, Creative Music System (also known as Game Blaster) [22]
Ricoh Ricoh 2A03 / 2A07 1983 5 Nintendo Entertainment System (Famicom) home console (hardware expandable), arcade game Punch-Out!! NMOS chip, delta modulation channel (DMC) is for pulse-code modulation (PCM) sampling, 7-bit DAC. [23]
Sega Sega Melody Generator 1981 1 Sega G80 arcade system board [24]
Sharp Corporation Sharp LR35902 1989 4 Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance In Game Boy Advance, it's used for Game Boy/Game Boy Color mode and supports software-mixed PCM as a secondary function. [25]
Sharp SM8521 1997 1 Game.com Noise generator
Sunsoft Sunsoft 5B 1992 3 Famicom cartridge Gimmick! Derivative of Yamaha YM2149F [26]
Texas Instruments SN76477 1978 1 Space Invaders arcade system board, ABC 80 [27]
LPC Speech Chips 1978 1 Speak & Spell, Speak & Math, Speak & Read, arcade games Pitch-excited LPC (PE-LPC) speech synthesizer, digital signal processor (DSP), P-type MOS (PMOS) chip
SN76489 (DCSG) 1979 4 Various arcade system boards, SG-1000 console, BBC Micro home computer, Sharp MZ-800, IBM PCjr and TI-99/4A computers [28]
SN76489A (DCSG) 1982 4 ColecoVision and SG-1000 consoles
SN76496 1982 4 Tandy 1000 computer [29]
TMS3615 1981 2 Arcade games [30]
TMS3617
TMS3630
TMS3631-RI104 / RI105
Toshiba Toshiba T7766A 1988 3 Some MSX models (MSX-Engine) AY-3-8910 compatible chip (has the same pinout)
Unisonic Technologies Company UM66, TXXL series 1 or 2 3-pin CMOS LSI based chip that contains pre-programmed read-only memory (ROM) [31]
Yamaha Yamaha YM2149 (SSG) 1983 3 Various arcade boards, MSX computers (including Yamaha CX5M), Atari ST computer NMOS LSI chip based on AY-3-8910 [32][33][34]
Yamaha / Sega VDP PSG (SN76496) 1984 4 SG-1000 II, Master System, Mega Drive/Genesis and Pico consoles, Game Gear handheld game console Based on Texas Instruments SN76496. Integrated into the Yamaha YM2217, Yamaha YM2602, and Yamaha YM7101 VDP chips.
In Mega Drive/Genesis, it is both secondary to the Yamaha YM2612 FM chip and for Master System mode. 		[35]
Yamaha YM3439 (SSGC) 1991 3 Atari Falcon and MSX computers CMOS LSI variant of YM2149 [36]

Wavetable synthesis

See also: Wavetable synthesis
Manufacturer(s) Chip Year Channels Applications Notes Ref
Atari Jerry 1993 16 Atari Jaguar CMOS chip, also supports PCM (sample-based synthesis) and pulse-width modulation (PWM) [37][38]
Atmel / Dream SAM9407 1993 4 Quasimidi digital synthesizers (Caruso, Quasar,[39][40] Technox, Raven, Raven MAX), computer sound cards (Guillemot Maxi Sound 64 Dynamic 3D, Maxi Sound Home Studio 64 Pro, Hoontech ST128 Gold & Ruby and Soundtrack Digital Audio, TerraTec AudioSystem EWS64L/XL/XXL/SHome Studio Pro 64, Home Studio) High-speed CMOS (HCMOS) chip [41][42]
SAM9707 1998 4 Quasimidi digital synthesizers (Rave-O-Lution 309, Sirius, Polymorph) Digital signal processor (DSP) core [43][44]
Ensoniq Ensoniq 5503 1984 32 Mirage synthesizer and Apple IIGS computer [45]
Hudson Soft / NEC / Epson Hudson Soft HuC6280 1987 6 NEC's PC Engine (TurboGrafx-16) console CMOS chip [46]
Konami Konami SCC 1987 5 Certain arcade system boards, game cartridges for MSX [47]
Namco Namco WSG (Waveform Sound Generator) 1980 3 Several Namco arcade system boards (including Namco Pac-Man and Namco Galaga) [48][49]
Namco 52xx (Audio Processor) 1981 1 Namco Galaga and Namco Pole Position arcade system boards [50][49]
Namco 54xx (Audio Generator) 1982 8 Namco Pole Position arcade system board [50]
Namco 15xx (WSG) 1982 8 Namco Super Pac-Man arcade system board [49][51]
Namco CUS30 1984 8 Namco Pac-Land, Namco Thunder Ceptor, System 86 and Namco System 1 arcade boards Similar to the earlier 15xx WSG, but capable of stereo sound. [49]
Namco 163 (N163) 1987 8 Namco-produced Famicom games [52]
Nintendo VSU-VUE 1995 6 Virtual Boy portable console Silicon-gate CMOS chip
Ricoh Ricoh 2C33 1986 1 Famicom Disk System
Sharp Corporation Sharp LR35902 1989 1 Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance In Game Boy Advance, it's used for Game Boy/Game Boy Color mode and supports software-mixed PCM as a secondary function. [25]
Sharp SM8521 1997 2 Game.com

Frequency modulation (FM) synthesis

See also: Frequency modulation synthesis
Manufacturer Chip Year Total FM operators Max FM channels Max ops / channel Applications Notes Ref
ESS Technology ESFM synthesizer 1994 72 18 4 Most ESS Tech sound chips (ES1868/69 being most common) Based on Yamaha YMF262 (OPL3) silicon-gate CMOS chip. Includes wavetable interface. Two modes, one "OPL2/3 compatible" and the other the native superset. [53][54]
Yamaha YM2128 (OPS) / YM2129 (EGS) 1983 96 16 6 Yamaha digital synthesizers (DX7, DX1, DX5, DX9,[55][56] TX7, TX216, TX416, TX816)[57] Chipset (OPS operator chip, EGS envelope generator chip) [34][58][59]
Yamaha YM2151 (a.k.a. OPM) 1983 32 8 4 Mid-1980s to mid-1990s arcade systems (the most prolific FM chip used in arcades), Sharp X1 and X68000 computers, MSX (CX5M, Yamaha SFG-01 and SFG-05 FM Sound Synthesizer Unit), Yamaha digital synthesizers (DX21, DX27, DX100) NMOS chip (depletion-load)[60] [61][33][62]
Yamaha YM2203 (a.k.a. OPN) 1984 12 3 4 Some 1980s arcade games, NEC computers (PC-88, PC-98, NEC PC-6001mkII SR, PC-6601 SR) 3 additional Yamaha YM2149 SSG square wave channels, silicon-gate NMOS LSI chip [63][33][62]
Yamaha YM3526 (a.k.a. OPL) 1984 18 9 2 Bubble Bobble arcade game, Commodore 64 SFX Sound Expander Silicon-gate CMOS LSI chip [64][33][62]
Yamaha Y8950 (a.k.a. MSX-AUDIO) 1984 18 9 2 MSX-Audio cartridges for MSX (Panasonic FS-CA1, Toshiba HX-MU900, and Philips NMS-1205) Very similar to Yamaha YM3526, additional adaptive differential PCM (ADPCM) channel, silicon-gate CMOS LSI chip [65]
Yamaha YM2164 (a.k.a. OPP) 1985 32 8 4 Yamaha FB-01 MIDI Expander, IBM Music Feature Card, MSX (Yamaha CX5M and SFG-05), Korg DS-8 and 707 digital synthesizers Based on Yamaha YM2151 (OPM) [66][33][62]
Yamaha YM3812 (a.k.a. OPL2) 1985 18 9 2 Sound cards for PC (including AdLib and early Sound Blaster cards), Yamaha Portasound keyboards (PSR and PSS series) Silicon-gate CMOS LSI chip [67][33][62]
Yamaha YM2413 (a.k.a. OPLL) 1986 18 9 2 Japanese Master System, Sega Mark III, MSX (in MSX Music cartridges like the FM-PAC, and internally in several Japanese models by Panasonic, Sony and Sanyo), Yamaha Portasound digital keyboards (PSS-140, PSS-170, PSS-270) Silicon-gate NMOS LSI chip [68][33][62]
YM2604 (OPS2) / YM3609 (EGM) 1986 96 16 6 Yamaha DX7 II and TX802 digital synthesizers Chipset (OPS2 operator chip, EGM envelope generator chip) [59][69][70]
Yamaha YM2608 (a.k.a. OPNA) 1986 24 6 4 NEC PC-88 and PC-98 computers 3 additional Yamaha YM2149 SSG square wave channels, 7 additional ADPCM channels, silicon-gate NMOS LSI chip [71][62]
Yamaha YM2414 (a.k.a. OPZ) 1987 32 8 4 Yamaha digital synthesizers (TX81Z, DX11, YS200), Korg Z3 guitar synthesizer [33][72][62]
Yamaha YM2610 (a.k.a. OPNB) 1987 16 4 4 SNK's Neo Geo console, arcade systems (particularly Neo Geo and Taito games) 7 additional ADPCM channels [73][21]
Yamaha YM2612 (a.k.a. OPN2) 1988 24 6 4 Sega Mega Drive/Genesis console, FM Towns computer, Sega arcade systems PCM supported on one of the channels [74]
Yamaha YM3438 (a.k.a. OPN2C) 1989 24 6 4 Sega Mega Drive/Genesis console (later models), FM Towns computer, Sega arcade systems Improved Yamaha YM2612, PCM supported on one of the channels, silicon-gate CMOS LSI chip
Yamaha YMF262 (a.k.a. OPL3) 1990[75] 36 18 4 Sound Blaster Pro 2.0 and later cards for PC (including Sound Blaster 16, AdLib Gold 1000 and AWE32) Silicon-gate CMOS chip [54][33][62]
Yamaha DS1001 (Konami VRC7) 1990 12 6 2 Famicom cartridge Lagrange Point Modified derivative of Yamaha YM2413 (OPLL) [76]
Yamaha YMF271 (a.k.a. OPX) 1993 36 18 4 12 additional PCM channels
Yamaha YMF278 (a.k.a. OPL4) 1993 36 18 4 Moonsound cartridge for MSX computer [77]
Yamaha YMF292 (a.k.a. SCSP) 1994 32 32 32 Sega Saturn console, Sega ST-V,[78] Model 2A/2B/2C CRX[79][80][81] and Model 3 arcade systems PCM supported [82][83]
Yamaha YMF288 (a.k.a. OPN3) 1995 24 6 4 NEC PC-98 computer Based on Yamaha YM2608 (OPNA) [84][85]
Yamaha YMF7xx (a.k.a. OPL3-SA) 1997 36 18 4 Embedded audio chipset in some laptops and sound cards (including PCI, ISA and Yamaha Audician 32) Integrates Yamaha YMF262 (OPL3) [86][33][87]
Yamaha YMU757 (a.k.a. MA-1) 1999 8 4 2 Some 2000s and 1990s cellphones, PDAs [88]
Yamaha YMU759 (a.k.a. MA-2) 2000 32 16 2 Some 2000s cellphones, PDAs 8 channels for 4 operators, an additional ADPCM channel [89]
Yamaha YMU762 (a.k.a. MA-3) 2001 64 32 2 Some 2000s cellphones, PDAs 16 channels for 4 operators, 8 additional PCM/ADPCM channels [90]
Yamaha YMU765 (a.k.a. MA-5) 2003 64 32 2 Some 2000s cellphones, PDAs 32 PCM/ADPCM channels, 16 channels for 4 operators [91]
Yamaha YMF825 (a.k.a. SD-1) 2011 32 16 4 [92]

Pulse-code modulation (PCM) sampling

See also: Pulse-code modulation and Sampling (signal processing)
Manufacturer(s) Chip Year Max PCM channels Max sample depth (bits) Max sample rate (Hz) Applications Notes Ref
Analog Devices AD1848 1992 Multiple stereo channels, unlimited 16 48,000 Original Windows Sound System card by Microsoft, Ensoniq Soundscape S-2000 and Elite cards Digital-to-analog codec chip, 2-channel stereo input/output [93]
ARM Ltd. VIDC20 1994 8 16 44,100 Risc PC computer
Atari Jerry 1993 16 16 44,100 Atari Jaguar console CMOS chip, also supports pulse-width modulation (PWM) and single-cycle wavetable-lookup synthesis [37][94][38]
SDMA (Sound/DMA) 1992 8 16 49,170 Atari Falcon030 computer Integrates Motorola 56001 DSP [95][96]
Crystal Semiconductor CS4231 1992 1 16 48,000 Windows Sound System compatible, Gravis Ultrasound card [97]
Drucegrove Digitalker MM54104 1980 1 1 13,000 Namco Galaxian (King & Balloon) and Scorpion arcade system boards, National Semiconductor Digitalker DT1050 speech synthesizer Delta modulation (DM) differential PCM (DPCM) speech synthesis chip [98][99]
Gravis GF1 1992 32 16 44,100 Gravis Ultrasound card
Harris Corporation HC-55516 1981 1 1 32,000 Irem M27 (Red Alert),[100] Sinistar[101] and Midway Y Unit[102] arcade system boards Continuously variable slope DM (CVSD) adaptive DM (ADM) speech decoder [103]
Intel Intel High Definition Audio (IHDA) 2004 8 32 192,000 IBM Personal Computer, IBM PC compatible computers [104]
Konami Konami K007232 1986 2 8 32,000 Konami Bubble System and Twin 16 arcade boards PCM
Konami K053260 1990 4 12 32,000 Konami TMNT based arcade board KDSC
Konami K054539 1991 8 16 32,000 Konami Xexex based, Mystic Warriors based and GX arcade boards ADPCM
Macronix Flipper 2001 64 16 48,000 GameCube console ADPCM, Dolby Pro Logic II (AC-3) [105][106]
MOS Technology MOS Technology 8364 "Paula" 1985 4 8 28,000 Commodore's Amiga computer [107][108]
Namco Namco C140 1987 24 12 42,780 Namco System 2 and System 21 arcade boards [109]
Namco C219 1992 16 12 42,780 Namco NA-1 and NA-2 arcade system boards
Namco C352 1992 32 16 42,670 Namco System 22, System FL, NB-1, NB-2, ND-1, System 11, System 12 and System 23 arcade boards Linear PCM (LPCM) and μ-law PCM samples supported [110][111][112][113][114][115][116]
National Semiconductor LMC1992 1989 4 8 50,000 Atari STE and TT030 personal computers [117][118]
NEC μPD7751 1985 3 8 8,000 Sega System 16 arcade boards ADPCM, Speech synthesis chip
μPD7759 1987 1 8 8,000 Sega System 16B and System C2 arcade boards, Sega Pico console ADPCM, Speech synthesis chip
NVIDIA MCPX 2001 64 16 48,000 Microsoft Xbox console 3D sound support, Dolby Pro Logic, DTS, DSP, MIDI DLS2 Support
Oki Electric Industry Oki MSM5205 1982 1 12 32,000 Various arcade system boards (Irem M-52,[119] Data East Z80,[120] Capcom 68000),[121] NEC's PC Engine CD-ROM² (TurboGrafx-CD) game console Adaptive DPCM (ADPCM) chip [122]
Oki MSM6258 1987 1 12 15,600 Sharp's X68000 computer ADPCM [123]
Oki MSM6295 1987 4 12 7,576 (CPS-1)
32,000 (max) 		Various arcade system boards (including Capcom's CP System) ADPCM [124][125]
Oki MSM9810 1999 8 14 32,000 Sammy arcade system boards ADPCM
QSound QSound DSP16A 1993 16 16 24,000 Capcom's CP System Dash and CP System II arcade system boards, Sony's ZN-1 and ZN-2 arcade system boards PCM/ADPCM, positional 3D audio support via QSound
Ricoh Ricoh 2A03 / 2A07 1982 1 7 15,745 Nintendo Entertainment System (Famicom) home console (hardware expandable), arcade game Punch-Out!! NMOS chip, DM channel (DMC) is for PCM sampling [23]
Ricoh RF5c68 1989 8 8 19,800 Fujitsu's FM Towns computer, Sega System 18 and System 32 arcade boards [126]
Ricoh RF5C164 1991 8 8 31,300 Sega CD console add-on 1.5 μm silicon-gate CMOS chip [127]
Roland Corporation Roland LA32 1987 16 16 32,000 Roland synthesizers (D-50, D550, D10, D20, D110), Roland MT-32 MIDI sound module (Sharp X68000, Amiga, Atari ST, IBM PC, NEC PC-88, PC-98) Linear Arithmetic synthesis (LA synthesis) [128][129][130]
Sanyo VLM5030 Speech Synthesizer 1983 1 8 8,136 Arcade game Punch-Out!! Speech synthesis chip [131]
Sega SegaPCM 1985 16 8 31,250 Sega arcade systems (Sega Space Harrier, Sega OutRun, X Board, Y Board) [132][133]
SGI Reality Signal Processor (RSP) 1996 100 16 48,000 Nintendo 64 console DSP,[134] combined sound and graphics processor, ADPCM, MP3 support [135][136][137]
Sharp Corporation Sharp SM8521 1997 1 8 32,768 Game.com handheld
Sony Sony SPC700 (Nintendo S-SMP) 1990 8 16 32,000 Super Nintendo Entertainment System console Bit Rate Reduction (BRR) ADPCM [138][139]
Sony SPU (Sound Processing Unit) 1994 24 16 44,100 Sony PlayStation console ADPCM [140]
Sony SPU2 1999 48 16 48,000 Sony PlayStation 2 console ADPCM, Supports Dolby Digital (AC-3), DTS [141][142]
Yamaha Yamaha Y8950 (a.k.a. MSX-AUDIO) 1984 1 8 ~50,000 MSX-Audio cartridges for MSX ADPCM, Speech synthesis chip [65][62]
Yamaha YM2608 (a.k.a. OPNA) 1985 7 16 (12 for RSS) 55,500 (18518 for RSS) NEC PC-88 and PC-98 computers ADPCM [71][62]
Yamaha YM2610 (a.k.a. OPNB) 1987 7 16 (12 for ADPCM-A) 55,500 (18518 for ADPCM-A) SNK's Neo Geo console, arcade systems (particularly Neo Geo and Taito games) ADPCM [73][143]
Yamaha YM2612 (a.k.a. OPN2) 1988 1 8 26,633 (SMD)
29,000 (System 32)
44,100 (max) 		Sega Mega Drive/Genesis console, FM Towns computer, Sega arcade systems [74][144]
Yamaha YMW258-F (a.k.a. GEW8) (Sega MultiPCM) 1992 28 16 44,100 Sega arcade boards (System Multi 32, Model 1, Model 2), Yamaha instruments (MU-5 and TG-100 sound modules, Portasound keyboards, QR-10, QY-20 workstation) Advanced Wave Memory (AWM) sampling [145][34]
Yamaha YMF271 (a.k.a. OPX) 1993 12 12 44,100
Yamaha YMF278 (a.k.a. OPL4) 1993 24 16 44,100 Moonsound cartridge for MSX computer [146]
Yamaha YMF292 (a.k.a. SCSP) 1994 32 16 44,100 Sega Saturn console, Sega arcade systems (Sega ST-V, Model 2A CRX/2B CRX/2C CRX and Model 3) [82][78][79][80][81][83]
Yamaha YMZ280B (a.k.a. PCMD8) 1995 8 16 44,100 Cave, Data East, and Psikyo arcade systems ADPCM supported [147]
Yamaha AICA 1998 64 16 48,000 Sega Dreamcast console, Sega arcade systems (Sega NAOMI, Hikaru, and NAOMI 2) ADPCM [148][149][150]
Yamaha YMU759 (a.k.a. MA-2) 2000 1 8 8,000 Some 2000s cellphones, PDAs ADPCM
Yamaha YMU762 (a.k.a. MA-3) 2001 8 8 48,000 Some 2000s cellphones, PDAs ADPCM supported
Yamaha YMU765 (a.k.a. MA-5) 2003 32 8 48,000 Some 2000s cellphones, PDAs ADPCM, Analog Lite, and speech synthesis supported

See also

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