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The '''Yamaha Corporation''' ([[Japanese]]: ヤマハ株式会社; Romaji: Yamaha Kabushikigaisha) is a Japanese company with a large number of product areas. Sales offerings include motorcycles (Yamaha Motor Corporation), musical instruments, integrated circuits, and home electronics. It was founded by Torakusu Yamaha as Nippon Gakki Co., Ltd. ([[Japanese]]: 日本楽器製造株式会社; Romaji: Nippon Gakki Seizou Kabushikigaisha) in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka prefecture. Yamaha acquired Korg in 1989.
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Yamaha produced the [[YM2612]] sound chip for the [[Sega Mega Drive]].
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The '''Yamaha Corporation''' (Japanese: ヤマハ株式会社; Romaji: Yamaha Kabushikigaisha) is a Japanese company with a large number of product areas. Sales offerings include motorcycles (Yamaha Motor Corporation), musical instruments, integrated circuits, and home electronics. It was founded by Torakusu Yamaha as '''Nippon Gakki Co., Ltd.''' (Japanese: 日本楽器製造株式会社; Romaji: Nippon Gakki Seizou Kabushikigaisha) in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka prefecture. Yamaha acquired Korg in 1989.
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Yamaha has produced many of the integrated circuit chips for [[List of Sega arcade systems|Sega arcade]] and console hardware, such as the [[YM2612]] sound chip for the [[Sega Mega Drive]] console. Yamaha held the patent for [[wikia:w:c:electronicmusic:Frequency modulation|FM synthesis]], which was featured in many Yamaha synthesizers and sound chips, while some of their sound chips also featured [[wikipedia:Pulse-code modulation|PCM]] [[wikia:w:c:electronicmusic:Sampler|sampling]]. In addition, Yamaha also manufactured [[VDP]] graphics processors for the [[Sega Master System]] and Mega Drive consoles.
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==Hardware produced==
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===Consoles===
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*[[Copera]] (1993)
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===Integrated circuits===
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====Sound chips====
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 87%;"
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|-
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! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | Sound chip
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! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | Year
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! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | Channels
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! colspan="3" style="text-align:center" | [[wikia:w:c:electronicmusic:Frequency modulation|FM synthesis]]
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! style="text-align:center" | [[wikipedia:Yamaha YM2149|SSG]]
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! colspan="3" style="text-align:center" | [[Pulse-code modulation|PCM sampling]]
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! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | Systems
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|-
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! style="text-align:center" | Operators
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! style="text-align:center" | Max channels
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! style="text-align:center" | Max ops/channel
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! style="text-align:center" | Channels
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! style="text-align:center" | Max channels
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! style="text-align:center" | Depth
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! style="text-align:center" | Max sample rate
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|- align="center"
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| [[Yamaha YM2151]]
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| 1983
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| 8
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| 32
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| 8
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| 4
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| 0
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| 0
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| N/A
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| N/A
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| [[List of Sega arcade systems|Arcade]] ([[:Category:Sega System series|Sega System series]]), [[MSX]], [[X68000]]
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|- align="center"
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| [[Sega Hang-On hardware|Yamaha YM2203]]
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| 1984
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| 6
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| 12
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| 3
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| 4
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| 3
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| 0
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| N/A
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| N/A
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| [[List of Sega arcade systems|Arcade]] ([[Sega Hang-On hardware]])
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|- align="center"
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| [[Yamaha YM2413]]
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| 1986
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| 9-11
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| 18
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| 11
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| 2
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| 0
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| 0
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| N/A
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| N/A
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| [[Mark III]] ([[FM Sound Unit]]), [[Master System]] ([[Master System consoles in Asia|JP]]), [[MSX]]
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|- align="center"
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| [[Yamaha YM2612]]
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| 1988
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| 6
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| 24
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| 6
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| 4
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| 0
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| 1
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| 8-[[bit]]
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| 44,100 Hz
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| [[Mega Drive]], [[List of Sega arcade systems|Arcade]] ([[:Category:Sega System series|Sega System series]]), [[Mega PC]]
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|- align="center"
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| [[Yamaha YMW258-F|Yamaha YMW258-F (Sega MultiPCM)]]
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| 1992
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| 28
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| 0
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| 0
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| N/A
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| 0
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| 28
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| 16-bit
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| 44,100 Hz
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| [[List of Sega arcade systems|Arcade]] ([[System Multi 32]], [[Model 1]], [[Model 2]])
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|- align="center"
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| [[Saturn Custom Sound Processor]] (SCSP / YMF292)
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| 1994
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| 32
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| 32
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| 32
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| 6
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| 0
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| 32
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| 16-bit
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| 44,100 Hz
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| [[Saturn]], [[List of Sega arcade systems|Arcade]] ([[ST-V]], [[Model 2]], [[Model 3]])
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|- align="center"
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| [[Yamaha Super Intelligent Sound Processor]] (AICA)
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| 1998
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| 64
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| 0
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| 0
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| N/A
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| 0
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| 64
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| 16-bit
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| 48,000 Hz
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| [[Dreamcast]], [[List of Sega arcade systems|Arcade]] ([[:Category:Sega NAOMI|NAOMI series]])
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|}
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====VDP====
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 87%;"
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|-
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! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | [[VDP|Video Display Processor (VDP)]]
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! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | Year
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! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | Data <br> bus
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! colspan="2" style="text-align:center" | [[Pixels]]
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! colspan="2" style="text-align:center" | [[Palette|Colors]]
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! colspan="3" style="text-align:center" | [[Plane|Background]]
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! colspan="4" style="text-align:center" | [[Sprite]]s
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! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | Sega systems
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|-
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! style="text-align:center" | Pixel clock
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! style="text-align:center" | Max [[resolution]]
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! style="text-align:center" | [[Palette]]
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! style="text-align:center" | Max/frame
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! style="text-align:center" | Tilemap [[plane]]s
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! style="text-align:center" | Max size
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! style="text-align:center" | Tiles/frame
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! style="text-align:center" | Sprites/frame
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! style="text-align:center" | Tiles/frame
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! style="text-align:center" | Max size
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! style="text-align:center" | Colors/sprite
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|- align="center"
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| [[Sega Master System/Technical specifications|Yamaha YM2602 (Sega 315‑5124)]]
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| 1985
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| 16-[[bit]]
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| 5,369,318 Hz
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| 256×240
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| 64
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| 32
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| 1 (scrolling)
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| 256×256
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| 1024
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| 64
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| 128
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| 16×16
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| 15
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| [[Mark III]], [[Master System]], [[List of Sega arcade systems|Arcade]] ([[System E]])
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|- align="center"
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| [[Sega Mega Drive/Technical specifications|Yamaha YM7101 (Sega 315‑5313)]]
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| 1988
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| 16-bit
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| 6,711,647 Hz
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| 320×480
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| 1536
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| 192
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| 3 (2 scrolling, 1 static)
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| 512×512
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| 1808
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| 80
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| 1280
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| 32×32
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| 15
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| [[Mega Drive]], [[List of Sega arcade systems|Arcade]] ([[:Category:Sega System series|Sega System series]]), [[Mega PC]]
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|}
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==Softography==
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{{CompanyHistoryAll|Yamaha|Yamaha Motor}}
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[[Category:Use CompanyHistoryAll template]]
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===[[Pico]]===
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*''[[Melody Land]]'' (1993)
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*''[[Do Re Mi Fa Densetsu]]'' (1993)
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*''[[Copera no Time Machine]]'' (199x)
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*''[[Otto Katachitchi]]'' (199x)
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*''[[Outa no Canvas]]'' (199x)
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*''[[Copera no Kono Ato Naani]]'' (1994)
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*''[[Mike to Asobou Tobidase Milky Way]]'' (1994)
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*''[[Oshare no Kuni no Alice]]'' (199x)
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*''[[Copera no Chikyuu Daisuki]]'' (199x)
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*''[[Bouken! Merorin-tou]]'' (199x)
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==Gallery==
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<gallery>
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XGLite logo.svg|Logo for XGlite; a Yamaha extension to the General MIDI standard supported by the [[Sega Dreamcast]].
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</gallery>
  
 
==External links==
 
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* [http://www.global.yamaha.com global.yamaha.com]
 
* [http://www.global.yamaha.com global.yamaha.com]
  
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==References==
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<references />
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[[Category:Third-party hardware developers]]

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Yamaha
Founded: 1887-08-12
Headquarters:
Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan

The Yamaha Corporation (Japanese: ヤマハ株式会社; Romaji: Yamaha Kabushikigaisha) is a Japanese company with a large number of product areas. Sales offerings include motorcycles (Yamaha Motor Corporation), musical instruments, integrated circuits, and home electronics. It was founded by Torakusu Yamaha as Nippon Gakki Co., Ltd. (Japanese: 日本楽器製造株式会社; Romaji: Nippon Gakki Seizou Kabushikigaisha) in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka prefecture. Yamaha acquired Korg in 1989.

Yamaha has produced many of the integrated circuit chips for Sega arcade and console hardware, such as the YM2612 sound chip for the Sega Mega Drive console. Yamaha held the patent for FM synthesis, which was featured in many Yamaha synthesizers and sound chips, while some of their sound chips also featured PCM sampling. In addition, Yamaha also manufactured VDP graphics processors for the Sega Master System and Mega Drive consoles.

Hardware produced

Consoles

Integrated circuits

Sound chips

Sound chip Year Channels FM synthesis SSG PCM sampling Systems
Operators Max channels Max ops/channel Channels Max channels Depth Max sample rate
Yamaha YM2151 1983 8 32 8 4 0 0 N/A N/A Arcade (Sega System series), MSX, X68000
Yamaha YM2203 1984 6 12 3 4 3 0 N/A N/A Arcade (Sega Hang-On hardware)
Yamaha YM2413 1986 9-11 18 11 2 0 0 N/A N/A Mark III (FM Sound Unit), Master System (JP), MSX
Yamaha YM2612 1988 6 24 6 4 0 1 8-bit 44,100 Hz Mega Drive, Arcade (Sega System series), Mega PC
Yamaha YMW258-F (Sega MultiPCM) 1992 28 0 0 N/A 0 28 16-bit 44,100 Hz Arcade (System Multi 32, Model 1, Model 2)
Saturn Custom Sound Processor (SCSP / YMF292) 1994 32 32 32 6 0 32 16-bit 44,100 Hz Saturn, Arcade (ST-V, Model 2, Model 3)
Yamaha Super Intelligent Sound Processor (AICA) 1998 64 0 0 N/A 0 64 16-bit 48,000 Hz Dreamcast, Arcade (NAOMI series)

VDP

Video Display Processor (VDP) Year Data
bus 		Pixels Colors Background Sprites Sega systems
Pixel clock Max resolution Palette Max/frame Tilemap planes Max size Tiles/frame Sprites/frame Tiles/frame Max size Colors/sprite
Yamaha YM2602 (Sega 315‑5124) 1985 16-bit 5,369,318 Hz 256×240 64 32 1 (scrolling) 256×256 1024 64 128 16×16 15 Mark III, Master System, Arcade (System E)
Yamaha YM7101 (Sega 315‑5313) 1988 16-bit 6,711,647 Hz 320×480 1536 192 3 (2 scrolling, 1 static) 512×512 1808 80 1280 32×32 15 Mega Drive, Arcade (Sega System series), Mega PC

Softography

Dreamcast

Pico

Gallery

  • Logo for XGlite; a Yamaha extension to the General MIDI standard supported by the Sega Dreamcast.

External links

References

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