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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

Copera (1993)

Integrated circuits

Sound chips

Sound chip	Year	Channels	FM synthesis			SSG	PCM sampling			Systems
Sound chip	Year	Channels	Operators	Max channels	Max ops/channel	Channels	Max channels	Depth	Max sample rate	Systems
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
Video Display Processor (VDP)	Year	Data bus	Pixel clock	Max resolution	Palette	Max/frame	Tilemap planes	Max size	Tiles/frame	Sprites/frame	Tiles/frame	Max size	Colors/sprite	Sega systems
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

Sno-Cross Championship Racing (2000) (as Yamaha Motor)

Pico

Melody Land (1993)
Do Re Mi Fa Densetsu (1993)
Copera no Time Machine (199x)
Otto Katachitchi (199x)
Outa no Canvas (199x)
Copera no Kono Ato Naani (1994)
Mike to Asobou Tobidase Milky Way (1994)
Oshare no Kuni no Alice (199x)
Copera no Chikyuu Daisuki (199x)
Bouken! Merorin-tou (199x)

Gallery

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

External links

References

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 ===Integrated circuits===
 ====Sound chips====
-{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 90%;"
+{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 87%;"
 |-
 ! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | Sound chip
 ! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | Year
+! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | Channels
 ! colspan="3" style="text-align:center" | [[wikia:w:c:electronicmusic:Frequency modulation|FM synthesis]]
 ! style="text-align:center" | [[wikipedia:Yamaha YM2149|SSG]]
-! colspan="3" style="text-align:center" | [[wikipedia:Pulse-code modulation|PCM sampling]]
+! colspan="3" style="text-align:center" | [[Pulse-code modulation|PCM sampling]]
-! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | Applications
+! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | Systems
 |-
 ! style="text-align:center" | Operators
@@ Line 34: / Line 34: @@
 ! style="text-align:center" | Channels
 ! style="text-align:center" | Max channels
-! style="text-align:center" | Depth ([[bit]])
+! style="text-align:center" | Depth
-! style="text-align:center" | Max sample rate (Hz)
+! style="text-align:center" | Max sample rate
 |- align="center"
-| [[YM2151]]
+| [[Yamaha YM2151]]
 | 1983
+| 8
 | 32
 | 8
 | 4
+| 0
+| 0
 | N/A
 | N/A
-| N/A
+| [[List of Sega arcade systems|Arcade]] ([[:Category:Sega System series|Sega System series]]), [[MSX]], [[X68000]]
-| N/A
-| [[:Category:Sega System series|Sega System series]]
 |- align="center"
-| [[YM2203]]
+| [[Sega Hang-On hardware|Yamaha YM2203]]
 | 1984
+| 6
 | 12
 | 3
 | 4
 | 3
+| 0
 | N/A
 | N/A
-| N/A
+| [[List of Sega arcade systems|Arcade]] ([[Sega Hang-On hardware]])
-| [[:Category:Sega System series|Sega System series]]
 |- align="center"
-| [[YM2413]]
+| [[Yamaha YM2413]]
 | 1986
-| 12
+| 9-11
+| 18
 | 11
 | 2
+| 0
+| 0
 | N/A
 | N/A
-| N/A
+| [[Mark III]] ([[FM Sound Unit]]), [[Master System]] ([[Master System consoles in Asia|JP]]), [[MSX]]
-| N/A
-| [[FM Sound Unit]] ([[Mark III]]), [[Master System]] ([[Master System consoles in Asia|JP]]), [[MSX]]
 |- align="center"
-| [[YM2612]]
+| [[Yamaha YM2612]]
 | 1988
+| 6
 | 24
 | 6
 | 4
-| N/A
+| 0
 | 1
-| 8
+| 8-[[bit]]
-| 32,000
+| 44,100 Hz
-| [[Mega Drive]], [[Sega System 32]]
+| [[Mega Drive]], [[List of Sega arcade systems|Arcade]] ([[:Category:Sega System series|Sega System series]]), [[Mega PC]]
 |- align="center"
-| [[SegaPCM|Sega MultiPCM]] (YMFA1005)
+| [[Yamaha YMW258-F|Yamaha YMW258-F (Sega MultiPCM)]]
 | 1992
+| 28
+| 0
+| 0
 | N/A
-| N/A
+| 0
-| N/A
-| N/A
 | 28
-| 16
+| 16-bit
-| 44,100
+| 44,100 Hz
-| [[Sega System Multi 32]], [[:Category:Sega Model series|Sega Model series]]
+| [[List of Sega arcade systems|Arcade]] ([[System Multi 32]], [[Model 1]], [[Model 2]])
 |- align="center"
 | [[Saturn Custom Sound Processor]] (SCSP / YMF292)
 | 1994
+| 32
 | 32
 | 32
 | 6
-| N/A
+| 0
 | 32
-| 16
+| 16-bit
-| 44,100
+| 44,100 Hz
-| [[Saturn]], [[ST-V]], [[:Category:Sega Model series|Sega Model series]]
+| [[Saturn]], [[List of Sega arcade systems|Arcade]] ([[ST-V]], [[Model 2]], [[Model 3]])
 |- align="center"
 | [[Yamaha Super Intelligent Sound Processor]] (AICA)
 | 1998
+| 64
+| 0
+| 0
 | N/A
-| N/A
+| 0
-| N/A
-| N/A
 | 64
-| 16
+| 16-bit
-| 48,000
+| 48,000 Hz
-| [[Dreamcast]], [[:Category:Sega NAOMI|Sega NAOMI series]]
+| [[Dreamcast]], [[List of Sega arcade systems|Arcade]] ([[:Category:Sega NAOMI|NAOMI series]])
 |}
 ====VDP====
-*[[Sega Master System/Technical specifications|YM2602]] - [[VDP]] in [[Mark III]] and [[Master System]]
+{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 87%;"
-*[[Sega Mega Drive/Technical specifications|YM7101]] - VDP in [[Mega Drive]]
+|-
+! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | [[VDP|Video Display Processor (VDP)]]
+! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | Year
+! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | Data <br> bus
+! colspan="2" style="text-align:center" | [[Pixels]]
+! colspan="2" style="text-align:center" | [[Palette|Colors]]
+! colspan="3" style="text-align:center" | [[Plane|Background]]
+! colspan="4" style="text-align:center" | [[Sprite]]s
+! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | Sega systems
+|-
+! style="text-align:center" | Pixel clock
+! style="text-align:center" | Max [[resolution]]
+! style="text-align:center" | [[Palette]]
+! style="text-align:center" | Max/frame
+! style="text-align:center" | Tilemap [[plane]]s
+! style="text-align:center" | Max size
+! style="text-align:center" | Tiles/frame
+! style="text-align:center" | Sprites/frame
+! style="text-align:center" | Tiles/frame
+! style="text-align:center" | Max size
+! style="text-align:center" | Colors/sprite
+|- align="center"
+| [[Sega Master System/Technical specifications|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]], [[List of Sega arcade systems|Arcade]] ([[System E]])
+|- align="center"
+| [[Sega Mega Drive/Technical specifications|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]], [[List of Sega arcade systems|Arcade]] ([[:Category:Sega System series|Sega System series]]), [[Mega PC]]
+|}
 ==Softography==
+{{CompanyHistoryAll|Yamaha|Yamaha Motor}}
+[[Category:Use CompanyHistoryAll template]]
 ===[[Pico]]===
 *''[[Melody Land]]'' (1993)