MCP-1600

Western Digital MCP-1600
MCP-1600 microprocessor with WD16 microcode in five 40-pin packages.
General information
Launched1975 (1975)
Common manufacturer
Performance
Max. CPU clock rateto 3.3 MHz
Data width8 (microdata), 18 (microcode), 16 (macrodata)
Address width11 (microcode), 16 (macrodata)
Architecture and classification
Number of instructions98
Physical specifications
Package
  • 4 or 5 x 40-pin DIP
History
Successornone
MCP-1600 registers
15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 00 (bit position)
Register file
LSI-11 use
R3 R2 PSW
R5 R4 Destination
R7 R6 Source
R9 R8 Bus address
RB RA Instruction register
RD/GD RC/GC R7 (PC)
RF/GF RE/GE R6 (SP)
GB GA R5
G9 G8 R4
G7 G6 R3
G5 G4 R2
G3 G2 R1
G1 G0 R0
Control registers
  G Register Pointer
  LC Location Counter
  RR Return Register
TR1 TR0 Translation Register
Status register
  NB ZB C4 C8 N Z V C ALU status/Flags

The MCP-1600 is a multi-chip 16-bit microprocessor introduced by Western Digital in 1975 and produced through the early 1980s. Used in the Pascal MicroEngine, the WD16 processor in the Alpha Microsystems AM-100, and the DEC LSI-11 microcomputer, a cost-reduced and compact implementation of the DEC PDP-11.