AGA

E204439

AGA is the Advanced Graphics Architecture chipset used in later Commodore Amiga computers, providing enhanced color depth and graphics capabilities over earlier Amiga chipsets.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
AGA canonical 10

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf computer display hardware ⓘ
graphics chipset ⓘ
backwardsCompatibleWith ECS ⓘ
OCS ⓘ
bitplanesMax 8 ⓘ
busWidth 32-bit internal ⓘ
chipsetComponent Alice ⓘ
Lisa ⓘ
Paula ⓘ
colorDepthMax 24-bit ⓘ
compatibleWith AmigaOS ⓘ
designedForCPU Motorola 68020 ⓘ
Motorola 68030 ⓘ
developer Commodore International ⓘ
fullName Advanced Graphics Architecture ⓘ
HAMModeVariant HAM8 ⓘ
historicalRole last major graphics chipset generation for classic Amiga line ⓘ
introduced 1992 ⓘ
introducedInProduct Amiga 1200 ⓘ
Amiga 4000 ⓘ
manufacturer Commodore ⓘ
marketedAs advanced graphics subsystem for Amiga ⓘ
memoryType chip RAM ⓘ
notableLimitation bandwidth constraints at highest resolutions ⓘ
no chunky pixel modes in hardware ⓘ
paletteSize 16,777,216 colors ⓘ
platform Commodore Amiga ⓘ
linked to: Amiga
predecessor ECS ⓘ
OCS ⓘ
primaryFunction enhanced color depth over earlier Amiga chipsets ⓘ
improved graphics capabilities over ECS and OCS ⓘ
region worldwide ⓘ
simultaneousColorsMax 262,144 colors ⓘ
successor AAA ⓘ
supportsDisplayModes high resolution ⓘ
low resolution ⓘ
productivity modes ⓘ
supportsDualPlayfield yes ⓘ
supportsGenlock via external hardware ⓘ
supportsHAMMode yes ⓘ
supportsInterlacedVideo yes ⓘ
supportsSprites yes ⓘ
usedIn Amiga 1200 ⓘ
Amiga 4000 ⓘ
Amiga 4000T ⓘ
Amiga CD32 game console ⓘ
linked to: Amiga CD32

CD32 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Amiga → graphicsChipset → AGA ⓘ
Original Amiga chipset → successor → AGA ⓘ
subject linked to: Original Amiga chipset (OCS)
ECS → followedBy → AGA ⓘ
Hold-And-Modify 8 → requiresChipset → AGA ⓘ
subject linked to: Hold-And-Modify 8 (HAM-8)
Lisa → architecture → AGA ⓘ
Commodore Amiga 1200 → chipset → AGA ⓘ
subject linked to: A1200