Address Generator Unit

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The Address Generator Unit (AGnus) is a custom chip in the Commodore Amiga that manages memory access, DMA, and display-related tasks such as copper and blitter operations.

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Address Generator Unit canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Amiga chipset component ⓘ
custom chip ⓘ
integrated circuit ⓘ
alsoKnownAs AGnus ⓘ
linked to: Agnus

Agnus ⓘ
clockSource system clock ⓘ
controls audio DMA ⓘ
bitplane DMA ⓘ
blitter operations ⓘ
copper operations ⓘ
display fetches ⓘ
refresh DMA ⓘ
sprite DMA ⓘ
designedFor Commodore Amiga ⓘ
linked to: Amiga
hasComponent Blitter controller ⓘ
Copper co-processor ⓘ
interactsWith 68000 CPU ⓘ
Denise ⓘ
Paula ⓘ
introducedIn 1985 ⓘ
locatedOn Amiga mainboard ⓘ
manages direct memory access ⓘ
memory access ⓘ
manufacturer Commodore ⓘ
partOf Commodore Amiga architecture ⓘ
linked to: Amiga

Original Chip Set ⓘ
primaryFunction address generation for DMA ⓘ
display-related memory control ⓘ
responsibleFor bus master control ⓘ
memory arbitration ⓘ
video timing ⓘ
successorInChipset Alice ⓘ
supports DMA channels ⓘ
technology NMOS ⓘ
usedIn Amiga 1000 ⓘ
Amiga 2000 ⓘ
Amiga 2500 ⓘ
Amiga 3000 ⓘ
Amiga 3000T ⓘ
Amiga 500 ⓘ
linked to: Commodore Amiga 500

Amiga 500 Plus ⓘ
Amiga 600 ⓘ
linked to: Commodore Amiga 600
usedInChipset ECS ⓘ
OCS ⓘ
variant Fat Agnus ⓘ
Original Agnus ⓘ
Super Agnus ⓘ

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

Agnus → alias → Address Generator Unit ⓘ