Denise

E214650
custom chip integrated circuit video display chip

Denise is the custom video display chip used in early Commodore Amiga computers, responsible for handling their advanced graphics and sprite capabilities.

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Label Occurrences
Denise canonical 11

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf custom chip ⓘ
integrated circuit ⓘ
video display chip ⓘ
clockSource derived from system pixel clock ⓘ
colorDepth 12-bit RGB ⓘ
connectedTo Amiga system bus via Agnus ⓘ
cooperatesWith Agnus ⓘ
Paula ⓘ
designedFor Amiga ⓘ
surface form: Commodore Amiga computers
handles bitplane to pixel conversion ⓘ
playfield priority and collision detection support ⓘ
sprite priority and multiplexing ⓘ
introducedIn mid-1980s ⓘ
manufacturer Commodore ⓘ
numberOfHardwareSprites 8 ⓘ
outputTo analog RGB video signals ⓘ
paletteSize 32 color registers ⓘ
partOf Original Amiga chipset (OCS) ⓘ
surface form: Amiga Original Chip Set
regionVariants NTSC variant ⓘ
PAL variant ⓘ
responsibleFor bitplane graphics ⓘ
color lookup ⓘ
display windowing ⓘ
hardware scrolling support ⓘ
playfield control ⓘ
sprite handling ⓘ
video display generation ⓘ
spriteResolution 16 pixels wide per sprite in standard mode ⓘ
successor Lisa ⓘ
successorUsedIn Commodore Amiga 1200 ⓘ
surface form: Amiga AGA systems
supports Hold-And-Modify (HAM) mode ⓘ
dual playfield mode ⓘ
hardware sprites ⓘ
interlaced display modes ⓘ
up to 32 colors from a 12-bit palette in standard modes ⓘ
up to 4096 on-screen colors in HAM mode ⓘ
up to 6 bitplanes in standard modes ⓘ
technologyNode NMOS technology (original versions) ⓘ
usedFor 2D games ⓘ
advanced home computer graphics ⓘ
graphical user interfaces ⓘ
productivity software display ⓘ
usedIn Commodore Amiga 1000 ⓘ
surface form: Amiga 1000

Commodore Amiga 2000 ⓘ
surface form: Amiga 2000

Commodore Amiga 500 ⓘ
surface form: Amiga 500

Referenced by (11)

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

Commodore Amiga 1000 → graphicsChip → Denise ⓘ
Commodore Amiga 2000 → graphicsChip → Denise ⓘ
Commodore Amiga 3000 → graphicsChip → Denise ⓘ
Commodore Amiga 500 → graphicsChip → Denise ⓘ
Dee Dee Bridgewater → givenName → Denise ⓘ
Original Chip Set → component → Denise ⓘ
Original Amiga chipset (OCS) → mainComponent → Denise ⓘ
subject surface form: Original Amiga chipset
Original Amiga chipset (OCS) → displayController → Denise ⓘ
subject surface form: Original Amiga chipset
A500 → graphicsCoProcessor → Denise ⓘ
Commodore Amiga 600 → graphicsChip → Denise ⓘ
diving saucer SP-350 Denise → namedAfter → Denise ⓘ
subject surface form: SP-350 Denise