Paula

E230344
I/O coprocessor audio coprocessor custom chip

Paula is the custom audio and I/O coprocessor used in Commodore Amiga computers, responsible for sound generation and handling certain input/output functions.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Paula canonical 15
Paula chip 2

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf I/O coprocessor ⓘ
audio coprocessor ⓘ
custom chip ⓘ
architecture custom LSI chip ⓘ
audioChannelsConfiguration 2 stereo pairs ⓘ
audioChannelsType PCM ⓘ
designedFor Amiga ⓘ
surface form: Commodore Amiga computers
family Amiga custom chips ⓘ
handles audio channel data pointers ⓘ
audio channel period control ⓘ
audio channel volume control ⓘ
hasNumberOfAudioChannels 4 ⓘ
introducedWith Commodore Amiga 1000 ⓘ
surface form: original Amiga 1000
manufacturer Commodore ⓘ
namedAfter female given name Paula ⓘ
partOf Original Amiga chipset (OCS) ⓘ
surface form: Amiga Original Chip Set
provides disk DMA channels ⓘ
interrupt request lines ⓘ
serial data receive ⓘ
serial data transmit ⓘ
responsibleFor audio DMA ⓘ
audio playback ⓘ
disk I/O ⓘ
floppy disk controller functions ⓘ
interrupt control ⓘ
joystick input handling ⓘ
mouse input handling ⓘ
serial port I/O ⓘ
sound generation ⓘ
successorFunctionallyReplacedBy Paula-compatible audio in later Amiga-derived systems ⓘ
supports 8-bit audio samples ⓘ
DMA-based audio playback ⓘ
variable sample rates ⓘ
usedFor game sound effects on Amiga ⓘ
mod tracker playback ⓘ
music playback on Amiga ⓘ
usedIn Commodore Amiga 1000 ⓘ
surface form: Amiga 1000

Commodore Amiga 2000 ⓘ
surface form: Amiga 2000

Commodore Amiga 3000 ⓘ
surface form: Amiga 3000

Commodore Amiga 4000 ⓘ
surface form: Amiga 4000

Commodore Amiga 500 ⓘ
surface form: Amiga 500
worksWith Agnus ⓘ
Denise ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

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

Commodore Amiga 1000 → iOChip → Paula ⓘ
Commodore Amiga 1000 → soundChip → Paula ⓘ
Commodore Amiga 2000 → soundChip → Paula ⓘ
Commodore Amiga 3000 → audioChip → Paula ⓘ
Commodore Amiga 4000 → soundChip → Paula ⓘ
Commodore Amiga 500 → iOChip → Paula ⓘ
Commodore Amiga 500 → soundChip → Paula ⓘ
Original Chip Set → component → Paula ⓘ
Original Amiga chipset (OCS) → mainComponent → Paula ⓘ
subject surface form: Original Amiga chipset
Original Amiga chipset (OCS) → audioController → Paula ⓘ
subject surface form: Original Amiga chipset
AGA → chipsetComponent → Paula ⓘ
Advanced Graphics Architecture → component → Paula ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paula chip
AGA chipset generation → component → Paula ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paula chip
AGA chipset generation → audioChip → Paula ⓘ
A500 → soundChip → Paula ⓘ
Commodore Amiga 600 → soundChip → Paula ⓘ
Commodore Amiga 1200 → audioChip → Paula ⓘ