MOS Technology
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MOS Technology was an American semiconductor company best known for designing the influential 6502 microprocessor used in many early home computers and game consoles.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MOS Technology canonical | 2 |
| MOS technology | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8551831 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MOS Technology Context triple: [Commodore International, owned, MOS Technology]
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A.
Zilog
Zilog is an American microprocessor company best known for creating the influential Z80 CPU, widely used in early personal computers and embedded systems.
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B.
MOS Technology 6502
The MOS Technology 6502 is an influential 8-bit microprocessor introduced in the mid-1970s that powered many early personal computers and game consoles, including the Apple II, Commodore 64, and Nintendo Entertainment System.
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C.
Signetics
Signetics was an early integrated circuit and semiconductor manufacturer that became known for pioneering memory and logic chips before being acquired by Philips.
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D.
Busicom
Busicom was a Japanese calculator and electronics company best known for commissioning the Intel 4004, the first commercial microprocessor.
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E.
Commodore International
Commodore International was a pioneering computer and electronics company best known for creating popular home computers like the Commodore 64 and the Amiga line.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MOS Technology Target entity description: MOS Technology was an American semiconductor company best known for designing the influential 6502 microprocessor used in many early home computers and game consoles.
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A.
Zilog
Zilog is an American microprocessor company best known for creating the influential Z80 CPU, widely used in early personal computers and embedded systems.
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B.
MOS Technology 6502
The MOS Technology 6502 is an influential 8-bit microprocessor introduced in the mid-1970s that powered many early personal computers and game consoles, including the Apple II, Commodore 64, and Nintendo Entertainment System.
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C.
Signetics
Signetics was an early integrated circuit and semiconductor manufacturer that became known for pioneering memory and logic chips before being acquired by Philips.
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D.
Busicom
Busicom was a Japanese calculator and electronics company best known for commissioning the Intel 4004, the first commercial microprocessor.
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E.
Commodore International
Commodore International was a pioneering computer and electronics company best known for creating popular home computers like the Commodore 64 and the Amiga line.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
microprocessor manufacturer
ⓘ
semiconductor company ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | Commodore International NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| acquisitionYear | 1976 ⓘ |
| architecture | 6502 family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| designed |
MOS Technology 6502
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
MOS Technology 6507 NERFINISHED ⓘ MOS Technology 6510 NERFINISHED ⓘ MOS Technology 6522 VIA NERFINISHED ⓘ MOS Technology 6532 RIOT NERFINISHED ⓘ MOS Technology 6581 SID NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedBy | Chuck Peddle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
1970s
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1980s ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Allen-Bradley employees ⓘ |
| foundedIn | 1969 ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Norristown, Pennsylvania
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Valley Forge, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| industry | semiconductors ⓘ |
| keyPerson |
Bill Mensch
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chuck Peddle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
designing the 6502 microprocessor
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supplying chips for video game consoles ⓘ supplying low‑cost microprocessors for home computers ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
helped enable affordable home computers
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introduced low‑cost 8‑bit microprocessors ⓘ |
| notableProduct |
MOS Technology 6502
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
MOS Technology 6507 NERFINISHED ⓘ MOS Technology 6510 NERFINISHED ⓘ MOS Technology 6522 VIA NERFINISHED ⓘ MOS Technology 6532 RIOT NERFINISHED ⓘ MOS Technology 6581 SID NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentCompany | Commodore International NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productType |
custom ICs
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microprocessors ⓘ support chips ⓘ |
| regionServed | worldwide ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| successor | Commodore Semiconductor Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| suppliedMicroprocessorFor |
Apple I
NERFINISHED
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Apple II NERFINISHED ⓘ Atari 2600 NERFINISHED ⓘ Commodore 64 NERFINISHED ⓘ Commodore PET NERFINISHED ⓘ Commodore VIC‑20 NERFINISHED ⓘ Nintendo Entertainment System (via 6502‑derived CPU) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| technology | NMOS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: MOS Technology Description of subject: MOS Technology was an American semiconductor company best known for designing the influential 6502 microprocessor used in many early home computers and game consoles.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
MOS technology