MOS Technology VIC-II

<p>The VIC-II (Video Interface Chip II), specifically known as the <a href="/facts/MOS_Technology/1eKsjBS1">MOS Technology</a> 6567/6566/8562/8564 (<a href="/facts/NTSC/HYWIvxCR">NTSC</a> versions), 6569/8565/8566 (<a href="/facts/PAL/t8TugcxK">PAL</a>), is the <a href="/facts/Integrated_circuit/fjn6vg7C">microchip</a> tasked with generating <a href="/facts/S-Video/shm26vB5">Y/C</a> video signals (combined to <a href="/facts/Composite_video/FIsE6mBz">composite video</a> in the <a href="/facts/RF_modulator/uKpaMvxk">RF modulator</a>) and <a href="/facts/Dynamic_random_access_memory/koI9FGo5">DRAM</a> <a href="/facts/Memory_refresh/Wg1uQekt">refresh</a> signals in the <a href="/facts/Commodore_64/3TPcKDbb">Commodore 64</a> and <a href="/facts/Commodore_128/vKlttwT1">Commodore 128</a> <a href="/facts/Home_computer/CDEPVd1T">home computers</a>.
</p><p>Succeeding the original <a href="/facts/MOS_Technology_VIC/1Gk6QCMW">MOS Technology VIC</a> used in the <a href="/facts/VIC-20/bLE8KkRE">VIC-20</a>, the VIC-II was one of the key custom chips in the Commodore 64 (the other being the <a href="/facts/MOS_Technology_6581/vKQw3Jmt">MOS Technology 6581</a> sound chip).
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MOS Technology VIC-II