Panafacom (original) (raw)

Panafacom was a Japanese microprocessor design firm formed on 2 July 1973 by a consortium including Fujitsu, Fuji Electric and Matsushita (Panasonic). The company was formed to design and manufacture the MN1610, a 16-bit microprocessor. It was released in April 1975, beating the Texas Instruments TMS9900 to become the world's first single-chip 16-bit microprocessor. The design saw relatively little use and remains largely unknown in the computer field. In 1987, Panafacom was merged with to form today's PFU Limited.