• The AL1 was an early 8-bit microprocessor designed by Four-Phase Systems and first run in April 1969. It is the first single-chip central processing unit...
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    Four-Phase Systems, Inc., was a computer company, founded by Lee Boysel and others, which built one of the earliest computers using semiconductor main...
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    a system, all three phases will have the same magnitude of voltage relative to the neutral. Other non-symmetrical systems have been used. The four-wire...
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  • "Use four-phase MOS IC logic" in Electronic Design magazine. In the same year, Cohen, Rubenstein, and Wanlass published "MTOS four phase clock systems."...
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    1969 Busicom design). Arguably, Four-Phase Systems AL1 microprocessor was also delivered in 1969. The Four-Phase Systems AL1 was an 8-bit bit slice chip...
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    conductor. Early systems used 4 wire two-phase with a 90° phase angle, but modern systems almost universally use three-phase voltage, with a phase angle of 120°...
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  • qualifying phase and play-off round will begin on 10 July and end on 28 August 2025. A total of 53 teams will compete in the qualifying system, which includes...
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    computer processor system could be contained on several MOS LSI chips. The first multi-chip microprocessors, the Four-Phase Systems AL1 in 1969 and the...
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  • research Phase 4 Films, a Canadian film distribution company Phase 4 Stereo, record label and recording process Four-Phase Systems, a computer company Four-phase...
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    two-phase machines. Three-phase systems eventually replaced the original two-phase power systems for power transmission and utilization. Active two-phase...
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  • Fairchild 3800 / 3804 8-bit ALUs. Boysel designed the Four-Phase Systems AL1. He founded Four-Phase Systems to commercialize the technology, and sold the company...
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    Prior to its construction, the land was occupied by the company Four-Phase Systems (later acquired by Motorola). The campus was originally used exclusively...
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    single MOS LSI chip. The earliest multi-chip microprocessors were the Four-Phase Systems AL1 in 1969 and Garrett AiResearch MP944 in 1970, each using several...
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  • Convergent Technologies (category Defunct computer systems companies)
    resold by other manufacturers such as ADP, AT&T, Burroughs/Unisys, Four-Phase Systems, Gould Electronics, Mohawk Data Sciences, NCR, and Prime Computer...
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    Contrast-detection autofocus systems such as those used in Micro Four Thirds cameras were initially slower than the phase-detection systems used in DSLRs. Note...
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  • intercept point in electrical systems. Four-wave mixing can be compared to the intermodulation distortion in standard electrical systems. It is a parametric nonlinear...
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  • Trochlear nerve, the fourth cranial nerve 4 (number) in Roman numerals Four-Phase Systems, a computer company whose logo was a stylized "IV" International Viewpoint...
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    League System, see the English football league system. The system underwent a rearrangement from 2004 to 2008 and was rearranged again in 2018. Phase one...
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  • qualifying phase and play-off round will begin on 8 July and end on 27 August 2025. A total of 53 teams will compete in the qualifying system of the 2025–26...
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    will automatically qualify for the 2026–27 UEFA Champions League league phase, the 2026 FIFA Intercontinental Cup finals, the 2029 FIFA Club World Cup...
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    League league phase, and the new format does not allow clubs to transfer from the Champions League into the Europa League from the league phase onwards. A...
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  • qualifying phase and play-off round will begin on 10 July and end on 28 August 2025. A total of 155 teams will compete in the qualifying system of the 2025–26...
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  • under a non-disclosure agreement. Unlike older single-lens reflex (SLR) systems, Four Thirds was designed from the start for digital cameras. Many lenses...
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  • thermodynamics, the phase rule is a general principle governing multi-component, multi-phase systems in thermodynamic equilibrium. For a system without chemical...
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    slice arithmetic logic unit with registers. Four-Phase did not sell the AL1 individually but as part of a system combining three of these 8-bit AL1 chips...
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  • AL1 may refer to: Four-Phase Systems AL1, 8-bit integrated circuit of an arithmetic logic unit and registers made by Four-Phase Systems in 1969 AL1, original...
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    In electrical engineering, three-phase electric power systems have at least three conductors carrying alternating voltages that are offset in time by one-third...
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  • common usage, the four major phases are the new moon, the first quarter, the full moon and the last quarter; the four minor phases are waxing crescent...
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  • sexual response cycle model. The excitement phase (also known as the arousal phase or initial excitement phase) is the first stage of the human sexual response...
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  • 4-bit computing (redirect from Four-bit)
    four bits. Intel 4004 (first 4-bit microprocessor from 1971, though Four-Phase Systems AL1 from 1969 is older, discontinued 1981) Intel 4040 (discontinued...
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