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{{sub-stub}}'''NEC''' (Nippon Electric Company; 日本電気株式会社) are a Japanese electronics firm, specializing in IT services and products. Before its merger with fellow Japanese electronics company Renesas in 2010, it was one of the largest semiconductor companies in the world, ranked #1 from the 1980s to 1991, #2 from 1992 to 1999 (surpassed by Intel), and in the top ten during the 2000s.
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{{sub-stub}}'''NEC''' (Nippon Electric Company; 日本電気株式会社) are a Japanese electronics firm, specializing in IT services and products. Before its merger with fellow Japanese electronics company Renesas in 2010, it was one of the largest semiconductor companies in the world, ranked #1 from the 1980s to 1991, #2 from 1992 to 1999 (surpassed by Intel), and in the top ten during the 2000s. It was responsible for a number of parts used in [[Sega]] console and [[arcade]] hardware.
  
It was responsible for a number of parts used in [[Sega]] console and [[arcade]] hardware. NEC also released the [[PC Engine]]/[[TurboGrafx-16]], a rival to the [[Mega Drive]]. NEC later published video games for Sega consoles.
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NEC had multiple divisions involved with video games: [[NEC Home Electronics]] (produced computers, consoles, and games), [[NEC Avenue]] (produced games) and [[NEC Interchannel]] (produced games).
 
 
NEC's in-house video game development team before the mid-1990s was called [[NEC Avenue]]; this was eventually consolidated with other software developers to form [[NEC Interchannel]]. Their [[NEC Home Electronics]] (日本電気ホームエレクトロニクス) division was also responsible for developing and publishing video games during the NEC Interchannel years.
 
  
 
==Hardware==
 
==Hardware==
===Consoles===
 
* [[PC Engine]]
 
* [[TurboGrafx-16]]
 
 
 
===Processors===
 
===Processors===
 
*780C (version of [[Zilog]] [[Z80]] [https://gamicus.gamepedia.com/Central_processing_unit CPU] used in [[Sega Master System]])
 
*780C (version of [[Zilog]] [[Z80]] [https://gamicus.gamepedia.com/Central_processing_unit CPU] used in [[Sega Master System]])
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*[[:File:UPD432232 datasheet.pdf|µPD432232]] ([[SRAM|Syncronous SRAM]] used in [[Sega Hikaru]])
 
*[[:File:UPD432232 datasheet.pdf|µPD432232]] ([[SRAM|Syncronous SRAM]] used in [[Sega Hikaru]])
 
*[[:File:UPD4564323 datasheet.pdf|µPD4564323]] (SDRAM used in [[Sega NAOMI 2]])
 
*[[:File:UPD4564323 datasheet.pdf|µPD4564323]] (SDRAM used in [[Sega NAOMI 2]])
 
==Third-party games for NEC consoles==
 
[[NEC Avenue]], [[Asmik]], and [[Nihon Telenet]] published Sega-related titles for NEC consoles.
 
*''[[Fantasy Zone]]'' (1988; [[NEC Avenue]])
 
*''[[Space Harrier]]'' (1988; NEC Avenue)
 
*''[[Altered Beast|Juuouki]]'' (1989; NEC Avenue)
 
*''[[Shinobi]]'' (1989; [[Asmik]])
 
*''[[Golden Axe]]'' (1990; [[Nihon Telenet]])
 
*''[[Power Drift]]'' (1990; Asmik)
 
*''[[After Burner II]]'' (1990; NEC Avenue)
 
*''[[Thunder Blade]]'' (1990; NEC Avenue)
 
*''[[OutRun]]'' (1990; NEC Avenue)
 
*''[[Columns]]'' (1991; Nihon Telenet)
 
*''[[Bonanza Bros.]]'' (1992; NEC Avenue)
 
*''[[Gain Ground]]'' (1992; NEC Avenue)
 
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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NEC
Founded: 1899-07-17
Merged with: Renesas Electronics
Headquarters:
Tokyo, Japan
401 Ellis Street, Mountain View, California 94039, United States[1]

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NEC (Nippon Electric Company; 日本電気株式会社) are a Japanese electronics firm, specializing in IT services and products. Before its merger with fellow Japanese electronics company Renesas in 2010, it was one of the largest semiconductor companies in the world, ranked #1 from the 1980s to 1991, #2 from 1992 to 1999 (surpassed by Intel), and in the top ten during the 2000s. It was responsible for a number of parts used in Sega console and arcade hardware.

NEC had multiple divisions involved with video games: NEC Home Electronics (produced computers, consoles, and games), NEC Avenue (produced games) and NEC Interchannel (produced games).

Hardware

Processors

RAM

References

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