AY-3-8912
E533738
AY-3-8912 is a programmable sound generator chip widely used in 1980s home computers and arcade systems to produce multi-voice music and sound effects.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| AY-3-8910 | 1 |
| AY-3-8912 canonical | 1 |
| AY-3-89xx | 1 |
| GI AY-3-8912 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5601714 — 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: AY-3-8912 Context triple: [ZX Spectrum 128, soundChip, AY-3-8912]
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A.
A388
A388 is the ICAO aircraft type designator for the Airbus A380, the world’s largest passenger airliner.
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B.
A5103
A5103 is a primary A-road in Manchester, England, providing a key route between the city centre and the M56 motorway.
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C.
A86
A86 is a major orbital motorway forming part of the ring road system around Paris, France.
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D.
A359
A359 is the ICAO aircraft type designator for the Airbus A350-900, a long-range, wide-body twin-engine jet airliner used primarily for international passenger flights.
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E.
A92
A92 is a major trunk road in eastern Scotland that runs along the coast, connecting several key towns and cities including Dundee and Aberdeen.
- 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: AY-3-8912 Target entity description: AY-3-8912 is a programmable sound generator chip widely used in 1980s home computers and arcade systems to produce multi-voice music and sound effects.
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A.
A388
A388 is the ICAO aircraft type designator for the Airbus A380, the world’s largest passenger airliner.
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B.
A5103
A5103 is a primary A-road in Manchester, England, providing a key route between the city centre and the M56 motorway.
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C.
A86
A86 is a major orbital motorway forming part of the ring road system around Paris, France.
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D.
A359
A359 is the ICAO aircraft type designator for the Airbus A350-900, a long-range, wide-body twin-engine jet airliner used primarily for international passenger flights.
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E.
A92
A92 is a major trunk road in eastern Scotland that runs along the coast, connecting several key towns and cities including Dundee and Aberdeen.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
integrated circuit
ⓘ
programmable sound generator ⓘ sound chip ⓘ |
| audioChannels | 3 ⓘ |
| audioVoices | 3 ⓘ |
| channelMixing | stereo possible via external wiring ⓘ |
| controlInterface | parallel ⓘ |
| dataBusWidth | 8-bit ⓘ |
| designedFor |
arcade systems
ⓘ
home computers ⓘ video game consoles ⓘ |
| envelopeShapes | multiple selectable ⓘ |
| family |
AY-3-89xx
ⓘ
linked to:
AY-3-8912
|
| hasAlternateName |
GI AY-3-8912
ⓘ
linked to:
AY-3-8912
|
| hasClone | Yamaha YM2149F ⓘ |
| hasIOLines | true ⓘ |
| hasNoiseGenerator | pseudo-random noise ⓘ |
| hasRegisters | true ⓘ |
| hasSuccessor | Yamaha YM2149F ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
AY-3-8910
ⓘ
AY-3-8913 ⓘ |
| influenced | later PSG sound chips ⓘ |
| logicFamily | TTL-compatible ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
General Instrument
ⓘ
linked to:
General Instrument Corporation
|
| notableFeature |
3 independent tone generators
ⓘ
integrated noise generator ⓘ programmable envelope control ⓘ |
| numberOfIOLines | 8 ⓘ |
| packageType | DIP ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
music synthesis
ⓘ
sound effects generation ⓘ |
| registerCount | 16 ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1970s ⓘ |
| soundSynthesisType | square wave ⓘ |
| status | discontinued ⓘ |
| supplyVoltage | 5V ⓘ |
| supportsEnvelopeGenerator | true ⓘ |
| supportsNoiseChannel | true ⓘ |
| technology | NMOS ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Amstrad CPC
ⓘ
MSX computers ⓘ Oric Atmos ⓘ
linked to:
Oric
ZX Spectrum +2 ⓘ
linked to:
ZX Spectrum
ZX Spectrum +3 ⓘ
linked to:
ZX Spectrum
ZX Spectrum 128K ⓘ
linked to:
ZX Spectrum
arcade game boards ⓘ pinball machines ⓘ |
| usedInDecade | 1980s ⓘ |
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: AY-3-8912 Description of subject: AY-3-8912 is a programmable sound generator chip widely used in 1980s home computers and arcade systems to produce multi-voice music and sound effects.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
ZX Spectrum
linked to: AY-3-8912
subject linked to:
Yamaha YM2149 (as more advanced PSG in some systems)
linked to: AY-3-8912