Alice

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Alice is a Direct Memory Access (DMA) controller used in Commodore's Amiga AGA chipset generation to handle high-speed data transfers between memory and peripherals.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf DMA controller
custom chip
alternativeName AGA DMA controller
linked to: Amiga AGA chipset
belongsToFamily Amiga custom chips
connectsMemoryAnd peripherals
controls audio DMA channels
bitplane DMA channels
blitter DMA channels
copper DMA channels
refresh cycles for chip RAM
sprite DMA channels
coordinatesWith Gayle
Lisa
Paula
designedBy Commodore engineering team
designedFor Motorola 68020-based Amiga systems
generation AGA
handles Direct Memory Access
high-speed data transfers
hardwareGeneration third-generation Amiga chipset (AGA)
hasFunction offload CPU from bulk data movement
introducedIn early 1990s
manages bus arbitration
memory access timing
manufacturer Commodore
operatesOn chip RAM
optimizedFor multimedia workloads
partOf Amiga AGA chipset
Commodore Amiga architecture
linked to: Amiga
platform AmigaOS-based systems
predecessorInLineage Enhanced Chip Set Agnus
Original Chip Set Agnus
linked to: Original Chip Set
primaryBus Amiga chip bus
regionOfUse home computers
replaces Agnus in AGA systems
role central DMA arbiter
successorOf Agnus
supports 32-bit memory addressing (with limitations)
blitter operations
copper instruction fetching
technologyNode VLSI custom ASIC
usedFor audio data transfers
graphics data transfers
system DMA operations
usedIn Amiga 1200
Amiga 4000
Amiga 4000T

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