The Intersil 82C59A is a high performance CMOS Priority Interrupt Controller manufactured using an advanced 2µm CMOS process. The 82C59A is designed to relieve the system CPU from the task of polling in a multilevel priority system. The high speed and industry standard configuration of the 82C59A make it compatible with microprocessors such as 80C286, 80286, 80C86/88, 8086/88, 8080/85 and NSC800.
Features
• Pb-Free Plus Anneal Available (RoHS Compliant)
• 12.5MHz, 8MHz and 5MHz Versions Available
• High Speed, “No Wait-State” Operation with 12.5MHz 80C286 and 8MHz 80C86/88
• Pin Compatible with NMOS 8259A
• 80C86/88/286 and 8080/85/86/88/286 Compatible
• Eight-Level Priority Controller, Expandable to 64 Levels
