Background Information
WDC Founded
by William D. Mensch, Jr. (1978)
68xx Inventor (1971-74)
65xx Inventor (1974-77)
WDC
- Privately Held
- Debt Free
- Highly Profitable
Firsts
- Calculator IP Provider (1978)
> Commodore
- 8-bit Microprocessor IP
Provider (1981, W65C02)
> GTE, Rockwell, NCR, Ricoh, Sanyo,
GI, Others
- 16-bit Microprocessor IP
Provider (1984, W65C816)
> GTE, Ricoh, Sanyo, Others
- MPU Fabless Semiconductor
Company (1985)
> Apple