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-[* black] The largest chips are MOS Technology's 6507 CPU and 6532 ***R***am-***I/O***-***T***imer (RIOT) chips. By the current revision, they were manufactured by Motorola and Synertec, respectively.
+[* black] The top two chips are the 6532 ***R***am-***I/O***-***T***imer (RIOT) chip and MOS Technology's 6507 CPU (a slimmer version of the more popular 6502). By the current revision, they were manufactured by Synertek and Rockwell, respectively.
[* black] Atari's custom chip, the ***T***elevision ***I***nterface ***A***dapter ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_Interface_Adapter|TIA]) is the moneymaker of the 2600, as it allowed for multiple colors, increased graphic capabilities, and sound.
- [* black] Because memory was so expensive during the 2600's design, the video processor has no external RAM. As a result the Atari can only generate one line of video at a time.
+ [* black] Because memory was so expensive during the 2600's design, the video processor has no external RAM. As a result the CPU must send video data to the TIA one line of video at a time.
[* black] There are six components of video that the TIA can create: The playing field, Two sprites (8 pixel lines), a "ball" (single pixel), and two "missiles" (two pixel lines). Combinations of these elements allowed for the complex video games witnessed in the 2600.