@tubetime Holy cow, Sony really loves naming things "CX".

@tubetime A DIP packaged version of the Sony Memory Stick. A not well known product of Sony’s failed efforts at global memory and media domination. 🤷‍♂️

@tubetime Don't have a clue, but here's a pinout and block diagram: https://archive.org/details/manual_BVU820P_SM_SONY/page/n295/mode/2up?q=859

@tubetime gonna make an educated guess and say... 64-256kb EEPROM from Fujitsu, rebadged as a Sony with a single-purpose model number for a piece of their hardware.

@tubetime https://crowave.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/thomson_ttv3901p_21.jpg

So old enough to be on the board for a U-matic VCR!

@tubetime This is a custom chip used, for instance, in SONY VO-5850P. Below is an excerpt from the service documentation for VO-5850P:

@tubetime Somehow Sony managed to make even their chips look like designer objects of the 80s. It's beautiful! 😍

@tubetime How is it that Sony can make even their microchips look premium? lol