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Founder
  
Bill Mensch

Founded
  
1978

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Headquarters
  
Mesa, Arizona, United States

The Western Design Center (WDC), located in Mesa, Arizona, USA, is a company developing and manufacturing MOS 65xx-based microprocessors, microcontrollers (µCs), and related support devices. WDC was founded in 1978 by co-holder of the MOS Technology 6502 patent, Bill Mensch, himself a former MOS Technology employee.

In addition to the discrete devices, WDC offers device designs in the form of IP cores to be used inside other chips (such as ASICs), and provides ASIC and embedded systems consulting services revolving around their processor designs. WDC also produces C compilers, assembler/linker packages, simulators, development/evaluation boards, and in-circuit emulators for their processors.

Other

  • The Mensch Computer – A W65C265 and W65C22-based hobbyist experimental computer named after company founder Bill Mensch.
  • References

    Western Design Center Wikipedia