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[[FILE:FWE_k.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=http://www.robotrontechnik.de/index.htm?/html/standorte/mme.htm| Funkwerk Erfurt <ref>[http://www.robotrontechnik.de/index.htm?/html/standorte/mme.htm VEB Mikroelektronik „Karl Marx“ Erfurt] (German)</ref> ]]
'''VEB Mikroelektronik „Karl Marx“ Erfurt''',<br/>
prior to 1983 labeled the ''VEB Funkwerk Erfurt'', was a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkseigener_Betrieb people-owned enterprise] (Volkseigener Betrieb, VEB) manufacturing [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microelectronics microelectronics] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiconductor_device semiconductor devices], located in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erfurt Erfurt], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Germany East Germany] at that time <ref>[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kombinat_Mikroelektronik_Erfurt Kombinat Mikroelektronik Erfurt from Wikipedia.de] (German)</ref> <ref>[http://www.robotrontechnik.de/index.htm?/html/standorte/kme.htm VEB Kombinat Mikroelektronik „Karl Marx“ Erfurt] (German)</ref>, and head of the correspondent ''VEB Kombinat Mikroelektronik „[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Marx Karl Marx]“ Erfurt'' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combine_%28enterprise%29 combine] producing under the trademark [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rundfunk-_und_Fernmelde-Technik Rundfunk- und Fernmelde-Technik (RFT)] <ref>[http://www.kytelabs.de/charts/semi/quellen.html Semiconductor Charts - Manufacturers and References] by Franz Hamberger</ref>. ''Funkwerk Erfurt'' emerged from a former [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telefunken Telefunken] facility during the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_East_Germany#Political_developments Socialization in East Germany] in 1948. After the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Wende Wende] in 1990 it successively evolved to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Fab X-FAB Silicon Foundries].
=Chess Computers=
In the 80s ''VEB Funkwerk Erfurt'' and ''VEB Mikroelektronik Erfurt'' manufactured various [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computers]] based on their own produced [[Z80]] clone [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U880 U880] <ref>[http://www.robotrontechnik.de/index.htm?/html/komponenten/ic.htm#u880 Integrierte Schaltkreise - Prozessor U880] from [http://www.robotrontechnik.de/index.htm?/html/internes/haupt_en.htm robotrontechnik.de] (German)</ref> <ref>[http://www.z1013.de/u880_befehle.html Der Befehlssatz des U880]</ref>, notably the [[SC 1]] and [[SC 2]], which in turn were [[Clones|clones]] <ref>[http://www.robotrontechnik.de/index.htm?/html/software/software.htm Copyright und illegal genutzte westliche Software] from [http://www.robotrontechnik.de/index.htm?/html/internes/haupt_en.htm robotrontechnik.de] (German)</ref> of [[Ron Nelson|Ron Nelson's]] [[Chess Challenger]] programs, manufactured by [[Fidelity Electronics]], and since 1983/84 the [[Chess-Master]] models with programs written by [[Dieter Schultze]], [[Rüdiger Worbs]] and [[Wolfgang Pähtz]].
=Photos=
==Erfurt Computer Chess Team==
[[FILE:Rft_programmierer.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|640px|link=http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/VEB_Mikroelektronik_Erfurt]]
Erfurt computer chess team in 1983, programmer [[Rüdiger Worbs]], project leader Holger Faltermeier<br/>and chess consultant IM (Bernd ?) Stein <ref>[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/VEB_Mikroelektronik_Erfurt VEB Mikroelektronik Erfurt] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info - Wiki] (German)</ref>
==Honorary names==
were frequently added to the VEB actual names. VEB Mikroelektronik ...
{|
|-
| [[FILE:Karl Marx 001.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|x432px]]
| [[FILE:Fotothek df roe-neg 0002793 004 Portrait Wilhelm Piecks im Publikum der Bachfeier.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|x432px]]
|-
| ... „[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Marx Karl Marx]“ <ref>[http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=83456 The chess games of Karl Marx chessgames.com]</ref> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erfurt Erfurt]
| ... „[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Pieck Wilhelm Pieck]“ [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BChlhausen Mühlhausen] <ref>[http://www.robotrontechnik.de/index.htm?/html/standorte/mpm.htm VEB Mikroelektronik „Wilhelm Pieck“ Mühlhausen] (German)</ref>
|}
==U80701==
[[FILE:HonecckerU80701 14081989.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|640px|link=http://www.robotron-vax.de/U80701/U80701.htm]]
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_Honecker Erich Honecker] receives the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U80701 U80701], developed by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_engineering reverse engineering] the [[VAX#MicroVAX|MicroVAX 78032]],<br/>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist_Unity_Party_of_Germany SED] central committee, August 14, 1989 <ref>[http://www.robotron-vax.de/U80701/U80701.htm Bilder von der Übergabe des 32-Bit-Mikroprozessors U80701 an Erich Honecker im ZK der SED, 14. August 1989], Quelle [http://www.bild.bundesarchiv.de/ Das Digitale Bildarchiv des Bundesarchivs]</ref>
=Publications=
* [[Dieter Schultze]], [[Rüdiger Worbs]] ('''1986'''). ''Schachcomputer Chess-Master CM'', rfe, H1, S 19-21 <ref>[http://www.robotron-net.de/sonstiges.html#CM OEM und Sonstiges - Schachcomputer "ChessMaster"] from [http://www.robotron-net.de/ Robotron-net.de] (German)</ref>
* [[Christian Posthoff]], [[Günter Reinemann]] ('''1987'''). ''Computerschach - Schachcomputer''. Berlin: Akademie-Verl., ISBN-13: 978-3055002281, with cooperation of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainer_Knaak Rainer Knaak], [[Michael Schlosser]], [[Rainer Staudte]], [[Rüdiger Worbs]]
* Rainer Hinkeldein, [[Rüdiger Worbs]] ('''1988'''). ''Schachcomputer Chess-Master Diamond'', rfe, H5, S 316-312
* [[Karsten Bauermeister]] ('''1999'''). ''Deutsch-Deutsche Geschichte(n)''. [[Computerschach und Spiele]]. No. 5, October-November 1999, pp 32-33 (German)
=External Links=
* [http://www.spacious-mind.com/html/rft_veb_erfurt.html Rft/VEB Erfurt Electronic Chess Computers] from [[The Spacious Mind]]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kombinat_Mikroelektronik_Erfurt Kombinat Mikroelektronik Erfurt from Wikipedia]
* [https://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/VEB_Mikroelektronik_Erfurt VEB Mikroelektronik Erfurt] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info - Wiki] (German)
* [https://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Schachcomputer_in_der_DDR Schachcomputer in der DDR from Wikipedia.de] (German)
* [http://www.robotrontechnik.de/index.htm?/html/standorte/standorte.htm Standorte von DDR-Computertechnik] from [http://www.robotrontechnik.de/index.htm?/html/internes/haupt_en.htm robotrontechnik.de] (German) <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VEB_Robotron VEB Robotron from Wikipedia]</ref>
: [http://www.robotrontechnik.de/index.htm?/html/standorte/kme.htm VEB Kombinat Mikroelektronik "Karl Marx" Erfurt] (German)
: [http://www.robotrontechnik.de/index.htm?/html/standorte/mme.htm VEB Mikroelektronik „Karl Marx“ Erfurt] (German)
: [http://www.robotrontechnik.de/index.htm?/html/standorte/mpm.htm VEB Mikroelektronik „Wilhelm Pieck“ Mühlhausen] (German)
* [http://www.robotrontechnik.de/index.htm?/html/komponenten/ic.htm#u880 Integrierte Schaltkreise - Prozessor U880] from [http://www.robotrontechnik.de/index.htm?/html/internes/haupt_en.htm robotrontechnik.de] (German)
* [http://www.robotrontechnik.de/index.htm?/html/computer/schach.htm Schachcomputer] from [http://www.robotrontechnik.de/index.htm?/html/internes/haupt_en.htm robotrontechnik.de] (German)
* [http://www.robotron-net.de/sonstiges.html OEM und Sonstiges] from [http://www.robotron-net.de/ Robotron-net.de] (German)
* [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mikroelektronik Mikroelektronik - Wikimedia Commons]
* [http://waste.informatik.hu-berlin.de/diplom/robotron/studienarbeit/files/hardware/hardware.html Robotron - Hardwareüberblick]
=References=
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[[FILE:FWE_k.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=http://www.robotrontechnik.de/index.htm?/html/standorte/mme.htm| Funkwerk Erfurt <ref>[http://www.robotrontechnik.de/index.htm?/html/standorte/mme.htm VEB Mikroelektronik „Karl Marx“ Erfurt] (German)</ref> ]]
'''VEB Mikroelektronik „Karl Marx“ Erfurt''',<br/>
prior to 1983 labeled the ''VEB Funkwerk Erfurt'', was a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkseigener_Betrieb people-owned enterprise] (Volkseigener Betrieb, VEB) manufacturing [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microelectronics microelectronics] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiconductor_device semiconductor devices], located in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erfurt Erfurt], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Germany East Germany] at that time <ref>[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kombinat_Mikroelektronik_Erfurt Kombinat Mikroelektronik Erfurt from Wikipedia.de] (German)</ref> <ref>[http://www.robotrontechnik.de/index.htm?/html/standorte/kme.htm VEB Kombinat Mikroelektronik „Karl Marx“ Erfurt] (German)</ref>, and head of the correspondent ''VEB Kombinat Mikroelektronik „[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Marx Karl Marx]“ Erfurt'' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combine_%28enterprise%29 combine] producing under the trademark [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rundfunk-_und_Fernmelde-Technik Rundfunk- und Fernmelde-Technik (RFT)] <ref>[http://www.kytelabs.de/charts/semi/quellen.html Semiconductor Charts - Manufacturers and References] by Franz Hamberger</ref>. ''Funkwerk Erfurt'' emerged from a former [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telefunken Telefunken] facility during the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_East_Germany#Political_developments Socialization in East Germany] in 1948. After the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Wende Wende] in 1990 it successively evolved to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Fab X-FAB Silicon Foundries].
=Chess Computers=
In the 80s ''VEB Funkwerk Erfurt'' and ''VEB Mikroelektronik Erfurt'' manufactured various [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computers]] based on their own produced [[Z80]] clone [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U880 U880] <ref>[http://www.robotrontechnik.de/index.htm?/html/komponenten/ic.htm#u880 Integrierte Schaltkreise - Prozessor U880] from [http://www.robotrontechnik.de/index.htm?/html/internes/haupt_en.htm robotrontechnik.de] (German)</ref> <ref>[http://www.z1013.de/u880_befehle.html Der Befehlssatz des U880]</ref>, notably the [[SC 1]] and [[SC 2]], which in turn were [[Clones|clones]] <ref>[http://www.robotrontechnik.de/index.htm?/html/software/software.htm Copyright und illegal genutzte westliche Software] from [http://www.robotrontechnik.de/index.htm?/html/internes/haupt_en.htm robotrontechnik.de] (German)</ref> of [[Ron Nelson|Ron Nelson's]] [[Chess Challenger]] programs, manufactured by [[Fidelity Electronics]], and since 1983/84 the [[Chess-Master]] models with programs written by [[Dieter Schultze]], [[Rüdiger Worbs]] and [[Wolfgang Pähtz]].
=Photos=
==Erfurt Computer Chess Team==
[[FILE:Rft_programmierer.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|640px|link=http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/VEB_Mikroelektronik_Erfurt]]
Erfurt computer chess team in 1983, programmer [[Rüdiger Worbs]], project leader Holger Faltermeier<br/>and chess consultant IM (Bernd ?) Stein <ref>[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/VEB_Mikroelektronik_Erfurt VEB Mikroelektronik Erfurt] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info - Wiki] (German)</ref>
==Honorary names==
were frequently added to the VEB actual names. VEB Mikroelektronik ...
{|
|-
| [[FILE:Karl Marx 001.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|x432px]]
| [[FILE:Fotothek df roe-neg 0002793 004 Portrait Wilhelm Piecks im Publikum der Bachfeier.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|x432px]]
|-
| ... „[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Marx Karl Marx]“ <ref>[http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=83456 The chess games of Karl Marx chessgames.com]</ref> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erfurt Erfurt]
| ... „[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Pieck Wilhelm Pieck]“ [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BChlhausen Mühlhausen] <ref>[http://www.robotrontechnik.de/index.htm?/html/standorte/mpm.htm VEB Mikroelektronik „Wilhelm Pieck“ Mühlhausen] (German)</ref>
|}
==U80701==
[[FILE:HonecckerU80701 14081989.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|640px|link=http://www.robotron-vax.de/U80701/U80701.htm]]
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_Honecker Erich Honecker] receives the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U80701 U80701], developed by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_engineering reverse engineering] the [[VAX#MicroVAX|MicroVAX 78032]],<br/>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist_Unity_Party_of_Germany SED] central committee, August 14, 1989 <ref>[http://www.robotron-vax.de/U80701/U80701.htm Bilder von der Übergabe des 32-Bit-Mikroprozessors U80701 an Erich Honecker im ZK der SED, 14. August 1989], Quelle [http://www.bild.bundesarchiv.de/ Das Digitale Bildarchiv des Bundesarchivs]</ref>
=Publications=
* [[Dieter Schultze]], [[Rüdiger Worbs]] ('''1986'''). ''Schachcomputer Chess-Master CM'', rfe, H1, S 19-21 <ref>[http://www.robotron-net.de/sonstiges.html#CM OEM und Sonstiges - Schachcomputer "ChessMaster"] from [http://www.robotron-net.de/ Robotron-net.de] (German)</ref>
* [[Christian Posthoff]], [[Günter Reinemann]] ('''1987'''). ''Computerschach - Schachcomputer''. Berlin: Akademie-Verl., ISBN-13: 978-3055002281, with cooperation of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainer_Knaak Rainer Knaak], [[Michael Schlosser]], [[Rainer Staudte]], [[Rüdiger Worbs]]
* Rainer Hinkeldein, [[Rüdiger Worbs]] ('''1988'''). ''Schachcomputer Chess-Master Diamond'', rfe, H5, S 316-312
* [[Karsten Bauermeister]] ('''1999'''). ''Deutsch-Deutsche Geschichte(n)''. [[Computerschach und Spiele]]. No. 5, October-November 1999, pp 32-33 (German)
=External Links=
* [http://www.spacious-mind.com/html/rft_veb_erfurt.html Rft/VEB Erfurt Electronic Chess Computers] from [[The Spacious Mind]]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kombinat_Mikroelektronik_Erfurt Kombinat Mikroelektronik Erfurt from Wikipedia]
* [https://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/VEB_Mikroelektronik_Erfurt VEB Mikroelektronik Erfurt] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info - Wiki] (German)
* [https://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Schachcomputer_in_der_DDR Schachcomputer in der DDR from Wikipedia.de] (German)
* [http://www.robotrontechnik.de/index.htm?/html/standorte/standorte.htm Standorte von DDR-Computertechnik] from [http://www.robotrontechnik.de/index.htm?/html/internes/haupt_en.htm robotrontechnik.de] (German) <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VEB_Robotron VEB Robotron from Wikipedia]</ref>
: [http://www.robotrontechnik.de/index.htm?/html/standorte/kme.htm VEB Kombinat Mikroelektronik "Karl Marx" Erfurt] (German)
: [http://www.robotrontechnik.de/index.htm?/html/standorte/mme.htm VEB Mikroelektronik „Karl Marx“ Erfurt] (German)
: [http://www.robotrontechnik.de/index.htm?/html/standorte/mpm.htm VEB Mikroelektronik „Wilhelm Pieck“ Mühlhausen] (German)
* [http://www.robotrontechnik.de/index.htm?/html/komponenten/ic.htm#u880 Integrierte Schaltkreise - Prozessor U880] from [http://www.robotrontechnik.de/index.htm?/html/internes/haupt_en.htm robotrontechnik.de] (German)
* [http://www.robotrontechnik.de/index.htm?/html/computer/schach.htm Schachcomputer] from [http://www.robotrontechnik.de/index.htm?/html/internes/haupt_en.htm robotrontechnik.de] (German)
* [http://www.robotron-net.de/sonstiges.html OEM und Sonstiges] from [http://www.robotron-net.de/ Robotron-net.de] (German)
* [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mikroelektronik Mikroelektronik - Wikimedia Commons]
* [http://waste.informatik.hu-berlin.de/diplom/robotron/studienarbeit/files/hardware/hardware.html Robotron - Hardwareüberblick]
=References=
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