<s>
Panafacom	B-General_Concept
was	O
a	O
Japanese	O
microprocessor	B-Architecture
design	O
firm	O
formed	O
on	O
2	O
July	O
1973	O
by	O
a	O
consortium	O
including	O
Fujitsu	O
,	O
Fuji	O
Electric	O
and	O
Matsushita	O
(	O
Panasonic	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
was	O
formed	O
to	O
design	O
and	O
manufacture	O
the	O
MN1610	O
,	O
a	O
16-bit	B-Device
microprocessor	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
April	O
1975	O
,	O
beating	O
the	O
Texas	B-General_Concept
Instruments	I-General_Concept
TMS9900	I-General_Concept
to	O
become	O
the	O
world	O
's	O
first	O
single-chip	O
16-bit	B-Device
microprocessor	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1987	O
,	O
Panafacom	B-General_Concept
was	O
merged	O
with	O
USAC	O
Electronic	O
Industrial	O
to	O
form	O
today	O
's	O
PFU	O
Limited	O
.	O
</s>
