ZX Spectrum Next – Feature List

I’ve been asked more than once if there’s a nice all in one feature list page for the ZXNext, but there isn’t on, so I thought I’d make it….

• Z80 CPU
  • 3.5, 7, 14 and 28Mhz modes
  • <32k Memory delays can be disabled
  • Up to 2MB of RAM supported as standard
  • 8x8k Memory banking via Next Registers
  • Multiple IRQ vector mode supported
  • Custom writable ROMs
  • Custom instructions
    • Faster bitmap rendering
    • ULA screen address calculation/line down instructions
    • Faster Next Register and MMU access
    • customs maths and shifting instructions
• ULA Screen
  • Standard ZX Spectrum ULA screen and shadow screen
  • ULA border
  • Timex Hires Screen
  • Timex High Colour Screen
  • 16 and 256 colour low res modes
  • ULANext mode for variable paper/ink sizes
• Layer 2
  • 256×192, 256 colour screen
  • 320×256, 256 colour screen
  • 640×256, 16 colour screen
  • Palette offset mode
  • Read/Write custom shadow bank mapping modes
• Tilemaps
  • 40×32, 8×8 tilemap screen
  • 80×32, 8×8 tilemap screen
  • 16 colour tilemaps
  • 1 colour tilemap
  • 256 or 512 tilemaps
  • Y,Y mirror and Rotate
  • ULA over tilemap per tile
  • 8 or 16 bit tile modes
• Sprites
  • 128, 16×16 sprites
  • 16 or 256 colour mode
  • 64 or 128 sprites (*based on colour usage)
  • Flip, Mirror and Rotate
  • Palette offset
  • Custom Linkable sprites
  • Up to 100 sprites per scanline
  • Separate Sprite Memory
• Graphics General
  • Custom Layer Ordering
  • 2x Layer blending modes
  • Stencil mode
  • Sprite, ULA, Layer 2 and Tile Map windowing
  • 2xSprite, 2xULA, 2xLayer 2 and 2xTilemap 8 or 9 bit custom palettes
  • ULA, Layer 2 and Tile Map hardware smooth scrolling
  • Custom transparency for each layer
  • Raster Interrupts
  • Vertical line offset counter
• DMA
  • Runs at 14Mhz
  • Memory to Memory
  • Memory to Port / Port to Memory
  • Port to Port
  • Increment / Decrement mode
• Copper
  • Amiga style copper
  • 16bit instruction size
  • Wait for Horizontal / Vertical screen position
  • Write to Next registers
  • 2Kbytes in size
• Audio
  • 4 DACs, 2 left, 2 right
  • 3 AY chips giving 9 channels
  • Beeper
• General
  • Joysticks
    • 2 joystick ports
    • Kempston
    • Sinclair
    • Megadrive
    • 6 button Mega drive controller support
  • Kempston Mouse
    • Custom DPI control
  • Timers
    • 4x variable frequency timers
    • Can generate IRQs
    • Can cascade
  • Serial port via front joystick connectors
  • Raspberry Pi serial interface
  • Wifi
  • 2xSD Card interfaces
  • Realtime clock