Tedium looks at why the Z80 CPU has endured for the last 48 years, and what folks will do now that it starts to finally show hints of retirement.
The chip was developed by a bunch of ex-Intel and Fairchild engineers who felt they were being ignored at Intel.
Federico Faggin was a key figure in the development of Intel’s soon-to-be-dominant microprocessor business, but it was a brief moment when Intel took its eye off the ball that led to his creation of the Z80.
In many ways, the Z80 being discontinued by Zilog only serves to highlight the resiliency of the chip.
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