Intel 8080
microprocessor
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development of microprocessors
- In Intel: Early products
…central processing unit (CPU); the 8080, which was 10 times faster than the 8008, came two years later; and in 1978 the company built its first 16-bit microprocessor, the 8086.
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…versatile instruction set as the 8080.) In 1972 Intel was still a small company, albeit with two new and revolutionary products. But no one—certainly not their inventors—had figured out exactly what to do with Intel’s microprocessors.
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