Zilog Z80
| General information | |
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| Launched | March 1976 |
| Designed by | Federico Faggin, Masatoshi Shima |
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| Performance | |
| Max. CPU clock rate | 2.5, 4, 6, 8 MHz to 10 MHz with CMOS variant up to 20 MHz and binary compatible derivatives (from Zilog) up to 33 and 50 MHz |
| Data width | 8 bits |
| Address width | 16 bits |
| Architecture and classification | |
| Instruction set | Z80[lower-roman 2] |
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The Zilog Z80 is an 8-bit processor that is a software-compatible extension of the Intel 8080. In addition to having a binary compatible ISA to the 8080, the processor offered many different improvements which allowed the Z80 to become the most widely used CPUs in desktop and home computers from the 1970s to the mid-1980s.
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