The Zilog Z80 is an 8-bit microprocessor that first hit the market in the 1970s. It was the beating heart of classic computers like the Sinclair ZX Spectrum and the TRS-80, as well as game consoles ...

As of June 2024, the venerable Z80 microprocessor, released by Zilog in 1976, will no longer be available as a standalone part. Despite the many evolutions and revolutions in the engineering industry, ...

Why it matters: Zilog is retiring the Z80 after 48 years on the market. Originally developed as a project stemming from the Intel 8080, it eventually rose to become one of the most popular and widely ...

The news makes nerds wistful: production of the Z80 processor, one of the most versatile 8-bit processors ever, is being discontinued after almost 48 years. The manufacturer announced the end of ...

So, I'm curious about the Intel aspect of this. . . The 8-bit Z80 microprocessor was designed in 1974 by Federico Faggin as a binary-compatible, improved version of the Intel 8080 with a higher clock ...

The Zilog Z80 microprocessor is an 8-bit chip that was first released in the 1970s and used in a variety of classic computers and game consoles including the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, TRS-80, and Sega ...

[Plasmode] has created several Z80-compatible board designs, at least four of them using the oddball Z280. The Z280 was a special variant of a Z80 that could bootstrap itself with no external PROM, ...

Zilog was founded by Intel veterans Federico Faggins and Ralph Ungermann in 1974. Their first microprocessor, the Z80, was a hit. Intel's products, the company's Dave House admitted, "kind of got ...

The project creates a Z80 computer which provides the possibility of producing a video board that utilizes TV as the monitor. There are two boards, CPU and video, that comprise the machine and a ...

Most retrocomputer builds seem to focus on either restoring old machines or rebuilding them from scratch. Either way, the goal is to get as close as possible to the original machine, and while we ...

Isn't the entire point of breadboarding to see how a circuit design works in practice before putting in the effort to create a (potentially flawed) PCB around it? Click to expand... True, but usually ...