The Legendary Zilog Z80 CPU Is Being Discontinued After Nearly 50 Years

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By EditorDavidApr 20, 2024, 3:34 pm360 ptsTop
Long-time Slashdot reader AmiMoJo shares an article from TechSpot: 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 used 8-bit CPUs in both gaming and general computing devices.…

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