IA-8
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IA-8 refers to Intel Architecture, 8-bit
Intel built on the success of its 4-bit processors by creating an 8-bit general purpose CPU microprocessor, and setting off the microcomputer boom of the 70's. This family is the IA8, and is the progenitor of the x86 series of chips, this being generation zero.
The family consisted of:
There were many popular clones of these chips as well, like the Zilog Z80 family
- Zilog Z80 (8-bit)
- Zilog Z800 (16-bit)
- Zilog Z8000 (32-bit)
- Zilog Z80000 (64-bit)
The principal competitors of the 8080 class of chips were the
See also
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