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Microprocessor

The Intel 8080

Apr, 1974
California, U.S.

The 8008 was the precursor to the successful Intel 8080 (1974), which offered improved performance over the 8008 and required fewer support chips. Federico Faggin conceived and designed it using high voltage N channel MOS.


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