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 ...

In a Product Change Notification (PCN) published on April 15, Zilog (now owned by Littelfuse) announced the End of Life for a range of Z80 products, specifically virtually all of the Z84C00 range.

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, ...

The Z80, 180, and 380 processor families represent three generations of upward-compatible µPs. The Z80 includes 150 instructions, many of which have numerous variants for operand location and ...

After a venerable 48-year tenure, Zilog is bidding farewell to the Z80. Initially an offshoot from the Intel 8080 project, this chip ascended to fame as one of the most cherished and extensively ...

The eighth, and last, in our Friday series on the early microprocessors is the story of Dr Federico Faggin, who, after getting the 4004, 8008 and 8080 to market at Intel, decides to strike out on his ...

Zilog, the 30 year old company which produced the Z80, has emerged after significant business restructuring. Two years ago Zilog had $300m of debt and was focused on communications, based on Tensilica ...

MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zilog, a wholly-owned subsidiary of IXYS Corporation (NASDAQ:IXYS) and a pioneer supplier of microcontrollers (MCUs) providing solutions for the industrial, ...

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 ...

CAMPBELL, Calif. — Zilog Inc. continues to unravel at an alarming pace: the troubled company late today announced another major layoff, several high-level executive resignations, and a shakeup in its ...

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 ...

Increment and decrement. They sound like simple functions. But even the simplest functions can get quite complex in a microprocessor design. Ken Shirriff has written up a great blog post about his ...