The processor that gave the world the ZX Spectrum and so much more is out of wafers
Production of some models of Z80 processor – the chip that helped spark the PC boom of the 1980s – will cease in June 2024 after an all-too-brief 48 years.Zilog blamed chip's demise on one of its suppliers."Please be advised that our Wafer Foundry Manufacturer will be discontinuing support for Z80 and other product lines," the notification states.
Zilog will accept orders for the device until June 14, 2024. After that, it's the end for the eight-bit CPU – or at least the ZC8400 range. Zilog appears to still make the Z180 and eZ80 – successors that added lots of whistles and bells and are often packaged into SoCs. The Sinclair ZX range was perhaps the most famous application of the Z80, using it to power affordable and accessible machines that to tech. The chip also found its way into arcade games such as Pac Man, and early Roland synthesizers.But Zilog was overtaken by Intel in the PC market, and by the 1990s decided to focus on microcontrollers instead.
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