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2026-07-19
Zilog Z80 turns 50 as an open-source replacement heads to drop-in DIP40 silicon
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tomshardware.com
2026-07-19
Luke James
The original Z80 packed 8,500 transistors on a 4μm process and typically ran at 2.5 MHz.
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retro computing
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