15 Nov
2011
15 Nov
'11
12:44 p.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-
bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Alexey Toptygin
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 12:34 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Oldest CPU Chip
On Tue, 15 Nov 2011, Ethan Dicks wrote:
ISTM the 1802 is still being made by Intersil.
According to the Intersil website, you can buy them direct for US$108.10 per thousand.
Now what would I do with a thousand 8-bit microprocessors....? -- Ian
On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 3:04 PM, Sridhar Ayengar
<ploopster at gmail.com>
wrote:
What is the oldest microprocessor still being manufactured? ?Z80?
I've found two release dates for the Z-80, May or July, 1976. I
wasn't as quickly able to find the specific release date for the 6502,
but it was sometime in 1976, IIRC.
What else from that era is still being manufactured?