15 Nov
2011
15 Nov
'11
1:26 p.m.
On Nov 15, 2011, at 3:16 PM, Ethan Dicks wrote:
On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 3:04 PM, Sridhar Ayengar
<ploopster at gmail.com> wrote:
Technically, the 6502 isn't still being manufactured. The 65C02 is, but given that
it's a complete design overhaul with some slightly incompatible variations/bugfixes
from the NMOS 6502 (and a few bonus instructions), would that really count?
I guess modern Z80s are roughly in the same boat, but I've never gotten much into the
Z80 world. I don't think many foundries run NMOS processes anymore, in any case (I
could be totally and completely wrong).
- Dave
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.