Z80 Microprocessor

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Microprocessor
gptkbp:addressed Multiple addressing modes
gptkbp:addresses 16 bits
gptkbp:architect 8-bit
gptkbp:availability Widely available in various forms
gptkbp:busConnections Control signals for memory and I/O
gptkbp:communitySupport Active online communities
gptkbp:compatibleWith Compatible_with_Zilog_Z80A
gptkbp:dataBusWidth 8 bits
gptkbp:designedBy gptkb:Zilog
gptkbp:developer Z80 assembler
Z80 debugger
Z80 simulator
gptkbp:duration Synchronous operation
gptkbp:education Used in teaching computer architecture
gptkbp:endOfLife Still in use in some applications
gptkbp:historicalEvent Evolved from earlier designs
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Z80 Microprocessor
gptkbp:inputOutput 16 I/O ports
gptkbp:instructionSet Z80 instruction set
4 clock cycles
gptkbp:introduced 1976
gptkbp:isATypeOf Multiplexed_address/data_bus
gptkbp:language Assembly language
gptkbp:legacy Influenced many later microprocessors
Still found in legacy systems
gptkbp:market Popular in the late 1970s and 1980s
Competed_with_Intel_8080
gptkbp:notableEvent Available for various platforms
Supports low-level programming
gptkbp:notableUsers gptkb:Sinclair_ZX_Spectrum
gptkb:Amstrad_CPC
gptkb:Tandy_TRS-80
Nintendo_Game_Boy
MSX_computers
gptkbp:performance Good performance for its time
gptkbp:powers Low power consumption
gptkbp:predecessor Zilog Z80A
gptkbp:producedBy Various manufacturers
gptkbp:RAM 64 KB
gptkbp:registration 8 general-purpose registers
gptkbp:speed up to 6 MHz
gptkbp:status Contains flags for operations
gptkbp:successor Z180
gptkbp:technology Microcontrollers
Single-board computers
FPGA implementations
Retro computing projects
gptkbp:throws Maskable and non-maskable interrupts
gptkbp:type 8-bit and 16-bit data types
Simple circuit design
gptkbp:usedIn Embedded systems
Home computers