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After 48 years, Zilog is killing the classic standalone Z80 microprocessor chip

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Submitted ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨ylai@lemmy.ml⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.world⁩

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/after-48-years-zilog-is-killing-the-classic-standalone-z80-microprocessor-chip/

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  • kender242@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Shout out to the Ti-8X users and anyone who remembers zshell.

    I doubt this announcement is going to affect the calculators, but it’s amazing to see how many things still run off this technology.

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    • KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      TI uses an outside vendor, SK Hynix I believe, for their calculator chips. Z80 isn’t going anywhere.

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      • kender242@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Wow, collapse OS is quite the rabbit hole. Makes me think of the bootstrapping work described in en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Children_of_the_Sky

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  • Usually_Lurker@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Think of all the arcade boards!!!

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    • Sabin10@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Would it be possible to come up with an FPGA solution for things like that?

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      • KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I’m certain the FPGA implementations exist going off MiSTer.

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  • TimeSquirrel@kbin.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Anyone in need of a DIP socket compatible breakout module with a microcontroller emulating a Z80? That doesn't sound too hard to design and build.

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