Intel 8080
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The Intel 8080 is an 8-bit microprocessor introduced in 1974 that became one of the earliest widely used CPUs in personal computers and helped establish the x86 architecture’s lineage.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Intel 8080 canonical | 19 |
| Intel 8080 microprocessor | 1 |
| Intel 8085 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1422944 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Intel 8080 Context triple: [Intel 8086, predecessor, Intel 8080]
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A.
Intel 8086
The Intel 8086 is a 16-bit microprocessor introduced in 1978 that formed the basis of the x86 architecture used in most modern personal computers.
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B.
Intel 4004
The Intel 4004 is the first commercially available microprocessor, a 4-bit CPU introduced in 1971 that launched the microprocessor revolution.
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C.
Intel 8088
The Intel 8088 is an 8-bit external, 16-bit internal microprocessor from Intel’s x86 family, best known as the CPU used in the original IBM PC that helped establish the PC-compatible standard.
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D.
RCA 1802 microprocessor
The RCA 1802 microprocessor is an early CMOS-based 8-bit CPU notable for its low power consumption, radiation hardness, and use in spacecraft and embedded systems in the 1970s and 1980s.
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E.
COSMAC ELF computer
The COSMAC ELF computer is a simple, low-cost, build-it-yourself microcomputer from the late 1970s that became popular among hobbyists for learning and experimenting with early personal computing.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Intel 8080 Target entity description: The Intel 8080 is an 8-bit microprocessor introduced in 1974 that became one of the earliest widely used CPUs in personal computers and helped establish the x86 architecture’s lineage.
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A.
Intel 8086
The Intel 8086 is a 16-bit microprocessor introduced in 1978 that formed the basis of the x86 architecture used in most modern personal computers.
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B.
Intel 4004
The Intel 4004 is the first commercially available microprocessor, a 4-bit CPU introduced in 1971 that launched the microprocessor revolution.
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C.
Intel 8088
The Intel 8088 is an 8-bit external, 16-bit internal microprocessor from Intel’s x86 family, best known as the CPU used in the original IBM PC that helped establish the PC-compatible standard.
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D.
RCA 1802 microprocessor
The RCA 1802 microprocessor is an early CMOS-based 8-bit CPU notable for its low power consumption, radiation hardness, and use in spacecraft and embedded systems in the 1970s and 1980s.
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E.
COSMAC ELF computer
The COSMAC ELF computer is a simple, low-cost, build-it-yourself microcomputer from the late 1970s that became popular among hobbyists for learning and experimenting with early personal computing.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
8-bit microprocessor
ⓘ
microprocessor ⓘ |
| addressBusWidth | 16-bit ⓘ |
| applicationDomain |
embedded systems
ⓘ
industrial control systems ⓘ personal computers ⓘ |
| architectureWidth | 8-bit ⓘ |
| clockSpeedRange | 2 MHz to 3.125 MHz ⓘ |
| dataBusWidth | 8-bit ⓘ |
| endianness | little-endian ⓘ |
| fabricationProcess | NMOS ⓘ |
| hasRegister |
A
ⓘ
B ⓘ C ⓘ D ⓘ E ⓘ H ⓘ L ⓘ PC ⓘ SP ⓘ flags register ⓘ |
| influenced |
Intel 8085
ⓘ
Intel 8086 ⓘ x86 architecture lineage ⓘ |
| instructionSetCompatibility | binary incompatible with Intel 8008 ⓘ |
| instructionSetWidth | 8-bit ⓘ |
| introduced | 1974 ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Intel Corporation
ⓘ
surface form:
Intel
|
| marketPosition | one of the first widely used general-purpose microprocessors ⓘ |
| maxAddressableMemory | 64 KB ⓘ |
| microarchitecture | PMOS to NMOS 8-bit design ⓘ |
| notableSoftware |
CP/M
ⓘ
surface form:
CP/M operating system
early Microsoft BASIC interpreters ⓘ |
| packageType | 40-pin DIP ⓘ |
| predecessor | Intel 8008 ⓘ |
| registerPair |
BC
ⓘ
DE ⓘ HL ⓘ |
| requiredSupportVoltages |
+12 V
ⓘ
−5 V ⓘ |
| successor |
Intel 8085
ⓘ
Intel 8086 ⓘ |
| supplyVoltage | +5 V ⓘ |
| technologyNode | 6 µm ⓘ |
| transistorCount | 6000 ⓘ |
| typicalClockSpeed | 2 MHz ⓘ |
| usedIn |
IMSAI 8080
ⓘ
MITS Altair 8800 ⓘ early S-100 bus computers ⓘ early personal computers ⓘ |
| wordSize | 8-bit ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Intel 8080 Description of subject: The Intel 8080 is an 8-bit microprocessor introduced in 1974 that became one of the earliest widely used CPUs in personal computers and helped establish the x86 architecture’s lineage.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Intel 8085
this entity surface form:
Intel 8080 microprocessor
subject surface form:
Motorola 6800