Zilog Z8000 microprocessor

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The Zilog Z8000 microprocessor is a 16-bit CPU introduced in the late 1970s, notable for its advanced architecture and use in early workstations and embedded systems.

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Zilog Z8000 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf microprocessor
addressBusWidth 23-bit
architecture CISC
baseCPUVariantName Zilog Z8002 NERFINISHED
competesWith Intel 8086 NERFINISHED
Motorola 68000 NERFINISHED
dataBusWidth 16-bit
designedFor embedded applications
workstations
familyIncludes Zilog Z8001 NERFINISHED
Zilog Z8002 NERFINISHED
hasConditionCodeRegister true
hasDedicatedProgramCounter true
hasGeneralPurposeRegisters 16
hasOnChipMMUVariant true
hasOnChipMMUVariantName Zilog Z8001 NERFINISHED
hasSeparateSystemStackPointer true
instructionSetType orthogonal
introducedInYear 1979
manufacturer Zilog NERFINISHED
maxPhysicalMemory 8 MB
registersCanBeGrouped true
registerWidth 16-bit
successor Zilog Z80000 NERFINISHED
supports32BitRegistersViaPairing true
supportsBlockMoveInstructions true
supportsByteOperations true
supportsInterruptPriorities true
supportsMemoryManagement true
supportsMultipleStacks true
supportsMultiprocessorConfigurations true
supportsPrivilegeLevels true
supportsSegmentation true
supportsSeparateIOMode false
supportsVirtualMemory true
supportsWordOperations true
technology NMOS
typicalClockFrequencies 4 MHz
6 MHz
8 MHz
usedIn Olivetti M20 workstation NERFINISHED
Onyx C8000 workstation
Zilog System 8000 NERFINISHED
Zilog Z8000 development systems
embedded systems
industrial controllers
telecommunications equipment
usedInOperatingSystem Olivetti PCOS NERFINISHED
Zilog ZEUS NERFINISHED
usesMicrocode true
wordSize 16-bit

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Federico Faggin designed Zilog Z8000 microprocessor
Masatoshi Shima designed Zilog Z8000 microprocessor
this entity surface form: Zilog Z8000
Masatoshi Shima notableWork Zilog Z8000 microprocessor
this entity surface form: Zilog Z8000
Xenix supportedArchitecture Zilog Z8000 microprocessor
this entity surface form: Zilog Z8000