History of Early CISC Microprocessors


Processor Date Reg/Bus/Addr Commercial Uses
Intel
4004 1971 4/ 4/ ? Calculators
4040 197? 4/ 4/ ? Calculators
8008 1972 8/ 8/16 Home brew computer kits
8080 1974 8/ 8/16 Home brew computer kits
8086 1978 16/16/20
8088 1979 16/ 8/20 IBM PC, PC Junior
80186 1982 16/16/20 IBM PC XT
80188 1982 16/ 8/20
80286 1982 16/16/24 IBM PC AT
80386 1985 32/32/32 IBM PC
80486 1989 32/32/32 IBM PC
Pentium 1992 32/32/32 PC
P6 1995 32/32/32 PC
Pentium 4 2000 32/32/32 PC
Motorola
6800 1974 8/ 8/16
6809 197? 8/ 8/16 Controllers
68000 1979 32/16/24 Apple Macintosh
68008 197? 32/ 8/24
68010 198? 32/16/24 Apple Macintosh, workstations
68020 198? 32/32/32 Apple Macintosh, workstations
68030 198? 32/32/32 Apple Macintosh, workstations
68040 198? 32/32/32 Apple Macintosh, workstations
Zilog
Z80 1976 8/ 8/16 Tandy TRS-80
Z8000 198? 16/16/24
MOS Technology, Rockwell International
6502 197? 8/ 8/16 Apple I, Apple II
National Semiconductor
32016 198? 16/32/32 Encore, Sequent multiprocessors
32032 198? 32/32/32 Encore, Sequent multiprocessors

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