Intel 8080 — launching the micro-computer revolution
3 min readMar 5, 2023
Many herald the Intel 8080 microprocessor, released in 1974, as the chip that launched the microcomputer revolution. True, given that it powered the Altair 8800 and IMSAI 8080, the first computers available to the public.
The 8080 was yet another genius design by Federico Faggin and Masatoshi Shima, the chip designers behind the 4004 and 8008 processors.