Details

Type

Text

Title

Zilog Z80 microprocessor oral history panel

Contributor

Faggin, Federico, Participant

Shima, Masatoshi, Participant

Slater, Michael, Moderator

Ungermann, Ralph, Participant

Publisher

Computer History Museum

Date

2007-04-27

Place of Publication

Mountain View, California

Extent

21 p.

Description

Three founding members of Intel microprocessor spin-out Zilog Corporation, Federico Faggin, Masatoshi Shima and Ralph Ungermann describe the early days of the company and the development and marketing of the Z80 microprocessor that became one of the highest volume and longest-lived architectures in the industry.

Category

Transcription

Subject

Ungermann, Ralph; Faggin, Federico; Shima, Masatoshi; Slater, Michael; Zilog, Inc.; Exxon; Intel; Z80; Z8000 (Microprocessor); semiconductor history

Collection Title

Oral Histories Online

Accession Number

102658073