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From: RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com>
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Date: Mon, 27 May 2024 02:02:50 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2024-05-26, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 26 May 2024 08:44:38 -0400, Andrzej Matuch wrote:
>
>> They will produce them, but I doubt that they will focus entirely on
>> that. Like I said, they've already invested so much into producing the
>> x86-64 chips that even if they were to decide to focus on ARM
>> development, they wouldn't just abandon it. I see no long-term future
>> for x86-64 myself, mostly because it truly can't compete with something
>> that doesn't have all of the archaic code bogging it down. However, a
>> lot of companies probably need a chip which will run their ancient
>> software. Unless the emulation offered on ARM is stellar - and I'm sure
>> it will be - people will want the older architecture.
>
> https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/after-48-years-zilog-is-killing-
> the-classic-standalone-z80-microprocessor-chip/
>
> Some things die eventually...  

I didn't know they were still being made. The Zilog headquarters used to be 
right up the road in Nampa, Idaho. (That building hasn't been Zilog for 
quite a while now.)

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