Re: 11 most influential microprocessors of all time

[Nick Westgate <nick.westgate@gmail.com>]

On Sep 3, 2:49 am, Ken Gagne <kga...@gamebits.net> wrote:
> The Apple II's 6502 is on page 8 as the fifth most important microprocessor

To avoid a stack overflow in your brain, here's the list:

1. Intel 4004 (1971) / Busicom 141-PF Calculator (1971)
2. Intel 8080 (1974) / MITS Altair 8800 (1975)
3. Acorn Computers ARM2 (1986) / Acorn Archimedes (1987)
4. Intel 8088 (1979) / IBM PC 5150 (1981)
5. MOS Technology 6502 (1975) / Apple II (1977)
6. Zilog Z80 (1976) / Radio Shack TRS-80 Model I
7. AMD Opteron 240 (2003) / IBM server hardware
8. RCA COSMAC CDP 1802 (1976) / NASA Voyager 1 (1977)
9. AIM PowerPC 601 (1992) / Apple Power Macintosh 6100 (1994)
10. Motorola 68000 (1980) / Apple Macintosh (1984)
11. Intel Pentium (1993) / Brand-name processors

Cheers,
Nick.