From: pkk@spth.de   
      
   Am 30.11.25 um 14:10 schrieb bart:   
   > On 30/11/2025 09:51, Philipp Klaus Krause wrote:   
   >> Am 30.11.25 um 10:05 schrieb Michael S:   
   >   
   >>> * Zilog Z80 based MCUs   
   >>   
   >> This one gets complicated. The original Z80 had a 4-bit ALU, but is   
   >> widely considered 8-bit, and I'd agree.   
   >   
   > That's news to me. Are you thinking of the 4040 as the original? Z80 was   
   > a souped-up version of 8080: a superset with better technical specs.   
      
   Both the 4004 and the Z80 were designed by Masatoshi Shima. See this   
   interview for details on the Z80 (he does call the Z80 an "8-bit   
   microprocessor", just a few sentences before mentioning its 4-bit ALU):   
      
   https://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/text/Oral_History/   
   ilog_Z80/102658073.05.01.pdf   
      
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