Zilog

Zilog, Inc. is an American manufacturer of <a href="/facts/Microprocessor/Fx9CaQht">microprocessors</a>, <a href="/facts/Microcontroller/MKrnAhnm">microcontrollers</a>, and application-specific embedded <a href="/facts/System_on_a_chip/1RVvVe6N">system-on-chip</a> (SoC) products.
The company was founded in 1974 by <a href="/facts/Federico_Faggin/XIsoopIf">Federico Faggin</a> and <a href="/facts/Ralph_Ungermann/E9IttkP5">Ralph Ungermann</a>, who were soon joined by <a href="/facts/Masatoshi_Shima/H83xJqVQ">Masatoshi Shima</a>. All three had left Intel after working on the <a href="/facts/Intel_4004/kAoetjSU">4004</a> and <a href="/facts/Intel_8080/32FvNTcD">8080</a> microprocessors. The company's most famous product is the <a href="/facts/Zilog_Z80/Jeqe2h55">Z80</a> microprocessor, which played an important role in the evolution of early computing. <a href="/facts/Backward_compatible/FbHFBu5y">Software-compatible</a> with the Intel 8080, it offered a compelling alternative due to its lower cost and increased performance, propelling it to widespread adoption in <a href="/facts/Video_game/vmTdNASJ">video game</a> systems and <a href="/facts/Home_computer/CDEPVd1T">home computers</a> during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
The name, pronounced with a long "i" (/ˈzaɪlɒɡ/), is an acronym of Z integrated logic, also thought of as "Z for the last word of Integrated Logic".

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