The Z80 was an 8-bit CPU developed by Federico Faggin, who also led the development of the first single-chip microprocessor (the Intel 4004), as well as several later Intel CPUs, the 8008, 4040 ...

The Wire Wrap Odyssey’s first Hello World from the CPU module, here hooked up to a logic analyzer in July of 2020. (Credit: Paul Krizak) As part of his computer science curriculum at Texas A&M ...

But what does it take to handcraft a single 8-bit CPU and a computer? Give or take 18 months, about $1,000 and 1,253 pieces of wire. Steve Chamberlin, a Belmont, California, videogame developer by ...