The 1970s brought the microprocessor revolution with smaller, faster, and cheaper integrated circuits

packing all the components necessary for a fully functional system in one to three individual chips.

Year	Qt	Intel	National	NEC	Rockwell	Motorola	Toshiba	Mostek	GI	AMI	Hitachi	Fairchild	TI	RCA	Signetics	AMD	EA
1970	1Q
	2Q
	3Q
	4Q
1971	1Q
	2Q											PPS-25
	3Q			μPD707 μPD708
	4Q	4004
1972	1Q	8008		μPD700
	2Q				PPS-4
	3Q
	4Q
1973	1Q		IMP-16	μPD751
	2Q						TLCS-12
	3Q		IMP-4	μCOM 4
	4Q
1974	1Q	8080	IMP-8					5065					TMS1000
	2Q					6800	T3190
	3Q	3000	ISP-8 (SC/MP)				TLCS-12		CP1600
	4Q	4040									IMP-4
1975	1Q				PPS-8					9209	HD35404	F8
	2Q			μCOM 80										CDP 1801	2650
	3Q			μCOM 16	PPS-4/2											Am9080
	4Q
1976	1Q																EA9002
	2Q			μCOM 41			T3400 T3472				HMCS-6800		TMS9900	CDP 1802	8x300
	3Q
	4Q
1977	1Q	8085
	2Q
	3Q
	4Q
1978	1Q	8086				6801
	2Q					6809
	3Q
	4Q
1979	1Q	8088				68000
	2Q
	3Q
	4Q
1980	1Q		16032
	2Q
	3Q
	4Q

Microprocessor chronology

• 1975 MN1610 Panafacom
• 1975 6100 Intersil
• 1975 2650 Signetics
• 1975 PPS-8 Rockwell
• 1975 F8 Fairchild
• 1975 CDP 1801 RCA
• 1975 6502 MOS Technology
• 1976 CDP 1802 RCA
• 1976 Z-80 Zilog
• 1976 TMS9900 Texas Instruments
• 1976 8x300 Signetics
• 1977 8085 Intel
• 1978 6809 Motorola
• 1978 8086 Intel
• 1978 6801 Motorola
• 1979 Z8000 Zilog
• 1979 8088 Intel
• 1979 68000 Motorola

See also

• 4-bit architecture
• 8-bit architecture
• 12-bit architecture
• 16-bit architecture