
Microchips of the 1980s
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- Q1Which company released the first microprocessor in the 1980s?MicrosoftAppleIBMIntel30s
- Q2Which microchip was commonly used in the original Macintosh computer released in 1984?AMD 386IBM PowerPCMotorola 68000Intel 808630s
- Q3What was the clock speed of the Intel 8088 microchip used in the IBM PC released in 1981?4.77 MHz1.21 GHz100 MHz500 MHz30s
- Q4Which microchip was widely used in the personal computers of the 1980s, such as the Commodore 64 and the Apple II?MOS Technology 6502Motorola 68000Zilog Z80Texas Instruments TMS990030s
- Q5Which microchip was the heart of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum computer first released in 1982?Zilog Z80Motorola 68000MOS Technology 6502Intel 808630s
- Q6Which microchip was used in the iconic Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) released in the 1980s?Ricoh 2A03Intel Core i7ARM Cortex-A15Motorola 6800030s
- Q7Which microchip was widely used in personal computers during the 1980s?ARM Cortex-A9Motorola 68000AMD Ryzen ThreadripperIntel 808830s