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The big three - today's 16-bit microprocessor

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This paper reports on the functional evaluation of the three 16-bit microprocessors, namely the Intel 8086, the Zilog Z8000, and the Motorola MC68000. These microprocessors were employed in several CRT applications, both monochrome and color. Execution time benchmark tests were made, mechanization problems compared and instruction/architectural characteristics highlighted. Conclusions and recommendations are made applicable to terminals and similar Sperry Univac products.

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  1. 1 MCS-86 User's Manual, February 1979Google ScholarGoogle Scholar
  2. 2 The 8086 Family User's Manual, October 1979Google ScholarGoogle Scholar
  3. 3 Z8000 PLZ/ASM Assembly Language Programming Manual, April 1975Google ScholarGoogle Scholar
  4. 4 Z8001 CPU Z8002 CPU Product Specification Preliminary, March 1979Google ScholarGoogle Scholar
  5. 5 MC68000 16-Bit Microprocessor User's Manual, September 1979Google ScholarGoogle Scholar

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      cover image ACM SIGMICRO Newsletter
      ACM SIGMICRO Newsletter  Volume 11, Issue 3-4
      Dec. 1980
      177 pages
      ISSN:1050-916X
      DOI:10.1145/1014190
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