Intel 8085
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8-bit microprocessor invented in 1976
Key facts
- Launched
- March 1976
- Common manufacturer
- Intel and several others
- Max cpu clock rate
- 3, 5 and 6 MHz
- Data width
- 8 bits
- Address width
- 16 bits
- Transistors
- 6,500
- Package
- 40-pin DIP
- Socket
- DIP40
- Technology node
- 3 μm
- Predecessor
- Intel 8080
- Successor
- Intel 8086
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Intel P8085AH-2.jpg
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- clock frequency
- 6
- Commons category
- Intel 8085
- publication date
- 1976-03-01
- discontinuation date
- 2000-00-00
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Article
The Intel 8085 ("eighty-eighty-five") is an 8-bit microprocessor produced by Intel and introduced in March 1976. It is binary compatible with the more famous Intel 8080. It is the last 8-bit microprocessor developed by Intel. The "5" in the part number highlighted the fact that the 8085 uses a single +5-volt (V) power supply, compared to the 8080's +5, −5, and +12 V, which makes the 8085 easier to integrate into systems that by this time were mostly +5 V.
The other major change was the addition of four new interrupt pins and a serial port, with separate input and output pins. This was often all that was needed in simple systems and eliminated the need for separate integrated circuits to provide this functionality, as well as simplifying the computer bus as a result. The only changes in the instruction set compared to the 8080 were instructions for reading and writing data using these pins.