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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Semiconductors |
| Founded | 1974 |
| Founders | |
| Headquarters | , United States |
Number of employees | 174 (2009)[1] |
| Parent | Littelfuse |
| Website | zilog |
Zilog, Inc. is an American manufacturer of microprocessors, microcontrollers, and application-specific embedded system-on-chip (SoC) products.
The company was founded in 1974 by Federico Faggin and Ralph Ungermann, who were soon joined by Masatoshi Shima. All three had left Intel after working on the 4004 and 8080 microprocessors. The company's most famous product is the Z80 microprocessor, which played an important role in the evolution of early computing. Software-compatible with the Intel 8080, it offered a compelling alternative due to its lower cost and increased performance, propelling it to widespread adoption in video game systems and home computers during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
The name, pronounced with a long "i" (/ˈzaɪlɒɡ/), is an acronym of Z integrated logic, also thought of as "Z for the last word of Integrated Logic".
- ^ "Zilog Inc 10-K". March 2009. Archived from the original on 2013-11-13.