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SideQuest - The 16-Bit Zilog processor that never was: https://nebula.app/videos/lowspecgamer-the-16bit-zilog-processor-that-never-was The inventor of the microprocessor goes rouge leaves Intel to create his dream product. #Zilog #z80 #FedericoFaggin 0:00 Intro 0:25 The invention of the Microprocessor 3:37 Birth of Zilog 6:41 The legendary Z80 10:05 Copycat traps 12:49 Exxon strikes Events slightly adjusted or exaggerated for narrative (or dramatic) purpose. Video en Español: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_f71BHguJqY Sources: Zilog Z80 microprocessor oral history panel: https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102658073 Faggin, Federico oral history: https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102658025 Searching traps in Zilog Z80 CPU by Sergei Skorobogatov: https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~sps32/Z80proj/Z80_traps.pdf Credits Research and Writing: LowSpecAlex Voice over: LowSpecAlex Editing: Henrique von Buren, LowSpecAlex 3D animation: Windy Art: Maiku no Koe Spanish Translation, Audio editing and QA: Henrique von Buren Camera work: Victor Candela, LowSpecAlex Thumbnail design: The Tales Foundry Social media: https://twitter.com/lowspec_gamer https://www.instagram.com/thelowspecgamer Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator Stock Footage from Getty Shinra Coporation Music Remake by Enrico Deiana https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtE-_4EYfD-_AxXON5KaQRA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bIiXPPEm4A This meme video is used briefly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpvT-Fciu-4 Spongebob transition by: https://spongebob.gavinr.com/
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