AMD Am9080

AMD Am9080

General information
Launched	1975
Marketed by	Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
Designed by	Intel
Common manufacturer	Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
Performance
Max. CPU clock rate	2 MHz to 4 MHz
Data width	8 bits
Address width	16 bits
Architecture and classification
Technology node	6 µm
Physical specifications
Transistors	4,500 or 6000
Cores	1
Package	40-pin DIP
Socket	DIP40
History
Successor	Am8086
Support status
Unsupported

The Am9080 was a CPU manufactured by AMD. Originally produced without license as a clone of the Intel 8080, the processor was reverse-engineered by Ashawna Hailey, Kim Hailey and Jay Kumar by photographing an early Intel chip and developing a schematic and logic diagrams from the images. In initial production, the chips cost about 50 cents to make, yielding 100 chips per wafer, and were sold into the military market for $700 each. This CPU operated at a speed of 2 MHz. Later, an agreement was made with Intel to become a licensed second source for the 8080, enabling both manufacturers' chips to break into markets that would not accept a single-sourced part.