Timeline for Did any 8-bit device ever merge a CPU core?
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| Feb 8, 2024 at 17:24 | comment | added | Rhialto supports Monica | The predecessors of the 1541 (2040, 3040, 4040, 8050, etc) even had two cpus. | |
| Feb 8, 2024 at 5:20 | comment | added | Alexander The 1st | I'd add that Commodore may have not merged them to prevent failure rates in one chip only affect the one chip, rather than both chips, when fabricating them. If one chip failed testing before manufacturing, or during manufacturing, they could attempt to swap out the failing chip, and keep the rest of the chips on board. | |
| Feb 7, 2024 at 16:12 | comment | added | supercat | The 8048 was conceptually similar, but came out earlier, and was used as the basis for the Magnavox Odyssey2 video game system (most games ran a mixture of code that was stored on cartridge and code that was in the CPU's ROM). | |
| Feb 7, 2024 at 16:01 | history | answered | manassehkatz-Moving 2 Codidact | CC BY-SA 4.0 |