Intel 8080 - Support Chips

Support Chips

A key factor in the success of the 8080 was the broad range of support chips available, providing serial communications, counter/timing, input/output, direct memory access, and programmable interrupt control amongst other functions.

  • 8251-Communication Controller
  • 8253-Programmable Interval Timer
  • 8255-Programmable Peripheral Interface
  • 8257-DMA Controller
  • 8259-Programmable Interrupt Controller

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