Corrections to trivia

From: Doug Yowza <yowza_at_yowza.com>
Date: Mon Oct 5 18:41:57 1998

On 5 Oct 1998, Eric Smith wrote:

> Certainly the F8 qualifies as a single chip CPU.

I thought the F8 was two-chip (ALU and control logic on two different
chips). Mostek made a microprocessor version of the F8 (3840?).

> We haven't established a precise definition for microprocessor, but what
> you seem to be talking about is a microcontroller, which is a complete
> system on a chip (i.e., CPU, memory, and I/O).

My definition is ALU and control logic on a single chip.

-- Doug
Received on Mon Oct 05 1998 - 18:41:57 BST