In a Product Change Notice (PCN) published on April 15, Zillog (now owned by LittleFuse) said to announce Many Z80 products are end of life, especially almost all Z80 products Z84C00 Area It also includes peripherals such as the Z84C10 MPU series. This is the current situation Already identified For example, EoL at shops like Mouser, Littelfuse indicate that their final orders are open until June 14, 2024. After that, you have to try your luck with shady sellers on eBay and find a lucky box of new old stock in the back of the warehouse.
In fact, this means that less than 48 years after its introduction in 1976, the Zilog Z80 will no longer be offered for sale as a separate component, likely affecting mostly hobbyists and people trying to keep older systems running. That doesn’t mean it’s the end of the road for the Z80, as is the case with the Z80 eZ80 It will be produced in the near future.
Of course, fitting these new chips into DIPs won’t be easy, making the challenge of building a breadboard on your Z80-based microcomputer even more difficult. However, what certainly won’t happen is that none of us will witness the end of the era of the Z80, 6502 and 8051 architectures.
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