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What a strange variation on Z80, extending it with 16-bit wide data paths... Who needs that? We have enough 16-bit ISAs around already, including PDP-11, original 8086 and even 65C816.


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stevekemp02/20/2025

The EZ80 offers enhancements to the Z80, allowing the size of the register-pairs to be 24 bits..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zilog_eZ80

kjs302/20/2025

MSP430 has entered the chat.

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