<viki> "The Z80 CPU is an 8-bit based microprocessor. It was introduced by Zilog in 1976 as the startup company's first product.
According to the designers, the primary targets for the Z80 CPU (and its optional support and peripheral ICs[3]) were products like intelligent terminals, high end printers and advanced cash registers as well as telecom equipment, industrial robots and other kinds of automation equipment.
The Z80 was officially introduced on the market in July 1976 and came to be widely used also in general desktop computers using CP/M and other operating systems as well as in the home computers of the 1980s,
In the early 1980s, the Z80 was the one of the most commonly used CPU in the home computer market from the late 1970s to the mid 1980s. "