The 8008 does have one thing going for it though: the 8008 is widely known as the world’s first 8-bit microprocessor. The custom 8008 CPU board for the Heathkit H8.

It might look like a random pile of wires to some, but it is far from random: [Paulo Constantino] built this 8-bit CPU himself from scratch. He built his remarkable creation using wires and 74HC sh… ...

What's a CPU made of? What's the difference between a CPU and a GPU? Read our layman's overview of the central processing unit, or CPU.

At its most simple, this is the difference between an 8-bit, 16-bit, and today, 64-bit CPU architecture. One slightly ...

The D6802 is a 8-bit MPU IP Core. The D6802 is synthesisable SOFT Microprocessor IP Core, fully compatible with the Motorola MC6802. It can be used as a direct replacement for the MC6802 ...

Epson has developed what is believed to be the world's first fully operational flexible 8-bit asynchronous microprocessor using low-temperature polysilicon thin-film transistors (LTPS-TFTs) on a ...

By today’s standards, an 8-bit CPU isn’t all that impressive considering all of our devices use 64-bit architectures. What is impressive, however, is when someone builds their own 8-bit ...

The Z80 was an 8-bit CPU developed by Federico Faggin, who also led the development of the first single-chip microprocessor (the Intel 4004), as well as several later Intel CPUs, ...

I realize this is a newbieish question, but I was curious after a discussion on USENET with someone who keeps insisting that a 128-bit processor is 4x faster than a 32-bit one at the same clock speed.

At its most simple, this is the difference between an 8-bit, 16-bit, and today, 64-bit CPU architecture. One slightly esoteric variant of processing is the Very Long Instruction Word, or VLIW.