Intel 8080 - Cultural Impact

Cultural Impact

  • Asteroid 8080 Intel is named as a pun and praise on the name of Intel 8080.
  • Microsoft's published phone number, 425-882-8080, was chosen because so much early work was on this chip.
  • Many of Intel's main phone numbers also take a similar form: xxx-xxx-8080

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