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 | | The Z8000 was followed in 1986 by the Z80000, an amazing 32 bit processor whose features (pipeline, cache memory) would not appear until six years later in Intel processors. |
 | | One of the notable leaders of Zilog's system engineering group was Judy Estrin who lead the effort to develop an ethernet like LAN product for Zilog, who then went on to other ventures like Bridge Communications (acquired by 3Com), NCD, and Precept. |
 | | Zilog also designed a UNIX "supermicro" system called the S8000 initally based on the Z8000, then the Z80000 with a UNIX based OS called Zeus. |
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