Timeline

1973

CPU

• Intel - 3000 family

MCU

• -

1974

CPU

• Motorola - 6800 family
• Intel - 8080 family
• TI - TMS1000 family

1975

CPU

• MOS - 6501 family
• MOS - 6502 family
• Signetics - 2650 family
• AMD - AM2900 family
• MOS - 6510 family

MCU

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1976

CPU

• Intel - 8085 family
• TI - TMS9900 family
• Zilog - Z80 family
• RCA - CDP1802 family

MCU

• Intel - MCS-48 (8048) family

1978

CPU

• Intel - 8086 family

MCU

• none family

1979

CPU

• Intel - 8088 family
• Zilog - Z8000 family
• DEC - F-11 family

MCU

• Zilog - Z8 family

1980

CPU

• TI - 16032 family

MCU

• Intel - MCS-51 (8051) family

1981

CPU

• Intel - 186 family
• Intel - 188 family
• Intel - iAPX 432 family
• Haris - 6120 family
• DEC - T-11 family

1982

CPU

• Intel - 286 family
• Motorola - 68010 family
• Intersil - 6100 family
• HP - FOCUS family

MCU

• Intel - MCS-96 (8096) family
• Motorola - 6805 family
• TI - TMS320 family

1983

CPU

• DEC - J-11 family

1984

CPU

• Motorola - 68020 family
• NEC - V20 family
• NEC - V30 family
• 65816 family
• National - 32032 family

1985

CPU

• Intel - 386 DX family
• ARM1 family
• MIPS - R2000 family
• Zilog - Z800 family
• DEC - MicroVax II family
• National - NS32332 family

1986

CPU

• SPARC family
• Zilog - Z80000 family
• NEC - V60 family
• IBM - 4341 family
• IBM - 4381 family
• PA-RISC TS-1 family

1987

CPU

• Motorola - 68030 family
• Zilog - Z280 family

• DEC - CVAX family
• ARM2 ? family
• NEC - V70 family
• National - NS32532 family
• PA-RISC NS-1 family

1988

CPU

• MIPS - R3000 family
• Intel - 386 SX family
• Apollo PRISM family
• Motorola - MC88100 family
• AMD - AM29000 family

1989

CPU

• Intel - 486 DX family
• Intel - i860 family
• Intel - i960 family
• ARM3 family
• Gameboy family
• PA-RISC NS-2 family
• PA-RISC PCX-S family
• DEC - Rigel family

1990

CPU

• Motorola - 68040 family
• RS/6000 family
• Intel - 386 SL family
• IBM - POWER1 family

1991

CPU

• MIPS - R4000 family
• DEC - NVAX family
• IBM - RSC family

1992

CPU

• Intel - 486 DX2 family
• Intel - 486 SL family
• PowerPC 601 family
• DEC - Alpha 21064 family
• SuperSPARC I family
• MicroSPARC I family
• PA-RISC PCX-T family
• MIPS - R4400 family
• SPARClite family

1993

CPU

• Intel - Pentium family
• IBM - POWER2 family
• PowerPC 603 family
• hyperSPARC family
• Weitek - SPARC power microP family

MCU

• ARM7 family

1994

CPU

• Intel - 486 DX4 family
• Intel - 486 SL family
• PowerPC 604 family
• PA-RISC PCX-T' family
• PA-RISC PCX-L family
• MIPS - R4400 family
• MIPS - R8000 family
• Motorola - 68060 family
• SuperSPARC II family
• microSPARC II family
• Playstation family
• Cambridge Consultants - XAP family
• Zilog - Z380 family
• DEC - Alpha 21064A family

1995

CPU

• Intel - Pentium Pro family
• UltraSPARC I family
• SuperSPARC 2 family
• SPARC64 family
• StrongARM family
• Cyrix - 6x86 family
• DEC - Alpha 21164 family
• AMD - Am5x86 family

MCU

• ARM8 family

1996

CPU

• AMD - K5 family
• MIPS - R4700 family
• MIPS - R5000 family
• MIPS - R10000 family
• Intel - Pentium MMX family
• Nintendo 64 family
• TurboSPARC family
• SPARC64 II family
• PA-RISC PCX-L2 family
• PA-RISC PCX-U family
• Cyrix - 6x86 family
• DEC - Alpha 21164 family
• IBM - P2SC family

MCU

• Atmel AVR family
• TriMedia family

1997

CPU

• Intel - Pentium 2 family
• AMD - K6 family
• UltraSPARC II family
• PowerPC 750 family
• IDT - WinChip family
• PA-RISC PCX-U+ family
• Cyrix - MediaGX family
• DEC - Alpha 21264 family

MCU

• ARM9 family

1998

CPU

• AMD - K6-2 family
• Intel - Pentium 2 Xeon family
• PowerPC G3 family
• MIPS - RM7000 family
• MIPS - R12000 family
• SPARC64 III family
• Rise - mP6 family

1999

CPU

• Intel - Celeron family
• Intel - Pentium III family
• Pentium III Xeon family
• AMD - K6-III family
• AMD - K7 Athlon family
• PowerPC G4 family
• IBM - POWER3 family
• IBM - S/390 G5 family
• National - Geode family

2000

CPU

• Intel - Pentium 4 family
• Athlon XP family
• AMD - Athlon MP family
• Transmeta - Crusoe family
• SPARC64 IV family
• Playstation II family
• PA-RISC PCX-W+ family
• VIA - Cyrix III family
• IBM - z900 family

MCU

• Analog Devices - Blackfin family

2001

CPU

• Intel - Itanium family
• UltraSPARC III family
• Intel - Xeon DP family
• MIPS - R14000 family
• PA-RISC PCX-W2 family
• VIA - C3 family
• VIA - Eden family
• IBM - POWER4 family
• PowerPC 7450 family

2002

CPU

• Intel - Pentium 4 HT family
• Intel - Xeon MP family
• Intel - XScale family
• Intel - Itanium 2 family
• MIPS - R16000 family
• SPARC64 V family

MCU

• ARM11 family

2003

CPU

• Intel - Pentium 4 EE family
• V-Dragon family
• Pentium M family
• PowerPC 970 family
• AMD - Opteron family
• MIPS - R24000 family
• UltraSPARC IIIi family
• SPARC64 V family
• PA-RISC Mako family

2004

CPU

• UltraSPARC IV family
• IBM POWER5 family
• AMD - Athlon XP-M family
• UltraSPARC IV family
• SPARC64 V+ family

MCU

• ARM - Cortex family
• Zilog - Z8 Encore! family

2005

CPU

• Intel - Pentium D family
• AMD - Athlon 64 X2 family
• Xbox 360 family
• UltraSPARC IV+ family
• UltraSPARC T1 family
• PA-RISC Shortfin family
• VIA - C7 family

2006

CPU

• Intel - Core family
• Intel - Core 2 family
• Cell family
• Playstation III family
• Nintendo Wii family

2007

CPU

• UltraSPARC T2 family
• SPARC64 VI family
• IBM - POWER6 family

2008

CPU

• Intel - Atom family
• Intel - Core i7 family
• IBM - z10 family
• AMD - Phenom family
• UltraSPARC T2+ family
• SPARC64 VII family
• VIA - Nano family

2009

CPU

• AMD - Phenom II family

References:

• Intel - Microprocessor timeline, by family
• A Brief Timeline of Video Game Systems
• everything2: CPU history: A timeline of microprocessors
• Wikipedia - SPARC
• Wikipedia - MIPS Arch
• Wikipedia - PA-RISC
• ARM Milestones
• The unofficial history of 8051.
• A Brief History of Microprocessors
• History of AMD
• Microprocessor_chronology
• Gecko's CPU Library: Documentations