History of processors

From CPU Graveyard - Die shots

Dates may vary depending on source. They may use development, announcement, manufacturing, sample release, commercial release, launch, or consumer release date, which often vary. The dates below are mostly launch dates, but are not always available. In that case other notable dates may be used.


1969

ALU







1970

CPU

  • Garrett AiResearch - MP944: F-14 jet fighter's Central Air Data Computer, arguably the first CPU







1971

CPU

MCU

  • -







1972

CPU

MCU







1973

CPU

MCU







1974

BSP

CPU

MCU







1975

BSP

CPU

MCU







1976

CPU

MCU







1977

CPU

MCU







1978

CPU

MCU

  • -

DSP

  • AMI - S2811
  • TI - TMS5100 (Speak & Spell)







1979

CPU

MCU

DSP

  • Bell Labs/AT&T - DSP-1
  • Intel - 2920






1980

CPU

MCU

DSP







1981

CPU

MCU

  • -







1982

CPU

MCU







1983

CPU

MCU







1984

CPU

MCU







1985

CPU

MCU







1986

CPU


MCU

DSP







1987

CPU

MCU







1988

CPU

MCU






1989

CPU

MCU







1990

CPU

MCU

  • Infineon/STMicroelectronics - C166 family







1991

CPU

MCU






1992

CPU

MCU







1993

CPU

MCU

SoC

  • Qualcomm - MSM family: MSM1 (x86-16 core)







1994

CPU

MCU

DSP

  • Analog Devices - SHARC family







1995

CPU

MCU







1996

CPU

MCU







1997

CPU

MCU







1998

CPU

MCU







1999

CPU

MCU







2000

CPU

MCU

DSP

  • Analog Devices - Blackfin family







2001

CPU

MCU







2002

CPU

MCU

SoC

  • TI - OMAP
  • Cypress - PSoC







2003

CPU

MCU







2004

CPU

MCU

DSP

  • Microchip - PIC24







2005

CPU

MCU

  • Ingenic - XBurst 1
  • Infineon - XC800 family (8-bit)
  • Philips - Nexperia
  • Philips - LPC family







2006

CPU

MCU

  • Parallax - P8X32A Propeller
  • Infineon - XE166 family (16-bit)

DSP

  • Qualcomm - Hexagon (QDSP6)







2007

CPU

MCU

SoC

  • Qualcomm - Snapdragon S series
  • Allwinner - F-Series







2008

CPU

MCU

SoC

  • HiSilicon - K3 family (ARM core)







2009

CPU

MCU






2010

CPU

MCU

  • -







2011

CPU

  • LEON3FT
  • SPARC T4
  • Intel
  • AMD
    • K10/Llano
    • Bobcat series (Ontario, Zacate)
    • Bulldozer µarch
      • Zambezi
    • Opteron (Bulldozer/Interlagos)
    • AMD Fusion (Llano)
    • Athlon II (Llano/Zosma)
    • FX (Bulldozer Core - Zambezi)
  • AMD - Bobcat/Desna (mobile)
  • AMD - Bobcat/Ontario (mobile)
  • AMD - Bobcat/Zacate (mobile)
  • IBM - Blue Gene/Q

MCU

  • -

SoC

  • Allwinner - A-Series
  • Samsung - Exynos
  • TI - OMAP 4
  • AMD - Bobcat/Ontario (embedded)
  • AMD - Bobcat/Zacate (embedded)







2012

CPU

  • AMD - Bulldozer Series (Vishera)
  • AMD - FX (Bulldozer/Vishera)
  • AMD
    • Piledriver µarch (introduced)
    • Piledriver/Trinity
  • PowerPC e6500

MCU

  • -

SoC

  • Apple - A6 (ARM core)







2013

CPU

  • SPARC T5
  • SPARC M5
  • SPARC M6
  • Intel - Core (Haswell) (microarchitecture)
  • AMD - Jaguar series (Kabini, Temash, Kyoto)
  • Piledriver/Richland
  • AMD - Jaguar/Kyoto (server)
  • AMD - Jaguar/Kabini (desktop)
  • AMD - Jaguar/Temash (desktop, mobile)

MCU

  • Infineon - XMC family (XMC1000, ARM Cortex-M0 core)
  • Freescale - QorIQ family

SoC

  • Qualcomm - Snapdragon 2 series
  • Qualcomm - Snapdragon 4 series
  • Qualcomm - Snapdragon 6 series
  • Qualcomm - Snapdragon 8 series
  • TI - OMAP 5
  • Apple - A7 (ARM core)
  • AMD - Jaguar/Kabini (embedded)







2014

CPU

  • SPARC64 X+
  • SPARC64 XIfx
  • IBM - POWER8
  • Intel - Core (Broadwell) (microarchitecture)
  • AMD - Puma series (Beema, Mullins)
  • AMD - Bulldozer Series (Kaveri)
  • AMD - Puma/Beema (mobile)
  • AMD - Puma/Mullins (mobile)
    • Steamroller µarch (introduced)
    • Steamroller/Kaveri


  • IBM - zBC12

MCU

  • -

SoC

  • MediaTek - Helio X
  • Allwinner - H-Series
  • HiSilicon - Kirin family (ARM core)
  • AMD - Steamroller/Bald Eagle
  • AMD - Puma/Steppe Eagle (embedded)
  • AMD - Puma/Crowned Eagle (embedded)
  • AMD - Puma/LX-Family (embedded)






2015

CPU

  • SPARC M7
  • RISC V family
  • IBM - z13
  • Intel - Core (Skylake) (microarchitecture)
  • ?AMD - Bulldozer µarch / Carrizo core
  • AMD
    • Excavator µarch (introduced)
    • Excavator/Carrizo (desktop/mobile)
    • Excavator/Toronto (server)
    • Steamroller/Kaveri Refresh (Godavari)
  • AMD - Puma/Carrizo-L (mobile)

MCU

  • -

SoC

  • MediaTek - Helio P
  • Apple - A9 (ARM core)
  • AMD Excavator/Merlin Falcon
  • AMD Excavator/Brown Falcon







2016

CPU

  • SPARC S7
  • Intel
  • ?AMD - Bulldozer Series (Bristol Ridge)
  • AMD + Excavator+/Bristol Ridge
  • AMD - Excavator+/Stoney Ridge (mobile)

MCU

SoC

  • Apple - A10 (ARM core)
  • AMD - Excavator+/Prairie Falcon (embedded)







2017

CPU

MCU

  • -

SoC

  • Apple - 11 (ARM core)







2018

CPU

  • AMD - Zen+ (introduced)
    • Zen+/Pinnacle Ridge
    • Zen/Raven Ridge
    • Zen+/Colfax core
  • Intel - Cannon Lake microarch


MCU

  • -

SoC

  • MediaTek - Helio A
  • Qualcomm - Snapdragon 7 series
  • Apple - 12 (ARM core)
  • AMD - EPYC Embedded (Zen/Snowy Owl)
  • Ryzen Embedded (Zen/Great Horned Owl)







2019

CPU

  • LEON5
  • AMD - Zen 2 microarch (introduced)
  • Zen/Dali
  • Zen(+)/Picasso (desktop, mobile)
  • Zen2/Matisse
  • Threadripper (Zen2/Castle Peak)
  • EYPC (Zen2/Rome)
  • AMD - Zen/Dalí (desktop, mobile)

MCU

  • -

SoC

  • MediaTek - Helio G
  • Apple - 13 (ARM core)
  • AMD - Ryzen Embedded (Zen/Banded Kestrel) (embedded)







2020

CPU

  • AMD - Zen 3 microarch (introduced)
    • Ryzen 5000 (Vermeer core)
    • Ryzen Threadripper 5000 (Chagall core)
    • Ryzen 5000 APU (Cezanne core)
    • Epyc (Milan core, Milan-X)
    • Ryzen 5000 (Barceló)
    • Ryzen 7030 (Barceló-R)
  • AMD - Athlon Gold/Silver (Dalí)
  • AMD - Zen2/Renoir (desktop, mobile)
  • AMD - Zen2/Lucienne (mobile)
  • AMD - Zen/Pollock (mobile)

MCU

  • Ingenic - XBurst 2

SoC

  • MediaTek - Dimensity
  • ARM Ethos
  • Apple - 13 (ARM core)
  • Apple - M1
  • ARM - Cortex-X1
  • AMD - Ryzen Embedded (Zen2/Grey Hawk)






2021

CPU

  • Apple - M1 Max
  • Intel
  • AMD - Athlon PRO (Zen/Dalí)
  • AMD - EPIC (Zen 3/Milan)
  • AMD - Ryzen 3 (Zen 3/Cezanne)
  • AMD - Ryzen 3 (Zen 3/Vermeer)
  • AMD - Zen3/Cezanne (desktop, mobile)
  • AMD - Zen3/Barceló (mobile)

Zen2/Lucienne Zen3/Vermeer Zen3/Milan Zen3/Cezanne Zen3/Chagall


MCU

  • -







2022

CPU

  • IBM - Telum
  • Intel - Raptor Cove (microarchitecture)
  • AMD
    • Zen 2
      • Athlon Gold/Silver (Mendocino)
    • Zen 3+
      • Ryzen 6000 (Rembrandt)
      • Ryzen 7035 (Rembrandt-R)
    • Zen 4
      • Ryzen 7000 series
      • Epyc (Genoa)
      • Ryzen 7045 (Dragon Range)
      • Ryzen 7040 (Phoenix)
  • AMD - Zen2+/Mendocino (mobile)
  • AMD - Zen3+/Rembrandt (mobile)
  • AMD - Zen4/Raphael (desktop)
  • AMD - Zen4/Dragon Range (mobile)

MCU

  • -

SoC

  • Apple - M2
  • AMD - Zen+/River Hawk (embedded)







2023

CPU

MCU

  • -

SoC

  • Apple - M3







Unknown

  • PowerQUICC I
  • Inmos - Transputer T400
  • Inmos - Transputer T200
  • ST - STM8
  • SH-2 SH-3
  • VLSI CLX
  • TI OMAP 1, 2, 3
  • ADSP-21xx
  • Cell
  • WE DSP16
  • Motorola -DSP96k
  • Microchip PIC10, PIC12, PIC16
  • Motorola - HC05, HC08, HC16
  • AMD A-Series
  • MIPS32
  • MIPS64
  • TI - C2000
  • Renesas - M8C, M16C







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