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The Am9080 was a CPU manufactured by AMD. It was originally produced without license as a clone of the Intel 8080, reverse-engineered by Ashawna Hailey, Kim Hailey and Jay Kumar by photographing an early Intel chip and developing a schematic and logic diagrams from the images.^[1] In initial production, the chips cost about 50 cents to make, yielding 100 chips per wafer, and were sold into the military market for $700 each. This CPU operated at a speed of 2 MHz. Later, an agreement was made with Intel to become a licensed second source for the 8080, enabling both manufacturers' chips to break into markets that would not accept a single-sourced part.

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^ "Interview with Shawn and Kim Hailey". Stanford University Libraries. December 29, 1997. Archived from the original on November 11, 2013. Retrieved 2011-10-20.

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[stanford-1] "Interview with Shawn and Kim Hailey". Stanford University Libraries. December 29, 1997. Archived from the original on November 11, 2013. Retrieved 2011-10-20.

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-The ''' Am9080 ''' is a [[CPU]] manufactured by [[Advanced Micro Devices|AMD]]. It was originally produced without license as a clone of the [[Intel 8080]], reverse-engineered by [[Ashawna Hailey]], [[Kim Hailey]] and [[Jay Kumar]] by photographing an early Intel chip and developing a schematic and logic diagrams from the images.<ref name="stanford">{{cite web|publisher=Stanford University Libraries|url=http://silicongenesis.stanford.edu/transcripts/hailey.htm|title=Interview with Shawn and Kim Hailey|accessdate=2011-10-20|date=December 29, 1997|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111155525/http://silicongenesis.stanford.edu/transcripts/hailey.htm|archive-date=November 11, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> In initial production, the chips cost about 50 cents to make, yielding 100 chips per wafer, and were sold into the military market for $700 each. This CPU operated at a speed of 2 [[MHz]]. Later, an agreement was made with Intel to become a licensed [[second source]] for the 8080, enabling both manufacturers' chips to break into markets that would not accept a single-sourced part.
+The ''' Am9080 ''' was a [[CPU]] manufactured by [[Advanced Micro Devices|AMD]]. It was originally produced without license as a clone of the [[Intel 8080]], reverse-engineered by [[Ashawna Hailey]], [[Kim Hailey]] and [[Jay Kumar]] by photographing an early Intel chip and developing a schematic and logic diagrams from the images.<ref name="stanford">{{cite web|publisher=Stanford University Libraries|url=http://silicongenesis.stanford.edu/transcripts/hailey.htm|title=Interview with Shawn and Kim Hailey|accessdate=2011-10-20|date=December 29, 1997|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111155525/http://silicongenesis.stanford.edu/transcripts/hailey.htm|archive-date=November 11, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> In initial production, the chips cost about 50 cents to make, yielding 100 chips per wafer, and were sold into the military market for $700 each. This CPU operated at a speed of 2 [[MHz]]. Later, an agreement was made with Intel to become a licensed [[second source]] for the 8080, enabling both manufacturers' chips to break into markets that would not accept a single-sourced part.
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