[[CP/M]] required an 8080 or Z80 CPU and between 1976 and about 1983, microcomputers with a Z80 that ran CP/M were the norm before the market shifted to MS-DOS.
==Technology==The 8008 was built with PMOS circuitry, while the 8080 was built with NMOS, which provided much superior performance. NMOS became the standard microprocessor technology until the rise of CMOS in the 1980s, combining NMOS and PMOS to dramatically reduce power consumption.
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