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title: "Explain examples for 8 / 16 / 32 bit microprocessor?"  
description: "Explain examples for 8 / 16 / 32 bit microprocessor?"  
author: "Sandra Emily"  
published: 2022-05-09  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/97224/explain-examples-for-8-16-32-bit-microprocessor  
category: "troubleshooting"  
tags: ["troubleshooting", "computer hardware", "computers"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Explain examples for 8 / 16 / 32 bit microprocessor?

Explain examples for 8 / 16 / 32 [bit](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/81645/what-are-confucius-institutes-decoding-every-bit) microprocessor?

## Answers

### Answer by Hitesh Vohra

- Intel introduced the first **8-bit microprocessor** in 1973, which could perform arithmetic and logic operations on 8-bit words. This was the Intel 8008, which was later replaced by the Intel 8088. Zilog-80 and Motorola M6800 are two other 8-bit [**CPUs**](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/96913/name-of-the-latest-computer-processors-cpu).
- 16-bit integers, memory addresses, and other data units are those that are 16 bits (2 octets or 2 Bytes) wide in computer architecture. 16-bit CPU and ALU architectures are also ones that use 16-bit registers, address buses, and data buses. Microcomputers with 16-bit microprocessors are known as 16-bit microcomputers.
- The 80386, 80486, and Pentium are examples of CPUs with **32-bit architecture.**
- 8085/Z80/6800 is an 8-bit CPU.
- 8086/68000/Z8000 is a 16-bit CPU.

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