Editing Intel 8080 (section)

== Support chips ==
A key factor in the success of the 8080 was the broad range of support chips available, providing serial communications, counter/timing, input/output, direct memory access, and programmable interrupt control amongst other functions:
* 8214 - Priority Interrupt Control Unit<ref>[http://www.bitsavers.org/components/intel/MCS80/98-153B_Intel_8080_Microcomputer_Systems_Users_Manual_197509.pdf Intel Corporation, "8214 Priorty Interrupt Control Unit", Intel 8080 Microcomputer Systems User's Manual, September 1975, page 5-153] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240528085204/http://bitsavers.org/components/intel/MCS80/98-153B_Intel_8080_Microcomputer_Systems_Users_Manual_197509.pdf |date=May 28, 2024 }} from bitsaver.org in PDF</ref>
* 8224 – [[Clock generator]]
* 8228/8238 – System controller and bus driver
* [[Intel 8251|8251]] – Communication controller
* [[Intel 8253|8253]] – [[Programmable interval timer]]
* [[Intel 8255|8255]] – Programmable peripheral interface
* [[Intel 8257|8257]] – [[Direct memory access|DMA controller]]
* [[Intel 8259|8259]] – [[Programmable interrupt controller]]