When juxtaposed with the legendary tale of Intel's inception, AMD's early days may seem less illustrious. However, they were a direct outcome of a unique historical milieu, one that is impossible to recreate. Exactly half a century ago, AMD unveiled its inaugural CPU processor—the AM9080. The crux of the controversy surrounding this processor stems from the fact that it was not an independently conceived design by AMD. Rather, it was a clone meticulously crafted through the reverse engineering of the Intel 8080 processor.
