Intel did not refer to clock frequency but to Instruction Cycle to indicate
the speed of the chip. From Intel Component Data Catalog 1978 page 11-11
8080A      2 us
8080A-1  1.3 us
8080A-2  1.5 us
My SDK-80 Users Guide has schematics dated July 1975 and show an 8080A.
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