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Disappointing to see such misinformation promulgated by zero hedge. DARPA had nothing to do with inventing the microprocessor (or even the integrated circuit for that matter). It is well known that the microprocessor was invented at Texas Instruments by Gary Boone and Michael Cochran succeeded in creating the first microcontroller (also called a microcomputer) and the first lone-chipped CPU in 1971 and its first applied use was for the hand held calculator.

The chart is correct regarding GPS and the Internet, but I can’t speak to the rest off the top of my head.


6 posted on 09/11/2013 9:44:25 AM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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Three projects delivered a microprocessor at about the same time: Garrett AiResearch’s Central Air Data Computer (CADC) (1968), Texas Instruments (TI) TMS 1000 (1971 September), and Intel’s 4004 (1971 November).

Garrett AiResearch is credited with inventing one of the first complete microprocessors, when it developed the Central Air Data Computer for the US Navy’s F-14 Tomcat fighter in 1968-1970.


7 posted on 09/11/2013 12:27:35 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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