Posted on 11/16/2021 1:33:31 PM PST by Kid Shelleen
November 15th is the 50th anniversary of the launch of the first commercially available microprocessor — the Intel 4004. Our industry can trace itself back to this seminal event, and it’s amazing the progress the industry has made in 50 years. Intel has created a site dedicated to the anniversary that will have links to videos by the early designers and a wealth of information on the development of the chip.
You should be familiar with the story of how Intel engineers Marcian “Ted” Hoff, Stan Mazor, and Federico Faggin, pitched a new design for the Busicom calculator that reduced the chip count from 12 to only four. The CPU had only 2,300 transistors on a 14 mm2 die, multiplexed buses, and a clock frequency of just 740khz, all crammed into a 16-pin dual inline package, or DIP (it was the only IC package on hand at Intel in 1971). The 4004 employed a cutting-edge, 10 μm silicon-gate, PMOS process technology with enhancement loads fabricated on 2-inch wafers
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Was it made in the USA?
Well, it was 'Marician-made...
you should be familiar with the story of how Intel engineers Marcian “Ted” Hoff,
I designed an address and data buss analyzer for its younger sibling, the 8008.
One of my friends (now deceased) was a friend of Andy Grove and got to buy Intel stock for $1 a share in 1970.
Needless to say he did pretty well with that investment.
The 8800 is as far as I go back..
8800
6502
Z80
X86
...........
I think u meant 8080.
I remember when it was announced!
yup
TV Typewriter :-)
Cosmac Elf with the 1802
Extra credit question: who was the first customer?
Answer: Nippon Calculating Machine Co.
Most of the wealth in today’s world can be traced back to this IC.
TECH PING?
My first job at Intel was validating the 286-20mhz
All Intel microprocessors are made in the USA with some made in Israel.
They are tested and packaged in Malaysia.
Major design centers are CA, OR, AZ and one in India.
AMD fabs all their parts Taiwan along with many other companies.
Basically.. 50 years ago led us to the brain dead society we have today.
6502 man, myself.
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