The Intel 4004, a $60 chip in a 16-pin dual in-line package, ... FF, on the 4004 die. Intel 4004 metal layout. Federico Faggin's initials can be seen at the bottom right corner.

Intel's 4004 would be replaced by the 8008, 8080, 8085, and, eventually, the 8086. Faggin would go on to found Zilog, an early competitor (to who?) whose Z80 CPU was popular in the late 1970s and ...

Turns out that de-capping the epoxy-fused case to expose the die is a difficult challenge. It's also expensive. An original Intel 4004 from the 1970s with ceramic packaging can fetch thousands of ...

This month marks the 50th anniversary of Intel's 4004 processor, the first commercially available microprocessor built on a single chip. Originally designed for a Japanese desk calculator, it ...

And in 1971 Intel started advertising a chip called the 4004. I don't remember noticing that at the time but the semiconductor company has dominated my working life from 1987, until, er, now.

The Intel 4004 processor in November 1971 and acted as the "brains" the virtually the foundation of technology as we know it: from your smartphone to your desktop PC, right up into the cloud.

For the record, it’s true that Intel only saw the 4004 as something useful for controlling traffic lights. In fact, they saw the 8080 the same way.

Linux boots in 4.76 days on the Intel 4004 Historic 4-bit microprocessor from 1971 can execute Linux commands over days or weeks. Benj Edwards – Sep 23, 2024 2:48 pm | 151 A photo of ...

Intel’s original CPU, the 4004, was built as a calculator chip, but an incredible system has been built around it that can run Debian. TechRadar.

50 years ago today, on November 15 1971, Intel launched the 4004 and, by extension, the modern computer age. The 4004 was the first commercially-produced microprocessor, or CPU.

1971 – what a year that was – and I'm afraid I can remember most of it. In November 1971, the Mariner 9 satellite orbited Mars, the album Led Zeppelin IV was released and Oman was granted ...