The history of the 4004
Abstract
Twenty-five years ago, in November 1971, an advertisement appeared in Electronic News: "Announcing a new era in integrated electronics, a microprogrammable computer on a chip". The ad was placed by Intel Corporation of Santa Clara, California, then just over three years old. From that modest but prophetic beginning, the microprocessor market has grown into a multibillion-dollar business, and Intel has maintained a leadership position, particularly in microprocessors for personal computers. The authors look at the design and development of the 4004.
- Publication:
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IEEE Micro
- Pub Date:
- December 1996
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 1996IMicr..16f..10F
- Keywords:
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- History;
- Consumer electronics;
- Microprocessors;
- Marketing and sales;
- Design engineering;
- Personnel;
- Application software;
- Packaging;
- Microcomputers;
- Companies