The Intel 4004 was among the first microprocessors and one of the first to use the MOS silicon-gate technology. In the decades long race to build bigger CPUs, it’s been mostly forgotten.

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 ...

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.

Four decades ago today -- November 15, 1971 -- Intel placed an advertisement for the first single-chip CPU, the Intel 4004, in Electronic News (Opens in a new window).Designed by the fantastically ...

Intel writes that the fingernail-sized 4004 "delivered the same computing power as the first electronic computer built in 1946, which filled an entire room." But we've come a long way since then.

The Intel 4004 was among the first microprocessors and one of the first to use the MOS silicon-gate technology. In the decades long race to build bigger CPUs, it’s been mostly forgotten. Forg… ...

FIFTY YEAR COMPARISON OF INTEL CPU CHIPS 4004 Core (1971) (2021) Number of transistors 2,300 approx 3 billion Register size (bits) 4 64 Clock speed 750 kHz 5.2 GHz Cores 1 16 Threads 1 24 Wafer ...

Still used Tim McNerney the project leader at 4004.com, a site commemorating Intel's original 4004 microprocessor has pointed out that Intel’s 4004 chip was first released 49 years ago. Even ...

There was a 2048-bit ROM, the 4001; a 40-byte RAM, the 4002; an I/O chip, the 4003; and finally, the CPU itself, 4004. Intel paid Busicom for the rights to the design, allowing the firm to sell ...

Intel's 4004 chip, first silicon-based microprocessor, was developed as part of contract company got with Japanese calculator maker. Fox News Media Fox Business ...

Programmer and hardware enthusiast Dmitry Grinberg has shared a video in which he boots and runs commands on an Intel 4004-powered PC running Linux. The video demonstrates the excruciating time to ...

Four decades ago today -- November 15, 1971 -- Intel placed an advertisement for the first single-chip CPU, the Intel 4004, in Electronic News (Opens in a new window).Designed by the fantastically ...