From the introduction of Intel's 4004 chip in 1971 to today's quad-core desktop chips with four processing engines, the evolution of the commercial microprocessor has come a long way in just 35 years.

CPU collector and enthusiast CPU Duke was given the opportunity to "pop the hood" off Intel's first-ever multi-purpose microprocessor, the 4004. In a post on X, the CPU collector removed the top ...

[Scott Baker] is at it again and this time he has built a 4-bit single board computer based on the Intel 4004 microprocessor. In the board design [Scott] covers the CPU (both the Intel 4004 and 4040 ...

The big picture: Intel forever changed the trajectory of computing - and really, human history - with the introduction of the first commercially available microprocessor. The Intel 4004 launched 50 ...

The name Intel has long been associated with microprocessors powering PCs, and more recently has been associated with a struggling semiconductor supplier trying to regain its footing in the AI era.

The first microprocessor. Although Texas Instruments had already created a CPU on a chip for a customer, Intel's 4004 was the first to sell to the general public. Designed by Marcian Hoff in 1971, the ...

The world's first microprocessor – the Intel 4004 – first leapt onto the stage in 1971, which is 37 years ago as I pen these words. (Before you start emailing me saying “Ha, the 4004 wasn't the first ...

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 helped ...

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These days we are blessed with multicore 64-bit monster CPUs that can calculate an entire moon mission’s worth of instructions in the blink of an eye. Once upon a time, though, the state of the art ...