We recently looked at the origins of the integrated circuit (IC) and the calculator, which was the IC’s first killer app, but a surprise twist is that the calculator played a big part in the invention ...

Again, Hoff and Mazor proposed a microprocessor to handle the logic. There were several big differences between the 4004 and the 8008, even though they appeared not long apart. To begin with, the 8008 ...

The 4004 microprocessor. [Photo: Intel] On Tuesday November 15, Intel held an event in San Francisco to celebrate the fortieth birthday of its 4004 microprocessor–the first complete single-chip ...

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 ...

Forty years ago today, electronics and semiconductor trade newspaper Electronic News ran an advertisement for a new kind of chip. The Intel 4004, a $60 chip in a 16-pin dual in-line package, was an ...

Sunday, November 15 marked the 44th anniversary of the Intel 4004, which was the company's first commercially available microprocessor. The 4-bit microprocessor was used in the likes of calculators ...