The first microprocessor. Designed by Marcian E. "Ted" Hoff at Intel in 1971, the 4004 was a 4-bit, general-purpose CPU initially developed for the Japanese Busicom calculator. Running at a clock ...

But who invented the first commercially available microprocessor? That honor goes to Intel for the 4004. We pick up the tale with Robert Noyce, who had co-invented the IC while at Fairchild ...

The question now is whether the Trump administration thinks an ailing national champion like Intel is better off in the hands of a foreign company or if the administration needs to search for ...

The video begins by pointing out that the world’s first commercial microprocessor, the Intel 4004 (c.1971), predates the first release of Linux by a fulsome 20 years. This yawning chasm in time ...

This is quite a bit bigger than the original 12mm² die. 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 ...