What you need to know. Intel is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its 4004 microprocessing chip. It is the invention that paved the way for microprocessors as we know them today.

Linux boots in 4.76 days on the Intel 4004 Historic 4-bit microprocessor from 1971 can execute Linux commands over days or weeks. Benj Edwards – Sep 23, 2024 2:48 pm | 151 A photo of ...

That machine had a 32-bit MIPS R3000 processor running at 8 MHz; the Intel 4004 works in 4-bit nibbles and runs at 790 KHz. Yes, that's 0.79 MHz.

Recognized as the world' first commercially available processor, the Intel 4004 is now 50 years old after having launched back in November 1971. ... He essentially wet-sanded the cap by hand.

The hacking pro's latest project was the self-imposed challenge of getting Linux to run on an Intel 4004 from 1971. It was Intel's first commercial chip and predates Linux by two decades.

The 4-bit Intel 4004 from 1971 predates the modern PC and the x86 CPU, but that doesn't mean it can be used to run Linux... very, very slowly. News.

Thursday 15/11/2001Today's the day the processor turns thirty. I have a great time thrashing around on the Web and elsewhere finding out stuff about the Intel 4004 chip -- the world's first ...

Ted Hoff was part of a team that created the Intel 4004 microprocessor, paving the way for the personal computer. How does it feel to be a founding father of a multibillion-dollar industry?