The 4004 integrated the different CPU components into one 2,300-transistor chip. 4004 wasn't just a new direction for the computer industry; it was also a new direction for Intel.

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 ...

50 years ago today, on November 15 1971, Intel launched the 4004 and, by extension, the modern computer age. The 4004 was the first commercially-produced microprocessor, or CPU.

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 ...

Monday, November 15th marks the 50th anniversary of Intel’s first central processing unit (CPU), the Intel 4004. Officially unveiled in November 1971, the 4004 microprocessor was a slow beginning for ...

It's not just the Intel family of microprocessors that matters. ... But none of this would have happened without the first microprocessor, the 4004. About Michael J. Miller.

And in 1971 Intel started advertising a chip called the 4004.I don't remember noticing that at the time but the semiconductor company has dominated my working life from 1987, until, er, now. Intel ...

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 ...

Intel introduced the 3,500-transistor, eight-bit 8008 in 1972; the 29,000-transistor, 16-bit 8086, capable of 710,000 operations a second, was introduced in 1978. IBM used the next iteration, the ...

50 years ago today, on November 15 1971, Intel launched the 4004 and, by extension, the modern computer age. The 4004 was the first commercially-produced microprocessor, or CPU.

It's not just the Intel family of microprocessors that matters. The 4004 was followed by microprocessors from all sorts of other companies, leading to a variety of different architectures and a ...

1971 – what a year that was – and I'm afraid I can remember most of it. In November 1971, the Mariner 9 satellite orbited Mars, the album Led Zeppelin IV was released and Oman was granted ...