There is some dispute as to which company invented the microprocessor, and we’ll talk about that further down. But who invented the first commercially available microprocessor? That honor goes ...

The Tomcat was the first aircraft to use a microprocessor-driven flight system, as well as the first microprocessor unit (MPU) ever demonstrated, beating the Intel 4004 by a year. In 1971 ...

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 ...

Invented by engineer Ted Hoff, Intel introduces the 4004, the first microprocessor, which contains more than 2,000 transistors. Before the microprocessor, machines that performed the same ...

Intel is celebrating 50 years since the launch of the Intel 4004, the world’s first commercially available microprocessor that would be the basis for future chips that are used in computers and ...

Writing software is cheaper than creating hard-wired logic, it's easier and quicker to correct mistakes, and, best of all, microprocessors are getting faster than other silicon chips. The very first ...

San Francisco: Tech giant Intel marks the 50th anniversary of 8080 – believed to be one of the most important products in ...

Introduction to microprocessors, Uses assembly language to develop a foundation on the hardware which executes a program. Memory and I/O interface design and programming. Design and operation of ...

Designed by Federico Faggin, the Intel 8080 was the first true general-purpose microprocessor, building upon the earlier 4004 and 8008 models. The 8080 addressed the limitations of the 8008 ...

Introduction The ARM® Cortex™-A8 microprocessor is the first applications microprocessor in ARM’s new Cortex family. With high performance and power efficiency, it targets a wide variety of mobile and ...