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 ...

Vintage microprocessors usually do something, be it just sitting in an idle loop, calculating something, or simply looking cool in a collector’s cabinet. [Lee] has come up with a vastly coole… ...

Embedded microprocessors are computer chips used inside devices other than computers to provide added functionality, often in the areas of control and monitoring.

Teaching an old microprocessor new tricks Back in the 90s, there was a microprocessor company named Cyrix. Personal computers cost about $2,500 a piece back then.

The Intel 8085 microprocessor was introduced 40 years back, and along with its contemporaries — the Z80 and the 6502 — is pretty much a dinosaur in terms of microprocessor history. But … ...

Microprocessors are getting so tiny that they’re actually small enough for quantum mechanics to start affecting their performance. That’s bad news for traditional computing, but it’s led to ...

If you’re reading this article on an electronic device, thank the microprocessor. If you’re reading it the old-fashioned way, in print, thank the microprocessor anyway. We couldn’t have ...

A documentary about a 36-year-old microprocessor and its impact on the development of personal computing would seem to be pushing the boundaries of interest too far, but not for filmmaker Jason Scott.

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The world's first commercially available microprocessor was launched 40 years ago today. Intel unveiled the 4004 on 15 November 1971, triggering the start of the digital revolution and enabling ...

The microprocessor and its improving intelligence capabilities are growing so fast that reconstituting the dead as living persons in the present will become a distinct future possibility.

Intel's groundbreaking 8008 microprocessor was produced over 50 years ago, the ancestor of the x86 processor family that you may be using right now.