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Linux takes 4.76 days to boot on an ancient Intel 4004 CPU — CPU precedes the OS by 20 years

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, plus ...
Hackaday

4-bit Single Board Computer Based On The Intel 4004 Microprocessor

Scott Baker] is at it again and this time he has built a 4-bit single board computer based on the Intel 4004 microprocessor. In the board design [Scott] covers the CPU (both the Intel 4004 and ...
TechSpot

Intel's 4004, the first commercially available microprocessor, celebrates 50th anniversary

The big picture: Intel forever changed the trajectory of computing - and really, human history - with the introduction of the first commercially available microprocessor. The Intel 4004 launched 50 ...
ExtremeTech

First Mover: Intel's 4-bit 4004 CPU Turns 50

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Ars Technica

Linux boots in 4.76 days on the Intel 4004

Hardware hacker Dmitry Grinberg recently achieved what might sound impossible: booting Linux on the Intel 4004, the world's first commercial microprocessor. With just 2,300 transistors and an original ...
ExtremeTech

First Mover: Intel's 4-bit 4004 CPU Turns 50

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