Intel's first microprocessor, the 4004, is 44 years old. News. By Matt Porter published 17 November 2015 When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

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… ...

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.

Old microprocessors rarely die, and they hardly ever fade away – they just become embedded. As a result, the embedded-microprocessor market is unusually broad.

Barely 1% of microprocessors end up in home computers. Ted Hoff’s invention also ended up saving his own life — at 83, a microprocessor-powered pacemaker keeps his heart ticking.

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 ...

Z-World Inc., a Davis company that makes tiny embedded computers that tell equipment how to function, will put up a second building to accommodate growth of its year-old microprocessor division ...

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.