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November 15, 2011

The 40th birthday of—maybe—the first microprocessor, the Intel 4004

by Laura Domela

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Forty years ago today, electronics and semiconductor trade newspaper Electronic News ran an advertisement for a new kind of chip. The Intel 4004, a $60 chip in a 16-pin dual in-line package, was an entire CPU packed onto a single integrated circuit (IC). via ars technica

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