Intel 4004 Turns 30

fm6 writes: "Just the thing to remind an aging geek of his mortality: this week marks the 30th anniversary of the Intel 4004, the very first microprocessor. Another historical page here, and a column bemoaning the absence of dancing in the streets here. Trivia -- why 4004? Because it was the fourth component in a 4-bit chipset." You might want to read the interview with Ted Hoff from a few months ago, it's pretty informative about the origins of the 4004.

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[inc0gnito]

Personally, I wasn't around back then. But looking at Intel's website looking at the predecessors to today's microprocessors really puts the accomplishments of the last thirty years into perceptive. It's staggering how far we've come in such a short period of time.