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Great Moments in Microprocessor History

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the it-ain't-no-abacus dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The microprocessor changed the world: how did we get from the first 4-bit models in the 1970s to today's 64-bit multicore monsters? This article covers the history of the micro from the vacuum tube to today's dual-core multithreaded madnes."

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  1. Fuck yer Whopping! by Universal+Indicator · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Though I like computer history as much as anyone, the thing that annoys me the most is how people that write this stuff can't resist using the word "whopping" for EVERYTHING!!! Even if whatever it is you are reviewing was "whopping" at the time, it isn't now.

    By the same token, I would not refer to a desktop computer with 4 gigs of RAM as a "whopping" amount either, because in a few years it will be common.

    I move that we ban the word "whopping"!!