4 Oct
2002
4 Oct
'02
12:02 p.m.
With regards to the 4004, it wasn't terrifically
innovative. Many people
You're right, "innovative" was not the best choice of words.
"Firsts" might
have been better. Clearly (and particularly in the memory area) they were
doing something right, because they set the standards for almost all the
major devices of the early-mid 70s.
I really wasn't trying to boost Intel, but point out that the earlier
poster's dissing of Intel didn't really apply to the Moore era company.