5 Oct
1998
5 Oct
'98
1:08 p.m.
On 6 Oct 1998, Eric Smith wrote:
While I would be the last person to want to downplay
the significance of
the F-14 computer, I personally think that the word 'microprocessor' is
only useful if it refers to a single monolithic IC, in which case Ted Hoff
and Intel get credit for the first one.
Single, monolithic IC with....? What? A transistor on it? An ALU with
"control logic"? You run into the same problem. Who's definition do we
agree upon? The answer seemingly is the same as the answer for "who has
the most money?"
Have you ever heard of the AL1 from Four Phase Systems? Circa 1968, and
also the first "microprocessor" :)
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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