13 Oct
2007
13 Oct
'07
2:14 p.m.
dwight elvey wrote:
Here it is, straight from FF: http://www.intel4004.com/qa4004.htm, under the
question "Q.: Was there anything unique about the 4004?" or search for
"16-pin".
From: cclist at sydex.com> > On 12 Oct 2007
at 23:02, Brent Hilpert wrote:> > > Can't testify to it's accuracy but
one of my favorite quips about the 4004> > is the reason it had that multiplexed
4-bit bus/machine cycle was to squish> > it into a 16-pin package because management
didn't want to tool up for larger> > packages.> > Sounds like an urban
legend to me. 24-pin packages were around in > the Intel line then, I believe. In any
case, the 8008 followed suit > with an 18-pin package. I suspect that multiplexing
didn't matter > much to the overall speed of the thing.
Hi
This was what Federico Faggin had stated at a talk he gave at the CHM.
Packaging was expensive and they'd made volume deals on 16 pin
packages. Faggin stated that his design could have been a few times
faster had he not been restricted to the small bus.