arcarlini at
iee.org wrote:
Given that x86 is king today that means it all goes
back to the 4004 :-)
Not really. The 8008 and 8080 architectures, and their successors, are
almost entirely unlike the 4004 and 4040. Intel worked with Busicom on
the definition of hte 4004 architecture, but the 8008 architecture came
from the Datapoint 2200.