16 Nov
2021
16 Nov
'21
9:50 a.m.
The Wall St. Journal had a good essay about that, by Andy Kessler. This link should get
you there:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-chip-that-changed-the-world-microprocessor…
<https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-chip-that-changed-the-world-microprocessor-computing-transistor-breakthrough-intel-11636903999?st=nm37ik74mq9vp51&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink>
The subtitle is "Most of the wealth created since 1971 is a result of Intel?s 4004
microprocessor" which seems extravagant until you read his arguments.
I still remember the 4004-based personal computer a college classmate of mine designed and
built in 1974. It was a large (DEC Unibus hex module sized) wire wrap board with about
100 chips on it. And it worked. Slowly, but it could do useful programs.
paul
On Nov 16, 2021, at 12:30 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
It looks like the Intel 4004 turned 50 yesterday.
Zane