Intel 4004 turns 50

[Paul Koning]

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-computing-transistor-breakthrough-intel-11636903999?st=nm37ik74mq9vp51&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink <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:
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> It looks like the Intel 4004 turned 50 yesterday.
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> Zane
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