Pioneers of computing

[wrcooke at wrcooke.net]

> On March 10, 2019 at 9:30 PM Guy Dunphy <guykd at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
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> At 06:59 PM 10/03/2019 -0400, you wrote:
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> >> On March 10, 2019 at 6:10 PM ben via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
> >> 
> >> 
> >> On 3/10/2019 3:18 PM, Murray McCullough via cctalk wrote:
> >> > Back in 1965 Jack Kilby, Jerry Merryman and James Van Tassel at texas
> >> > Instruments created an integrated circuit designed to replace the
> >> > calulator. Historians, though not all, credit this development as the
> >> > beginning of the electronic-computing revolution that was truly underway by
> >> > the mid-70s. Vintage/classic computing our hobby goes back that far as us
> >> > baby-boomers can attest to.
> >> > 
> >> > Happy computing all!
> >> So do have more information on said device?
> >> I am using a 2901 bit slice and that came out in 1975. :)
> >> Ben.
> >
> >Here is a little bit of info on it:
> >http://www.vintagecalculators.com/html/ti_cal-tech1.html
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> 
> That's fascinating, thanks. I'd never heard of it.
> 
> The Intel 4004 came out in 1971. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_4004
> I'd understood that was the first chip that could be considered a 'processor' (though it required some support chips to do anything.)
> The TI Cal-Tech design was begun in 1965 and they had a working calculator in 1967. I wonder if the chips in that had any kind of code programmability?
> 
> Guy


I have seen some claims that this was the first microprocessor -- although not a single chip
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Air_Data_Computer

Will


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