Chip Hall of Fame: Intel 4004 Microprocessor

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https://www.electronics-lab.com/chip-hall-fame-intel-4004-microprocessor/

The first CPU-on-a-chip was a shoestring crash project. The Intel 4004 was the world’s first microprocessor—a complete general-purpose CPU on a single chip. Released in March 1971, and using cutting-edge silicon-gate technology, the 4004 marked the beginning of Intel’s rise to global dominance in the processor industry. So you might imagine that the full resources of […]

Schematic, Mask, and Die Shot of Intel’s 4004 CPU from 1971

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https://www.electronics-lab.com/schematic-mask-die-shot-intels-4004-cpu-1971/

Celebrating its 45th anniversary, adafruit stumbled upon these high-resolution images of Intel’s 1971-released 4004 CPU. Click any of the below images to view them at their maximum scale on the MIT domain: Schematic, Mask, and Die Shot of Intel’s 4004 CPU from 1971 – [Link]