Tag: 4004

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...

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 -...