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The Intel 4004 is a 4-bit central processing unit (CPU) released by Intel Corporation in 1971. Sold for US$60 (equivalent to $450 in 2023 [2]), it was the first commercially produced microprocessor, [3] and the first in a long line of Intel CPUs.
Aug 30, 2016 · The 4-bit 4004 (meaning that it manipulated data words that were only 4 bits wide) is often considered the first microprocessor.
Feb 1, 1994 · Teaming up with Stanley Mazor and Federico Faggin, he created the first commercial microprocessor, the Intel 4004.
Nov 15, 2021 · Today marks the fiftieth anniversary of the introduction of the Intel 4004, arguably the first microprocessor, the concept that forms the foundation of virtually all of the electronic...
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Nov 15, 2021 · On November 15, 1971, Intel presented the Intel 4004 microprocessor, the world’s very first commercially available 4-bit central processing unit (CPU). It was the first complete CPU on one chip.
Jul 2, 2018 · 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.