Birth of the microprocessor from "summary" of Fire in the Valley by Paul Freiberger,Michael Swaine
The birth of the microprocessor was a watershed moment in the history of technology. It was a revolution that changed the world in ways that were unimaginable at the time. The idea of putting an entire computer on a single chip was a bold and audacious one, but it was a vision that would ultimately reshape the landscape of computing forever. The story of the microprocessor begins in the early 1970s, when a team of engineers at Intel set out to create a new type of integrated circuit. Their goal was to build a small, powerful computer that could be used in a wide range of applications. The result of their efforts was the Intel 4004, the world's first microprocessor. The Intel 4004 was a marvel of engineering. It contained all the components of a general-purpose computer - the central processing unit, memory, and input/output devices - on a single chip. This ...
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