may 2, 1986 - 7.The Creation of the Microchip and the Microprocessor
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In the 1960’s computer technology took a drastic leap with the development, production, and use of the microchip and the microprocessor. This technology is most significantly noted because it allowed the computer to become smaller in size. most people believe that this technology changed was one of the major components that led to the personal computer. The microchip and microprocessor are two very important components to the development of the modern computer. These two new computer components revolutionized computer forever by allowing them to become smaller in size and
more powerful in their computing capabilities. Whatis a microchip? To put it simply a microchip is an integrated circuit. This means that all of the components of a computer are built into a single microchip. What
is a microprocessor? A microprocessor is a microchip that contains the CPU or Computer Processing Unit.
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